Angels reinstate Thaiss, option Velazquez, place Max Stassi on the restricted list (family medical emergency)

[Jeff Fletcher]

At this point every time they activate someone from the IL, it’s going to go down a little bit. 
 

I can’t off the top of my head think of a way it could go up. 
 

But maybe someone has some kind of bonus?

[BTH]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

At this point every time they activate someone from the IL, it’s going to go down a little bit. 
 

I can’t off the top of my head think of a way it could go up. 
 

But maybe someone has some kind of bonus?

Every time a player goes on the IL it could go up, right?

Because then a replacement making league min gets added.

So if they had a COVID outbreak like the Reds are having now, I suppose it could go up.

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

At this point every time they activate someone from the IL, it’s going to go down a little bit. 
 

I can’t off the top of my head think of a way it could go up. 
 

But maybe someone has some kind of bonus?

So last week activate everyone.  Haha. 

[totdprods]

Could it maybe be that the Angels, Blum, Fletcher and Angelswin has no idea whatsoever and Perry is making every single move possible in hopes that when it is calculated, they are under?

I bet it’s that.

[Stradling]

Shohei going on the IL will push them over the threshold would be the ultimate Angels. 

[totdprods]

I think someone mentioned it, but maybe the Angels DFA someone like Suarez or Barria - maybe even re-add Phillips or Walsh and DFA later - in hopes someone claims?

They’re probably close enough that they don’t need to jump through all these hoops though. 

[Slegnaac]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Shohei going on the IL will push them over the threshold would be the ultimate Angels. 

They bring David Fletcher back, since his salary is already in the calculation.?

[BTH]

12 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I think someone mentioned it, but maybe the Angels DFA someone like Suarez or Barria - maybe even re-add Phillips or Walsh and DFA later - in hopes someone claims?

They’re probably close enough that they don’t need to jump through all these hoops though. 

They could do all that, if they wanted.

No one claims Barria, so that won’t save anything.

In theory, they could:

• Bring up Walsh, Fletcher, and Phillips (who are all on guaranteed contracts) and option players making league minimum.

• DFA Suarez and Quijada, who are making $750k, figuring someone will claim him and save like $200k-$250k total.

And I wonder if releasing Warren would save them money, since he’s pre-arb making league minimum.

[BTH]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Did he block you yet?

I just now saw that he responded to me before he blocked me and announced that he was gonna block me.

Was wondering why you were asking… makes sense now. 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, BTH said:

I just now saw that he responded to me before he blocked me and announced that he was gonna block me.

Was wondering why you were asking… makes sense now. 

I don’t follow Sam so I didn’t see your interaction. 

[Angel Oracle]

Wouldn’t have to do this if Grichuk didn’t have a .500s OPS here, and thus would have been claimed too.

Thanks Grichuk

[DMVol]

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Wouldn’t have to do this if Grichuk didn’t have a .500s OPS here, and thus would have been claimed too.

Thanks Grichuk

I was a little surprised he wasn’t claimed….but his salary (10 million pro rated) was just not worth it, I guess…Renfroe hasn’t been much better but he is a pretty consistent power guy, although not as much this year…Grichuk’s power has really dropped for several years..