The Official Los Angeles Angels 2023-2024 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I hate this but ain't no fuckin way would I advocate for the Angels to give out that contract to a reliever. 

Isn't that what we gave Vlad? Lmao MLB contracts.

20 years ago lol 

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

20 years ago lol 

Yes but still. 

[Vlad27Trout27]

8 minutes ago, T.G. said:

With Hader going to the Astros, I wonder if the Astros will be able to afford to extend Bregman, Tucker, Altuve and Valdez.

I would not be surprise if they let Bregman leave. I think there focus will be to resign the other 3

[Stradling]

15 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

I hate this but ain't no fuckin way would I advocate for the Angels to give out that contract to a reliever. 

Isn't that what we gave Vlad? Lmao MLB contracts.

Vlad was 5 years $70 million. 

[Erstad Grit]

If someone doesn't want Snell because of low innings, then I can't see why they'd want Harder.

[tdawg87]

7 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Vlad was 5 years $70 million. 

Lmao

[Dtwncbad]

1 hour ago, James said:

Can't wait until the next signing....

 

Follow up question.  Does this mean he throws a splitter?  Or maybe a (moose) knuckler?

[tdawg87]

[Taylor]

40 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

20 years ago lol 

Imagine what a star closer will be paid 20 years from now.

[BTH]

1 hour ago, T.G. said:

With Hader going to the Astros, I wonder if the Astros will be able to afford to extend Bregman, Tucker, Altuve and Valdez.

Altuve feels like an Astro for life.

Bregman is repped by Boras and isn’t as attached to Houston as Altuve (also a Boras client), so I think he bolts to like NYM.

[Fullmer17]

2 minutes ago, BTH said:

Altuve feels like an Astro for life.

Bregman is repped by Boras and isn’t as attached to Houston as Altuve (also a Boras client), so I think he bolts to like NYM.

I think they keep Altuve but Tucker and Bregman will leave. They probably trade Valdez to recoup top prospects for their farm system. 

[James]

1 hour ago, EdmontonAngelsFan said:

I think that's a balk...

"We just need to make a few adjustments to his mechanics." 

[Amazing Larry]

Bowden: The biggest winners and losers of the MLB off-season so far

3. Mike Trout

Life after Ohtani has begun for the Angels and it’s pretty bleak: They haven’t made many player moves this offseason and appear headed for another sub-.500 season, which would be their ninth consecutive year with a losing record. Trout, 32, appears to have no clear pathway to a playoff stage as he enters the 14th year of what will inevitably be a Hall of Fame career. He is signed through 2030. His contract (a 12-year, $426.5 million deal from 2019 with a no-trade clause) and recent injury history basically make him untradable, even if he were to waive his no-trade clause. It’s sad a player with this much talent has dealt with so many injuries and plays on a non-competitive team. I liked the Angels’ hiring of manager Ron Washington, but apart from that, this has been a bad offseason for Trout: He lost his favorite teammate in Ohtani and his front office has done nothing to surround him with a winning team — oh, and his favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles, imploded after a 10-1 start to the season.

https://theathletic.com/5213585/2024/01/19/mlb-offseason-winners-losers-2023-24/?source=user_shared_article

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Bowden: The biggest winners and losers of the MLB off-season so far

3. Mike Trout

Life after Ohtani has begun for the Angels and it’s pretty bleak: They haven’t made many player moves this offseason and appear headed for another sub-.500 season, which would be their ninth consecutive year with a losing record. Trout, 32, appears to have no clear pathway to a playoff stage as he enters the 14th year of what will inevitably be a Hall of Fame career. He is signed through 2030. His contract (a 12-year, $426.5 million deal from 2019 with a no-trade clause) and recent injury history basically make him untradable, even if he were to waive his no-trade clause. It’s sad a player with this much talent has dealt with so many injuries and plays on a non-competitive team. I liked the Angels’ hiring of manager Ron Washington, but apart from that, this has been a bad offseason for Trout: He lost his favorite teammate in Ohtani and his front office has done nothing to surround him with a winning team — oh, and his favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles, imploded after a 10-1 start to the season.

https://theathletic.com/5213585/2024/01/19/mlb-offseason-winners-losers-2023-24/?source=user_shared_article

Bowden is a drama Queen but he’s not wrong here.   

[tdawg87]

He's not wrong but how about we wait until the 200 FA's have signed before handing out L's. We're gonna take plenty of those once the season starts.

[Second Base]

Yanks DFA'd Bubba Thompson. A smart team would be all over that. 

[Stradling]

This question will go over poorly.

If we signed Bellinger would you be ok trading Schanuel in a package for a young starter?  

[tdawg87]

12 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This question will go over poorly.

If we signed Bellinger would you be ok trading Schanuel in a package for a young starter?  

No.

[BTH]

26 minutes ago, Stradling said:

This question will go over poorly.

If we signed Bellinger would you be ok trading Schanuel in a package for a young starter?  

Depends on the young starter.

[AngelStew43]

No.  If we can do that, we rotate the OF's, Schaunel, and Rendon through the DH spot.  

[mmc]

One of Jomboy’s people, hope it’s bullshit

 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

One of Jomboy’s people, hope it’s bullshit

 

Sure hope whatever he discovered in Tampa Bay is repeatable...

[tdawg87]

Oh sweet baby jesus no

[Taylor]

10 minutes ago, mmc said:

One of Jomboy’s people, hope it’s bullshit

 

Who?

[jsnpritchett]

5 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Who?