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

[Hubs]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Exactamente, and I woulda hated it unless the Halos and Burnes worked out a Gerrit Cole-esque deal, and even then, ugh. But it could've been early enough in the offseason to move to an alternative for 1B or SS.

They couldn't make a move like that after shipping Bush and Quero to the White Sox for Giolito. I wonder if that would've been enough in the offseason to get Burnes.

[Erstad Grit]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

So I talk to someone (Chuck knows him) who over the years has built a relationship with Taylor Ward’s dad. I guess in college Ward got hit in the face with a pitch in an off season work out. They don’t seem too concerned about his ability to recover nor the mental aspect of it. 

I can't think of a MLB player who got hit in the head and never mentally recovered. I can think of some pitchers who got the yips. 

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Chuck said:

Yeah I've had the same concerns with Ward. Time will tell, but can we fully count on him going into this season? 

I don't see what choice we have but to stick with him and hope for the best.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Hubs said:

They couldn't make a move like that after shipping Bush and Quero to the White Sox for Giolito. I wonder if that would've been enough in the offseason to get Burnes.

That will prove to be one of the worst trades that Minasian will make.

[jsnpritchett]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

 He was a little trooper

Little-known fact: the correct word in a case like this is "trouper".

[tdawg87]

55 minutes ago, Jay said:

I don't see what choice we have but to stick with him and hope for the best.

Yeah no one is going to trade for him right now. I hope he can at least be serviceable.

But this is why I think they really are all-in on Bellinger. 

[tdawg87]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Little-known fact: the correct word in a case like this is "trouper".

Shut up, nerd!

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Erstad Grit said:

I can't think of a MLB player who got hit in the head and never mentally recovered. I can think of some pitchers who got the yips. 

Dickie Thon maybe?  His career was never the same after the beaning but it may have been vision issues like Tony Conigliaro before him.

Thon, Tony C, Ward...  All with Angels ties.

[tdawg87]

Didn't Kotchman get hit by a throw and then he got mono and basically died?

[Angelsfan1984]

16 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Didn't Kotchman get hit by a throw and then he got mono and basically died?

Probably 

[Dtwncbad]

1 hour ago, Erstad Grit said:

I can't think of a MLB player who got hit in the head and never mentally recovered. I can think of some pitchers who got the yips. 

Tony Conigliaro

[Taylor]

Not sure if this is legit, but I know it would apply to many people here.

[Erstad Grit]

I've never heard of that guy thanks for the info.

If the last guy who had the hitting yips from getting drilled was in the 60s, I'm pretty optimistic Ward will be fine. 

[Dtwncbad]

1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Little-known fact: the correct word in a case like this is "trouper".

The period goes inside the quotation mark.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Dickie Thon maybe?  His career was never the same after the beaning but it may have been vision issues like Tony Conigliaro before him.

Thon, Tony C, Ward...  All with Angels ties.

Not a former Halo:

Paul Blair

[Stradling]

 

[mmc]

 

[Stradling]

Poor @Angels 1961

[ettin]

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Little-known fact: the correct word in a case like this is "trouper".

And if you use "trouper" often enough, it becomes a "trope-r".

[Inside Pitch]

23 minutes ago, ettin said:

And if you use "trouper" often enough, it becomes a "trope-r".

It's been a while.   Now get out!

[AngelStew43]

5 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

I can't think of a MLB player who got hit in the head and never mentally recovered. I can think of some pitchers who got the yips. 

Tony Conigliaro.  Bad beaning, directly in the eye.  Retired from the Angels in '71, I think, after an 0-5 or 0-6 all K game against the A's, IIRC. 

[Dtwncbad]

57 minutes ago, AngelStew43 said:

Tony Conigliaro.  Bad beaning, directly in the eye.  Retired from the Angels in '71, I think, after an 0-5 or 0-6 all K game against the A's, IIRC. 

What is IIRC?

Oh wait, I remember.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pancake Bear]

7 hours ago, Hubs said:

They couldn't make a move like that after shipping Bush and Quero to the White Sox for Giolito. I wonder if that would've been enough in the offseason to get Burnes.

Can't really blame Perry on that one. It's pretty well established that Arte was the one insisting we push all the chips in. 

[Stradling]

Time to sign JT and Bellinger to make up for the loss of Padlo. 

[tdawg87]

Season over.