Angels did not match the Dodgers offer

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, floplag said:

Agree, dont, whatever... thats up to you, but its factual from any reasonable baseball perspective.
In recent years Stanton, Cole, Yelich, Betts, Lindor, Arenado et al... its how it works. 
None of them may be Ohtani, but it doesnt change the ideal. 
 

Stanton, Yelich, Arenado were all signed well before free agency and traded after signing extensions with their previous teams.  Cole was traded with years left on his deal.  Should the Astros have traded Cole, since he left them and went to the Yankees? 

[ten ocho recon scout]

34 minutes ago, cals said:

But it's not really $700,000,000.

Present value matters here. 

Not to mention the money he brings in in broadcasting rights 

I mentioned somewhere else in here that the Angels made something like $30 a year off Ohtani from that. 

Those thinking "we just saved money from letting him walk" are missing the part we just lost money by letting him walk.

Edited December 15, 2023 by ten ocho recon scout

[Tank]

27 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

So...i shouldn't have done that? 

no, you shouldn't.

you keep bending your left elbow at the worst possible moment. your caddy/brother/bookie should have mentioned it to you.

[Kotchman]

22 minutes ago, cals said:

But it's not really $700,000,000.

Present value matters here. 

Yes, we could have easily matched 2 million and thrown in a few Korean hookers. 

[floplag]

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Stanton, Yelich, Arenado were all signed well before free agency and traded after signing extensions with their previous teams.  Cole was traded with years left on his deal.  Should the Astros have traded Cole, since he left them and went to the Yankees? 

Shoulda woulda coulda... none of that happens without the teams putting them out there which is what we should have done. 
See it how you will, its moot now. 

[Tank]

Just now, Kotchman said:

Yes, we could have easily matched 2 million and thrown in a few Korean hookers. 

go on.

[Make Angels Great Again]

10 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Stanton, Yelich, Arenado were all signed well before free agency and traded after signing extensions with their previous teams.  Cole was traded with years left on his deal.  Should the Astros have traded Cole, since he left them and went to the Yankees? 

 

Didn't the Astros acquire Cole from the Pirates in a trade? Then he went to the Yankees via FA (I remember him wearing the Boras hat immediately after the Astros lost the WS).

[Inside Pitch]

35 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Arte is truly Billy Zane.

Amd not just in that movie. Zane sucked in everything aside from Zoolander 

Disagree. 

He was great in Head Above Water and in Tombstone where they kill him in both movies.  

That's the key, kill him in the movie.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, floplag said:

Shoulda woulda coulda... none of that happens without the teams putting them out there which is what we should have done. 
See it how you will, it’s moot now. 

So don’t go for it, when the team is in striking distance?  The day the Angels decided to go for it, and said they weren’t trading Shohei and they then traded Giolito, they were 1/2 game out of a playoff spot.  

[Stradling]

7 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

 

Didn't the Astros acquire Cole from the Pirates in a trade? Then he went to the Yankees via FA (I remember him wearing the Boras hat immediately after the Astros lost the WS).

Yep, he went to the Astros with 2.5 years left of control, I believe.

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Stradling said:

Somewhere David Bowie is both sad and proud at the same time. 

 

2 hours ago, Lhalo said:

Along with Freddie Mercury.

This will never not be funny.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

17 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Disagree. 

He was great in Head Above Water and in Tombstone where they kill him in both movies.  

That's the key, kill him in the movie.

Touche. (In case I spelled that wrong, I'm trying to say two-shay)

[Lhalo]

38 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Disagree. 

He was great in Head Above Water and in Tombstone where they kill him in both movies.  

That's the key, kill him in the movie.

Or dump manure all over him like they did in Back to the Future. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

He's a cool dude

 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

How do you say, “Arte is a an asshole” in Japanese.  
 

it’s a short interview, really. 

[floplag]

Optimal point, OUT of a playoff spot, and looking up and teams that all had a better chance to improve than we did. 
The odds were long even then by any book or projection.
We all get optimistic but the reality of it was very different than the flowery picture you paint and you know that, or should. 

[Stradling]

5 minutes ago, floplag said:

Optimal point, OUT of a playoff spot, and looking up and teams that all had a better chance to improve than we did. 
The odds were long even then by any book or projection.
We all get optimistic but the reality of it was very different than the flowery picture you paint and you know that, or should. 

.5 games out that’s 1/2 of 1 game. 

[UndertheHalo]

[UndertheHalo]

[cals]

47 minutes ago, Stradling said:

.5 games out that’s 1/2 of 1 game. 

I read something earlier that said 3.5 games out of a playoff spot.  I don’t remember what it actually was.

[cals]

14 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

What happened to the jackoff emoji?  This would be a very appropriate time to use it.

[T.G.]

The Kobe thing is creepy

[Swordsman78]

4 minutes ago, T.G. said:

The Kobe thing is creepy

The Dodgers have no shame

[Stradling]

3 hours ago, cals said:

I read something earlier that said 3.5 games out of a playoff spot.  I don’t remember what it actually was.

I think that was at the deadline. I was referring to the 27th when they started buying. 

[REDneck]

If SO buys a chopper to take him to home games, I would not hire a pilot of Japanese descent to pilot it..just sayin!!