Perry Minasian’s $34.4M bullpen has the highest ERA in baseball.

[BTH]

Perry spent $34.4M on this group, and they still suck.

Stephenson: $11M

Moore: $9M

Estevez: $6.75M

Garcia: $4.25M

Cisnero: $1.75M

Cimber: $1.65M

[Blarg]

Does this make you happy? Because you've spent a lot of time ranting about the same things for the last 3 weeks. 

[BTH]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Does this make you happy? Because you've spent a lot of time ranting about the same things for the last 3 weeks. 

No. I’d prefer it if my favorite baseball team had a good bullpen and a competent GM.

[jsnpritchett]

And they basically have to rebuild the entire pen again next year, too. Estevez, Moore, Garcia, Cimber, Strickland, Garrett, and Cisnero are all free agents (though some will likely be gone before the end of this season). It's highly unlikely that Stephenson will be back at the beginning of next year. 

So of the current guys, only Guillo Zuniga (on the IL), Suarez (hitting arbitration again), and Fulmer are controlled past this season. 

I imagine we'll see Joyce and at least a couple other guys from the system in the pen next year. Can't go through the same thing again on the free agent front. 

[bloodbrother]

[Stradling]

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

Does this make you happy? Because you've spent a lot of time ranting about the same things for the last 3 weeks. 

It gives him a hate boner. 

[totdprods]

There is hope…I kind of expected the bullpen this year was built with the idea that guys would be replaced within throughout the year or for next year.

 

Edited May 1 by totdprods

[Jay]

Damn Minasian needs to spend some time on a treadmill or something.

[James]

56 minutes ago, Jay said:

Damn Minasian needs to spend some time on a treadmill or something.

As do most of us. 

[Jeremiah]

9 hours ago, Blarg said:

Does this make you happy? Because you've spent a lot of time ranting about the same things for the last 3 weeks. 

If you have ideas for more interesting threads, post those.

[Jeremiah]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Damn Minasian needs to spend some time on a treadmill or something.

Same. He probably also works really rough hours, so I get it.

[Chuck]

8 hours ago, bloodbrother said:

Perry needs to work in a salad every now and then. 

[Jeremiah]

10 hours ago, BTH said:

Perry spent $34.4M on this group, and they still suck.

Stephenson: $11M

Moore: $9M

Estevez: $6.75M

Garcia: $4.25M

Cisnero: $1.75M

Cimber: $1.65M

Except for Stephenson, there’s still time to improve. That said, it definitely doesn’t look promising right now. I know BPs can be volatile, but this was specified as an area where the team felt they had really improved.

[James]

11 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Perry needs to work in a salad every now and then. 

[Chuck]

32 minutes ago, James said:

Haha, I love that. 

You know damn straight that's Perry's response at the dinner table. 

[Angels 1961]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

Damn Minasian needs to spend some time on a treadmill or something.

Maybe a salad for lunch

[James]

4 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Maybe a salad for lunch

Perry orders a Pittsburgh Salad daily. You all just don't understand how hard weight loss can be for some. 

[James]

12 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Haha, I love that. 

You know damn straight that's Perry's response at the dinner table. 

Mixing the salad is the key. Straight to the basura is the correct way. 

 

[AngelsFaninGA]

1 hour ago, Chuck said:

Perry needs to work in a salad every now and then. 

Or some amphetamines, like every other self respecting hard working executive

[AngelsFaninGA]

41 minutes ago, James said:

Perry orders a Pittsburgh Salad daily. You all just don't understand how hard weight loss can be for some. 

The man's just cultivating mass. Just wait til he starts his cut

[James]

1 minute ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Or some amphetamines, like every other self respecting hard working executive

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[TheLordofOuts]

It's a mathematical anomaly to be this bad at choosing relief pitchers.  He's better off throwing darts.  Perry may literally be as good at GMing as Ippei is at gambling. 

[Angels 1961]

Maybe Perry has a gland problem. The I'll have seconds gland is a problem for many.

[Chuck]

39 minutes ago, James said:

o,o,o,ozempic

Auto Parts..

Oh wait, that's O'Reily. lol

[samwum]

On 4/30/2024 at 11:02 PM, jsnpritchett said:

And they basically have to rebuild the entire pen again next year, too. Estevez, Moore, Garcia, Cimber, Strickland, Garrett, and Cisnero are all free agents (though some will likely be gone before the end of this season). It's highly unlikely that Stephenson will be back at the beginning of next year. 

So of the current guys, only Guillo Zuniga (on the IL), Suarez (hitting arbitration again), and Fulmer are controlled past this season. 

I imagine we'll see Joyce and at least a couple other guys from the system in the pen next year. Can't go through the same thing again on the free agent front. 

Yeah you're exactly right to bring this up, although I think Cimber has one more year of arbitration.

Perry's inability to utilize fringe prospects and young players under team control in depth and low leverage situations is killing the organization.

You have to have an Andrew Wantz or Austin Warren or Oliver Ortega getting Hunter Strickland's low leverage 6th inning outings.

This isn't negotiable in team building. Nobody else is doing this shit that the Angels are. The lower level of the roster has to have guys who are working on moving to the middle or top level of your roster. 

This bullpen has absolutely 0 long term upside, and its currently in about as bad of shape as you can imagine. It's just a disaster and completely symbolizes why the Angels have gotten worse every year with Perry.