Angels release Ryan Madson

[jsnpritchett]

What's the point of releasing him? They still have to pay him.

 

Wait--you "liked" your own post?  Lame! 

[tdawg87]

Madson is going to save 40 games next year and someone will blame Butcher.

[The God of Runs]

I wish I could make $3.5 million to pretend to play for the Halos

[Tyler]

Dipoto strikes again.

[GoodTimesGoneBad]

Wait--you "liked" your own post? Lame!

No clue what that even means. Is that for Facebook or something? Lame!

[SoWhat]

It's not a huuuuge waste, but wasnt he paid 3 mill?

[stevestevens]

The ball was coming out of his hand well during those long toss sessions. My favorite Ryan Madson memory was that time he put on his jersey and took team pics during ST

 

I forwarded those tweets to my brother the first three times followed with the usual "this will be huge!!!!".  By early June the tweets become a running joke between us.  We knew he was not coming back. 

[Marsaka]

Jeff Fletcher â€@JeffFletcherOCR36m

#Angels will still have to pay his base salary of $3.5M, but they save on paying for his rehab, plus the potential bonus if he did come back

 

 

Dipoto is a genius!

[Tyler]

 

Jeff Fletcher â€@JeffFletcherOCR36m

#Angels will still have to pay his base salary of $3.5M, but they save on paying for his rehab, plus the potential bonus if he did come back

 

 

Dipoto is a genius!

 

 

Jerry Reagins

[Homebrewer]

We got Frieri and Blanton, we don't need him.

[Marsaka]

lol they're paying for his rehab?  should have let him pay his own rehab, not like he hasnt ripped them off enough.

[Halo4life714]

Was he ever on our 40 man roster? Just wondering if they did this cause they plan on bringing up a minor leaguer.

[Socaliente]

I had forgotten that he did actually pitch 1 inning at Inland Empire this year, picking up a save.  So: good investment!

i was at that game. He looked great. He might have a long career ahead of him in Single A Ball

[YouthofToday]

Signing Madson was a good bet. I liked the decision process that lead to the signing.

Yes, it did not work. However, it made sense at the time risk/reward wise.

To the best of my knowledge Arte still self-insures MLB contracts.

[Marsaka]

Signing Madson was a good bet. I liked the decision process that lead to the signing.

Yes, it did not work. However, it made sense at the time risk/reward wise.

To the best of my knowledge Arte still self-insures MLB contracts.

 

It was dumb, there was no guarantee he could pitch this season.

 

Better off signing krod for 500k.

[red321]

The Angels had huge bullpen issues going in to this year. The club signed two guys coming off arm injuries to help address those problems. One pitched a handful of games and the other saved a game in A ball. Going in to next year the Angels will still need to address huge bullpen issues.

 

Two years in a row this front office has failed to address the bullpen. If I'm an impending free agent reliever I'm licking my chops waiting for the Halos to call.

[Stradling]

Madson is going to save 40 games next year and someone will blame Butcher.

Someone = AO

[Ohtaniland]

Lol @ Dipoto's low risk, high reward signings.

[Angel Oracle]

Someone = AO

You know it.

Butcher = Hacker.

Dipoto = Reagins.

[Angel Oracle]

Figures that we get the pitcher who can't come back from TJ surgery in less than 2 seasons.

[YouthofToday]

Obviously it is easy to criticize the Madson signing now. Considering how overpaid Closers (with a capital C) are paid by the market I would rather the club explore deals such as Madson.

If Arte doesn't chase another 32+ former MVP candidate perhaps we could explore options that do not entail as much risk.

[Angel Oracle]

Give Morin a chance in 2015. They do need to ease on his work as he's already thrown close to 60 innings.

[Amazing Larry]

"Our medical team has spent much time, effort and resources in the effort to facilitate a healthy return... This was an upside gamble that I deemed worth the risk, and unfortunately it did not transpire for either Ryan or the club."

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ryan-madson-released-angels-20130805,0,2646717.story#axzz2b9GyeOBQ

 

 

I think that about sums it up.

[yk9001]

Some great posts here. Well done.

[mp170.6]

I laugh when people say signing him was a good bet.

 

He wasn't capable of performing at any level when they signed him -- yet they gave him $3.5 million anyway.  This is like your boss needing an accountant, so he visits the local ICU and finds somebody who can't talk, move their limbs, or open their eyes, and gives them a $200,000 job to manage the company finances. 

 

This is Dipoto's worst move IMHO.