Cano

[Hubs]

Trading Trumbo and Kendrick for young pitching helps the team but if they're able to get Cano should they try? His contract demands were crazy but if they could get him for somewhere between what they signed Hamilton for and what they signed Pujols for are they crazy for adding his bat?

The guy hits for average and Power. Best hitter on the Yankees. Salary cap would have to not be a concern going forward but hey it's only money. .

[NrM]

No. 

[jshep]

Nope.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Say no to Cano!

[Brent Maguire]

Hell no. 

 

Have we not learned the past few off seasons? I'd be very satisfied if they made a couple of boring moves but improved the team without making some "big splash". 

[Docwaukee]

dude - in two threads you have us trading away our best young pitcher for a 3bman needing to rebound and signing a 30yo 2bman for 200mil.

[Mudville]

He is on a roll.

 

Next up is the thread about trading Trout.

[Second Base]

Cano with the Angels gives you .300 40 DB 20 HR for 25 million.

Kendrick gives you .285 30 DB 15 HR for 9 million.

 

Are 15 points in BA, 10 more doubles and 5 more HR's really worth 15 million in additional salary when you already have a good 2B?  Furthermore if you sign Cano and trade Kendrick, was the player you got in return really worth inflating your payroll 15 million over?  That 15 million is one year of arbitration for Trout that you could've signed him.  On top of which if you want to talk about value...

 

Green in a full time role likely gives you .275 30 DB 10 HR for a half million.

 

It seems to be there are several different routes to take here, and the worst among them is signing Robinson Cano. 

Edited November 17, 2013 by ScottyA_MWAH

[Mudville]

For Cano's money the Angels can afford a starting pitcher and 3 bullpen pitchers and have change left over to give Trout another 5% raise.

Edited November 17, 2013 by Mudville

[AngelsLakersFan]

As overpaid as relievers tend to be, we probably could've gotten 3 solid arms for the money wasted on Blanton. If we are so willing to throw money away I'm not sure why we don't throw it at some pen arms. Sure they wont come close to returning the WAR/$ you'd like to see but having someone who can actually get some outs at the end of a game seems like a better plan than spending the league minimum on a bunch of guys who wont.

[Hubs]

Blanton was awful and he and Hanson both not succeeding looks even worse. Especially as these two guys basically cost the same as Santana's option.

[HaloFan85]

The next ridiculous contract the Angels hand out should go to Trout.

[mancini79]

Cano will be a great player, just not on the Angels. This team needs to focus on pitching.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

We already have two overpriced, underproducing free agents on the wrong side of 30. No need to add a third.

Edited November 17, 2013 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Glen]

You can't spell Cano without "no."

[Redondo]

Cano will be a great player, just not on the Angels. This team needs to focus on pitching.

Agree.

[NrM]

Cano will be a great player, just not on the Angels. This team needs to focus on pitching.

 

 

I see him being a .800-830 OPS guy for most of the contract.

 

Maybe around .900 in the first 2 years of the deal though.

Edited November 17, 2013 by Poozy

[Punk]

No more big offseason splashes. 

[405z06]

Like you mentioned, I would be worried about the salary cap. Plus, how many unrestricted free agents are there on the Angels after 2014? Unless we tag Trout a Franchise Player, I dont know how we can absorb the cap hit.

[Stradling]

Like you mentioned, I would be worried about the salary cap. Plus, how many unrestricted free agents are there on the Angels after 2014? Unless we tag Trout a Franchise Player, I dont know how we can absorb the cap hit.

There's a lot of awesome in this post. Also in before someone thinks you're serious.

[YouthofToday]

I think the team is more likely to sign Peyton Manning as our fifth starter than any deal with Cano.

The next nine figure positional player deal absolutely, positively must be with Mike Trout.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Cano is looking for 10 years, $310 million. LOL!

 

Yankees are believed to have offered 7 years, $160 million.

 

Jay Z met with the Mets to discuss Cano. 

[HaloCory22]

Cano is smoking some good shit.

[CaliAngel]

I hope Cano gets dicked in his deal and then blames Jay Z for being a crappy agent.

[nando714]

I hope Cano gets dicked in his deal and then blames Jay Z for being a crappy agent.

Jay Z was a good drug dealer so that makes him a good agent remember