Shin-Soo Choo Reaches Seven-Year Deal With Rangers

[Jimmag]

Ahhhhhhhhh Choo.

[Brent Maguire]

Exactly. I don't think it's a horrible deal. This move makes the rangers lineup definitely more potent than the angels imo.

At the same time, the Angels have so many question marks(Hamitlon and Pujols), who knows how things will play out.

I disagree.

Choo definitely helps. Probably makes them a top 10 offense now. But the Angels with all their struggles last year were still a great offensive team. All they really need is a moderate Pujols rebound, say a .830 OPS, and they're probably a top 5 offense.

[Docwaukee]

btw if you guys are really interested about projections, look at where Oliver has Pujols over the next 5 years.

 

I think he gets a total of 5 WAR over the next five years.

More Please!!

 

ucwutididthere

[Brandon]

I see this signing gave you all something to Choo on.

The worst is being page ended on a good joke.

[Chuck]

The worst is being page ended on a good joke.

 

I hate getting page ended!

 

Good one, Brandon!

[Troll Daddy]

Like this signing ... only wish it was with the Angels. Looks like Torii Hunter money with a couple extra years.

Trade Hamilton for Choo ?

[KingJustinian]

He's a good player but not worth nearly that much money

[gurn67]

AL West is an absolute beast in 2014. Best record for a 4th place team AL team since the new divisional format was 86-76 for the 2008 Blue Jays. That might fall this year.

[Marsaka]

Yeah -- LOL, that one sent people over the edge.   

Tell you what I like.  In Calhoun, we basically have a Choo-lite.

 

Ya with all his 200 ab's.  Great analogy.

[Inside Pitch]

Ya with all his 200 ab's.  Great analogy.

 

Only I'm basing it on his nearly 1500 at bats in the minors where he hit  .317/.402/.541.    

 

It's really not a stretch to think Calhoun can be a consistent .275/.340/.425+ bat.  Choo's career neutral park batting line is .274/.375/.435.   Everyone yaps about TBIA but his home park in Cleveland has a HR index of 119, compared to TBIA's 109 for LHBs.   His home park last year had a HR Index of 139 for lefties.  Choo is an amazing OBP machine but he's not that big of a stick.

 

Would you like for me to tell you about the rabbits now, Lennie?

Edited December 22, 2013 by Inside Pitch

[ten ocho recon scout]

I get whay you guys are saying abiut abibal sanchez, but if we did sign him, we wouldn't have had the money to sign hamilton.

Or blanton.

So instead of wasting a bunch of money on one guy (sanchez), we were able to afford BOTH hamilton and blanton.

So you have to remember that.

[Erick McClendon]

It sucks that he went to an AL West team, but I'm not going to lose sleep over this like some of you.

 

You still have to play the games and after two seasons in a row in which the Angels won a paper championship heading into the season, I'm done with predictions and over optimism. I think the Angels as of right now have a solid team and if they add another arm like Garza or someone close to Vargas, they'll be REALLY good.

 

That said, it all boils down to the if the Angels get off to a good start. If they do, I believe they'll be fine and in a good spot to compete all season long. I think that's all we can ask for as fans and what we should look toward.

Difference is that Texas has solid pitching. LAA did not

[tdawg87]

What does that have to do with what he said?

[wopphil]

Difference is that Texas has solid pitching. LAA did not

Disagree. The Angels are one free agent signing away from having a very competent pitching staff. We could sign Matt Garza tomorrow and then find Richards/skaggs - two guys with middle rotation potential - battling for the 5 spot.

[Glen]

This is what the Rangers said:

 

[tdawg87]

Those eyes are far too round.

[YouthofToday]

AL West is an absolute beast in 2014. Best record for a 4th place team AL team since the new divisional format was 86-76 for the 2008 Blue Jays. That might fall this year.

Jeff Mathis hitting 40 HRs with an OBP of .400 is more likely than that to happen.

[wopphil]

wow

i don't think anybody realizes that

Huh?

[Lou]

Answer:  ì´ˆ 크

 

 

Question:   How do you say choke in Korean?

[Angel Oracle]

This is what the Rangers said:

Ralph Wiggum >>>>> Joe Blanton.

[Erick McClendon]

What does that have to do with what he said?

Maybe the wrong quote copied. i was referring to the guy hat said that LAA won the silly, "off-season FA award" and we see how that worked out. It did not work after signing Pujols and CJ Wilson because the rest of the SP/RP staff was not strong