Angels sign Mark Mulder to minor league deal

[Guest]

Why bother with Tanaka when you can have Mark Mulder. We even have Dontrelle Willis, the D-Train, baby. Man, what a rotation

[Tank]

Mulder >>> Blanton

[red321]

Mulder >>> Blanton

 

Tank >> Blanton

[Bruce Nye]

Amoeba >>>> Blanton

[Brent Maguire]

Mulder pitches 50 innings with a 6.5 ERA in 2014 with the Angels.

In 2015 with the Rays, he throws 150 innings with a 3.25 ERA.

Calling it now.

[DW711]

Awesome! If he's throwing 92 MPH again, his breaking ball and changeup were always top notch pitches. Count me in. What a story it would be. 

 

I hope he does at least an average job.

 

I don't know one person that dislikes Mark Mulder

[AngelsFaninGA]

I hear we're about to sign Mike Maroth and Paul Byrd too. 

[Quinlanforthewin]

So we have teams already talked to Tanaka's agent and meanwhile we're focused on signing Mark Mulder. 

[Homebrewer]

Kazmir pitched his way back. The Beard came back after 2 TJ surgeries.

If Mulder can do the same, why not?

[Stradling]

So we have teams already talked to Tanaka's agent and meanwhile we're focused on signing Mark Mulder.

Yea because I'm sure this is the only player they are talking to.

[tomsred]

Yea because I'm sure this is the only player they are talking to.

Real AngerlsWin posters do not multitask, LOL.

[Ohtaniland]

Dipoto is working during the Holidays......

 

 

[Docwaukee]

By my math, Mike Trout would have been in middle school the last time Mark Mulder was good.

sweet.  We can add uncle Mark.  He probably already knows Trout's Papi, Raul. 

[Inside Pitch]

The only thing that could be awful about this is if they signed him looking for him to BE the 5th starter,   If they are hoping to catch lightning in a bottle on an incentive laden deal - cool.  When the A's or anyone else does that sort of a deal everyone here wonders why the Angels never do that sort of thing.  

 

Mike Monster, Mark Mulder, these sorts of no risk, any reward type moves are nice to see.  Like picking up Ben Weber and Brendan Donnelley off discard piles. 

[Angel Oracle]

Rudy Stein >>> Blanton.

[Chuck]

You can't have enough good pitching. If Mulder is "Good" again, it's a Good problem to have coming out of ST. 

[mr.wichita]

why not, if he's cheap, it's worth the try

[ettin]

Considering that our AL West opponents added a lot of big left-handed bats, adding a former high-groundball lefty on a Minor League deal with incentives seems like a prudent move to me. Besides his arm should be fresh at least. How productive he is, is a crapshoot but its depth, depth, depth, depth.

[Jobu]

Yea because I'm sure this is the only player they are talking to.

Angry Arte canceled call waiting!

[Ohtaniland]

The old 2008 Cardinals

 

Mark Mulder

Adam Kennedy

Albert Pujols

Troy Glaus

Joel Pineiro

Jason Isringhausen

Russ Springer

[YouthofToday]

Mulder, if reports are true, is well worth the gamble.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

That's a funny thread title. Mulder is like a beauty queen that "hit the wall" twenty years ago. Now, she can't even get the drunk and horny guys to take her home from the bar at closing time. 

[Docwaukee]

I just don't see the downside as long as they aren't actually counting on anything. 

[Second Base]

This looks like the Chad Cordero signing, version 2.0.  This team does not have enough AAA SP depth, so among other things, you can expect Dipoto to address this need.  Mark Mulder, that'd help solve that problem.

 

As far as him being a major leaguer, we're either looking at the story of the year or a team torpedoed by an onslaught of injuries. 

[arch stanton]

Competition is a great thing. 3 starters with options and another with incentives built in gives flexibility and depth as well as potential trade bait at mid season. Now onto Tanaka.....