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Lineup. Bullpen. Rotation. 
If you are in the top third in 2 and middle of the pack in one, you’re a playoff contender. If you are in the top 3rd in all 3, you are a WS contender. 
 
At this point I’d say the Angels are just trying to make sure they have an average rotation, and hoping for better in the lineup and bullpen. 

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra 

Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra 

with boughs of horry.

Yes. All that xBA and xwOBA stuff. They grade pitchers on quality of contact allowed. He’s been a little better than average the last few years. 

Deck the Halls! 

In a lot of cases the predictive stuff is still based on the old concept of FIP, which I think has been pretty thoroughly debunked. The idea that pitchers have no control of the quality of contact simply goes against common sense.

In terms of Ryu vs Keuchel, I'll also say this.  With Ohtani, Heaney, Bundy, Canning, Teheran now in the rotation, and with Suarez, Barria, Sandoval as #7-9, we should have enough depth to weather the season.  Most teams try to navigate the regular season with tons of depth, then rely on their more elite talent to get through the playoffs.
I recognize Keuchel is more likely to stay healthy and be decent, but Ryu's upside is much higher, and given that we should have enough SP depth to get through the season, I'd like to gamble on the higher upside SP who we could rely on, should we make the playoffs, along with Ohtani.  I'd have more confidence in a Ryu/Ohtani 1-2 punch in the playoffs than a Keuchel/Ohtani 1-2 punch, IMO.

Is Skaggs death predictable?

Upton in LF and Castellanos in RF would be a nightmare to watch.

He made $11.1M in 2019. And then a $1M buyout. 

nice try, but that wasn't what you said. 
no, we didn't.

So it's like Eppler traded him and Garrett Williams for Zack Cozart and a prospect and still has 4 million left over.

Yes we are the reason we have shitty government is my point. We let it get here.  Then we elected a dude where the democrats can now feel justified in hating conservative agendas.  

This was reported after the trade the Indians had already made. He already knew what they had done. Teams value prospects differently. You literally asked how we know this info and then when shown you denied it. You refuse knowledge and choose to stay foolish because the info doesn’t match your idea of how the world works.
Now, pray tell us, and Jeff Fletcher himself, why Jeff would report that news almost a day after the trade if it was blatantly untrue? You don’t think he knew how the industry valued the trade? What is Jeff’s motivation? You think he just makes stuff up? 
 
Maybe you should think before you write dumb stuff online?

This was reported after the trade the Indians had already made. He already knew what they had done. Teams value prospects differently. You literally asked how we know this info and then when shown you denied it. You refuse knowledge and choose to stay foolish because the info doesn’t match your idea of how the world works.
Now, pray tell us, and Jeff Fletcher himself, why Jeff would report that news almost a day after the trade if it was blatantly untrue? You don’t think he knew how the industry valued the trade? What is Jeff’s motivation? You think he just makes stuff up? 
 
Maybe you should think before you write dumb stuff online?

This was reported after the trade the Indians had already made. He already knew what they had done. Teams value prospects differently. You literally asked how we know this info and then when shown you denied it. You refuse knowledge and choose to stay foolish because the info doesn’t match your idea of how the world works.
Now, pray tell us, and Jeff Fletcher himself, why Jeff would report that news almost a day after the trade if it was blatantly untrue? You don’t think he knew how the industry valued the trade? What is Jeff’s motivation? You think he just makes stuff up? 
 
Maybe you should think before you write dumb stuff online?

The deal was already reported and confirmed by the time Jeff tweeted this out on Sunday. By the time Jeff’s tweet came out the entire deal was reported, even though it wasn’t yet official. That’s how this works in baseball twitter, deals are announced by reporters a few days before they are officially announced. I’m explaining that to you because you seem to not understand that.
 
So, as you dig a deeper hole of foolishness for yourself, answer this question, why would Jeff make this report up after already knowing the information you are pointing to as proving his post wrong? 
 
Do you think he doesn’t know that they got major league ready talent and that we were offering minor leaguers? Do you think he doesn’t understand the trade market? Basically Do you think that Jeff doesn’t know the industry he is PAID to report on? Does that sound like a very smart post to you? 

Free?   
So, did Cozart agree to forgo his 13 Mil in salary this year as part of this trade?

This was reported after the trade the Indians had already made. He already knew what they had done. Teams value prospects differently. You literally asked how we know this info and then when shown you denied it. You refuse knowledge and choose to stay foolish because the info doesn’t match your idea of how the world works.
Now, pray tell us, and Jeff Fletcher himself, why Jeff would report that news almost a day after the trade if it was blatantly untrue? You don’t think he knew how the industry valued the trade? What is Jeff’s motivation? You think he just makes stuff up? 
 
Maybe you should think before you write dumb stuff online?

This was reported after the trade the Indians had already made. He already knew what they had done. Teams value prospects differently. You literally asked how we know this info and then when shown you denied it. You refuse knowledge and choose to stay foolish because the info doesn’t match your idea of how the world works.
Now, pray tell us, and Jeff Fletcher himself, why Jeff would report that news almost a day after the trade if it was blatantly untrue? You don’t think he knew how the industry valued the trade? What is Jeff’s motivation? You think he just makes stuff up? 
 
Maybe you should think before you write dumb stuff online?

I’ve been wrong plenty of times on stuff I thought was going to happen. I try to never be wrong reporting things that have happened. 
 
But what are you referring to?

Not at all since it has been reported they asked for Marsh and another top ten prospect.  

They’ve already said they’re acquiring two.