SoWhat

All I want for Christmas is to beat the Clippers. Please, Lakers 

Tendon lol

As someone else on twitter pointed out, I think he’s talking about his new prospect rankings. 

This is why Eppler picked him up. I like 

Good. I want Chirinos

hopefully it’s for below $10M

lol

16 minutes ago, ettin said:

All that I am saying is that Eppler loves high K/9 rates and Robbie Ray, from 2017-2019, is ranked 3rd out of all Qualified Starters with a 12.09 K/9 rate, behind only Chris Sale (1st) and Max Scherzer (2nd). That is across 459.3 IP which is an average of 153.1 IP per season. So yes the outings are a little shorter than you would like to see but you will be hard pressed to find any available pitchers who can even come close to his strikeout ability.

Is he perfect? Nope. He has a walk problem and a home run problem. He gets lefties out better than he does righties. I like him because he will not cost as much as some acquisitions for the type of ability he brings. The Angels could invest in Boyd for example who also has a high K/9 rate but that will cost us more for his three years of control.

There are other options beyond Ray too I am not wildly advocating for him. Rich Hill would still be a good pickup as others have suggested here. Archer, Price, and Darvish have elevated K/9 rates too in addition to Hill. There are still routes to be pursued here it is just finding the right fit and price and Eppler has made it clear he is looking for value. For Billy that seems to equate to finding a trade partner that will not demand Adell and Marsh in trade discussions (among other players and prospects probably).

Besides the strikeouts there’s not much else that I like from Ray. The past two seasons he’s barely been above league average (104 ERA+)  his velo has dropped from mid 90’s to low 90’s, his BB/9 jumped from an average of 3.5 to 4.7, hard hit % jumped up close to 10 points, barely averages over 5 IP/G. Eppler can do better, at least I hope so lol  

I hope Eppler stays far away from Robbie Ray. His game has fallen off a cliff the past two seasons, dig into the numbers and you’ll come to your senses. 

Huh  

So they ask Eppler for 2 of our top 10 prospects but take the Rangers’ #30 ranked prospect and a fourth OFer??? GTFO

Eppler is a hoarder. If it wasn’t for Arte going after Rendon on his own, this offseason would be a gigantic pile of dog shit. 

Wow, that’s it? Wtf is Eppler thinking? 

I still can’t believe Rendon is an Angel. Holy fuck!

LETS GO!

Holy shit

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

7 years $245 million?

This is exactly what I’m thinking. Reports say he’s looking for 7 years and to top Arrenado’s AAV, which this would do.