Dave Saltzer

The more I think about this, the less I like the idea of trading the pitching to land him, even assuming we had what it would take. 

One interesting byproduct of this is maybe the Machado trade market puts a damper on what Moustakis can get on a deal.

Who wouldn't love or dream of doing this? Only a few problems--we need a 3B, and Manny says he wants to play SS. If he's cool with playing 3B long term, that's a big difference. Second, the only way I'd do this is if I had a good idea that I can sign him long-term. The only way to do that would be to backload his contract to get around Pujols' contract. But, by that point, Trout will need a new contract and Ohtani will be getting a bit expensive. Maybe Ettin can model the payroll, but, I'm not sure that we can fit his expensive contract into our long-term payroll. Finally, who represents Manny? If it's Boras, there's no way he won't test the FA market.

With this trade, I wonder if Solarte would now be expendable from the Padres. Might not be a bad option since he brings such defensive flexibility.

4 hours ago, ukyah said:

do you believe the angels are still considering carlos santana, or other 1b FA, after the ohtani signing?

also, in your opinion, do you see FA or trade as a more likely scenario for 2b?

After listening to Eppler, who said that they were looking more at 1B,now that they have signed Ohtani, they are shifting their focus elsewhere from 1B. And, that makes sense with Pujols playing more 1B next year. 

They also expect to be busy at the Winter Meetings. Gotta wonder how that will go down with all the other 29 GMs being g jealous. 

Hey! I'm another reporter! 

19 minutes ago, tomsred said:

You bet Dave, really nice job there!  Good thing you got that haircut, and fueled up on the burgers.

Is there any way you can send that to me so I can show my kids and save it for posterity? 

5 hours ago, Geoff said:

MLB Network liked @Dave Saltzer‘s question...

 

 

 

Sweet! 

5 hours ago, eligrba said:

You sounded like a well prepared, carefully groomed, fully fed professional sports reporter.  Well done.

LOL. It was a lot of fun, and I loved getting be be a voice for the fans. 

I'm all prepped for it. Got a haircut, filled up on In & Out, and am getting ready to go. Should be great! 

What would you want to ask if you had a chance to ask a question during the press conference? Post your questions here. Tomorrow will be a great and fun day, and I'd love to see what you want to know. 

Angelswin will be there, and we want to make sure we can get some of your questions answered. So, post your questions in here. 

Can we merge this with the other thread on the formal article that I wrote? 

I think we need to add today to our AngelsWin.com Top 50 Moments in Angels history. This is truly a franchise altering event. The question is, how big is it and where should it be ranked? @Chuckster70, where would you place it?

Ettin, think you can come up with a good piece on going into the Winter Meetings and what we might do, now that we have Ohtani?

See my article that I published.

14 minutes ago, HaloNArizona said:

Can't you just make a 1A type of guy....I'm expecting he will making the club out of ST....so a prospect....not really.

I was joking in that one. Ohtani is the #1 prospect by a long shot. As BA even wrote, this signing probably pushes our ranking up to the mid teens in farm systems from the upper 20s.

14 minutes ago, daygloman said:

Thank you Moreno...

I have become cynical the past several seasons. 

Much obliged for this acquisition. 

 

GO HALOS!

In today's world, it's easy to get cynical. No doubt about that. That's one of the good thing about the holiday season--it gives us time to make a pause, reflect, think about what's good in life and get away from that negativity.

But, I really believe Arte on his twin goals of winning a WS and raising the bar for our franchise. The two go hand in hand. He's worked hard to raise the trajectory, now all we need is the WS. We are lucky to have him as an owner. He's like Autry was in the good years, but done a much better job at permanently altering our franchise for the better.

Just now, totdprods said:

Do we need to update this again?

Yeah, we've started the process on updating the list. We're having our internal discussions right now. It may be a tough call . . . 

Here's the thing: Arte's primary goal is to win a WS as the owner of the Angels. He also wants to elevate and alter our team's direction. I fully believe him when he said at our Fanfest that he wanted to raise the status of our franchise, not just for one or two years, but forever. He wants us to be seen as a powerhouse team on the West Coast and wants to alter our franchise's trajectory.

Like it or not, the Pujols deal was about that. Signing Pujols elevated our TV deal and set the stage for an expanded payroll. 

The Hamilton signing was about trying to win a WS. He thought adding a slugger like that would put the team over the top for a couple years, so was willing to override the huge risks by signing him.

The Ohtani deal fits both goals. It raises our trajectory and gives us a huge global stage. And, it puts us on a path towards another WS, especially if we solve 2B and possibly 3B.

Arte has done so much to alter and improve this franchise, that even if things don't always work out, we, as fans, are really lucky to have him. Imagine how Mariners fans are going to feel seeing their farm gutted (so no future), a bloated payroll, and no Ohtani. Things could be a lot worse for us. So, please remember that the next time you feel like going on an anti-Arte rant.

1 minute ago, JAHV said:

UNBELIEVABLE! And gives Eppler so much freedom to do more! This could end up being our greatest offseason ever.

That's the icing on the cake!!!! We easily can still get a 2B and another bat if we want! Woot!!!

Just now, itsKnoppUitsme said:

Eppler is the Real

Jedi master!

Hey, this was a full court press. We need to get back to giving Arte the credit he deserves. We are often too quick to bash him on here, but, he was just as much a part of this as Eppler. We need some praise for him too.

Game changer. Now what do we do with the rest of the offseason?

So, will we be investigated since we aren't San Diego or the Mariners? We were total dark horses on this one.

Holy shit batman!!!! This is Huuuuuggggeeee!!!!!

Where's Piodeportes on this? Don't mess around.