kinglochness

You guys are awesome. Haven't heard that in years.

LOL, misinformed? Like asserting that there are 182 games in a season? oooooooook. That was a typo but you already knew that. But thanks for focusing on the absolute least important part of the post and totally missing the point.

Well played, sir

That's a fair point. That's a decision that every front office has to make though. The Angels are in "win now" mode and Hamilton and Pujols can both help them do that. Is the trade off of Hamilton/Pujols at an elite level with Trout for the next year or two worth not being able to put as much talent around him a few years down the road? Only the front office can decide that.

That's simply not true. I challenge you to find me one quote from JD saying he had an issue with that. The general thought (and it is admittedly an assumption because no one really knows) is that the Angels offered Josh a deal and said take it or leave it. They would not let him take the deal back to Texas and let them counter. That's smart business. That's exactly how I would have handled the situation. It was almost common knowldege that JD and the Rangers were not going to pay him that kind of money. So the option to take the deal back to Texas would have probably been a mute point anyway. Some misinformed Rangers fans have taken issue with him telling JD they "would have a chance to match". Daniels himself has said publically that such a conversation never happened and he had no issue with the way that went down. Fact is, if they really wanted to keep him, Texas had many chances to extend him before he was on the open market. That's on the Rangers. It wasn't worth that kind of money to the Rangers. It obviously was to LA. And there's nothing wrong with that. That's the business side of it. If you want to debate players, contracts, front offices, or baseball in general, I'll be glad to do that. But if you are just going to make things up, please find a Rangers fan as misinformed as you are. I can assure you there are plenty of them out there.

Maybe I can help out here. I am a Rangers fan and I'm not here to troll. I'm also not trading jabs or insults with anyone so don't try. I was just trying to see what the mindset was out in LA. The thing with Josh is not about he money or where he went or any of that. It's the difference between watching highlights on ESPN and watching this guy for 162 games. ESPN shows the home run derby and the World Series home run and that's great. Guy's an MVP caliber player. But when you watch him for 182 games, you notice things. Like, for a third of the season the guy's is gonna be hurt. For another third, he's not mentally there. He drank a Red Bull or he can't see the ball. He has a relapse or he put a dip in. Or God just told him to let a fly ball drop or something. It's always something with Josh. Take that for what it's worth. The guy is going to drive you nuts. Respect you guys and hoping for a great year. I won't say I'm glad he's gone, but I'm definitly glad we didn't give him $125 mil.