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Escobar has been a pleasant surprise.  Didn't know he could hit this well.  As of today he is 4th in the AL in batting, could he win the AL batting title?

If you caught the radio broadcast the last few days you heard Steve Klauke who was excellent.  who do you prefer? 

Sorry Terry but i think Steve Klauke is ready to take your job!

lol kinda true though

1 hour ago, halosfan1970 said:

Do you have any data besides the fact that the three are on the Angels' roster? Do you think the Angels' training staff approach blows out UCL's in 100 innings flat?

• Skaggs spent significant time in the Diamondbacks system before his injury in his first season on the Angels MLB roster (113 innings pitched with Angels.)
• Heaney is a product of the Marlin's farm system (111.2 innings pitched with Angels.)

Your supposition seems unfounded.

All Right.  good take.  

First Skaggs, Then Heaney, Now Richards. Coincidence? Or does this problem lie within the training staff and their approach with young pitchers?  

84 is better than 79.  He can be successful with 84... maybe he can build from there 85 86 mid season??? 

At what point do they consider calling up Cowart, and maybe have Escobar become the new DH replacing Cron?

Then again, who plays 1B then when Pujols DHs?

Then again #2, does Cron even have any options left?

Then again, this team is in trouble.  

I know: Small sample size, 2002, fire Mike, blah blah blah.... I knew we were going to suffer offensively but wow.  Is this what we get? 

this is a lame topic

Haters or Realist?

trout tonight

We all saw this coming - 60 DL

This just blows my mind why we couldn't sign him.  I have said this before; no free agents want to play for Arte because of how he handled the Hamliton relapse. 

Blah.blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Skaggs = Trade

He made 7.7M last year per BB reference. Maybe, the Cubs only paid him 1M worth of his contract when they got him?

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksau01.shtml

Google has him @ only 1M but your correct..

Still 6 mil is pretty good and he gets to be free agent at the end of the year, probably in a better market for OF...

They offered him 5 mil? Didn't he only make 1 mil last year? Geez. 5x pay raise sounds good to me. Effn boras.

Why Not Try Austin Jackson? He'd be cheap.

The Team Value @ 1.3 billion # 8 in MLB according to Forbes and they can't afford another 20 mil a year? Arte is steadily becoming the most hated owner in professional sports. 

http://www.forbes.com/teams/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim/

Jesus Arte, sell the team to someone who wants to win now and kinda has an idea how.  

From : http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/jered-weaver-anaheim-abgels-fastball-slow-history-110915

Perhaps Weaver will show up to spring training in 2016 – the final year of his contract – with renewed life on his fastball. One thing is clear, however: if Weaver shows up with an 83 mph fastball and claims full-time starting duties, he will be in rare company. Succeeding long-term with that sort of stuff? Only two recent right-handers have done it. One of them's in the Hall of Fame.

Weaver Vs. Skaggs:

Weaver - 84 MPH - LOL 

Skaggs - 92 - 94 MPH

Weaver won't last the season i expect him to land on the 60 day DL with a face saving BS injury around May.  

Cool, I like burritos and I like silly bets like this to make things more interesting.

Don't forget it's a long season.... Carne Asada.. 

I have trouble believing we have gotten 15 games worse than last year, considering we had Joyce and the ghost of weaver for most of it.

Ah, we still have the GHOST of weaver, and who did we replace joyce with? Daniel James Nava...LOL....   this roster is pretty much an offensive JOKE (no pun intended)  with the exception of TROUT and Calhoun. We'll see i hope i eat my words....

I'll bet a burrito that we win more than 75 games this coming season. So that is 5 games better than your guess. I do have to warn you I am 1-0 in my Burrito Bets, so accept at your own risk.

your on, I like Carne Asda with lots of Guac... 

75 Games? LOL  that would be a great season...  I'm thinking we Win no more than 70.