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Paying Albert $30M/yr as a 40 Yr old* is certainly a recipe for success. Go Angels!

Jesus H Christ, that is horrible

I would make it  200 million for 15 years and front load it.  The average would be  13.3 million and make it easier for Angels to stay under salary cap.

 

Then I would pay 170 the first ten years.  30 million for the last five.  Then allow Trout to have an opt out after ten years.  Basically we would really be offering 170 over 10 season as Trout would no doubt opt out, but in regards to cap space it is only 13.3 mil.  

 

 

Salary cap? Seriously?

jmo the huge potential for power production alone is reason to keep him around.

as he matures further,  this guy won't turn into rob deer.

as far as his defense, its adequate at first, althogh that position doesn't show off his ++ arm.

Trumbo;s 1st 3 full seasons - 115 OPS+

Rob Deer 1st full 3 seasons - 115 OPS+

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If they don't sing him early and buy out his arb years, it will be interesting to see how much $ he makes in arbitration. He is sooo good, he might command $20M BEFORE he hits FA.

The left-handed Jerome Williams.

I don't think you are allowed to say that. Also, this thread will need to be scrubbed if Dontrell's wife/ significant other signs up for an account here.

Does the owner really have a say on how much every menu item costs to the fan? Don't they just sub all that out to vendor services?

Of course it was bad, perhaps the worst ever. I don't understand how a ring negates everything else. Should Cardinal and Giants fans be content with a decade of poor play and poor front office decisions because they recently won the WS? It doesn't work that way

The Cards have a 2nd baseman who made the All-Star team, is leading the league in runs scored and doubles, and has a slash of .311/.386/.477. They also have a top-100 prospect, Kolten Wong, at 2nd at AAA with a slash of .298/362/458.

How in the world would the Cards be a good fit, and why would they give up stud pitching prospects for Howie and his $10M/yr?

love the Jerome threads, everyone is super nice and complimentary. makes me smile

Stanton's numbers have crashed this year making him look more like Adam Dunn (65 K's in 56 games .239 avg) but with a glove.

Does anyone really look at average anymore? Anyway, Stanton is still getting on base at a good clip (his 2013 OBP is .351, career-.350), his problem this year is his slugging. He lead the NL last year @ .608, but is down to .450 this year. Probably injuries, but who knows?

Dusty Baker does come to mind.

Dusty takes all kinds of heat from everyone who follows baseball. Scioscia, on the other hand, really only gets heat from followers of the Angels. The Angels have been such a mess the last two years, but no one really knows who is accountable for the mess (the GM , the owner). Plus, Scioscia has the ridiculously long contract the prohibits the team from dismissing him.

Looking over the list of current managers, I don't see anyone more "overrated" than Mike.

I would put the probability of that rumor being true at about 0%

I wouldnt worry about, Im sure he will rebound to greatness in years 3-10

he'll be going into the HOF as a Cardinal

that was never in question

Utley is one of my favorite players.  He is a FA after this year, of course. I can def see the Dodgers trading for him if they can get above .500 before the deadline.

Singlehandedly elevated, huh? In 2000, the year before Pujols' rookie year, the Cards played the Mets in the NLCS. In 2012, the year after Albert left, the Cards played the Giants in the NLCS

According to the movie, its good role players that play alongside an MVP and a runner up (Tejada and Chavez), along with a ridiculous starting 3 rotation and bullpen.

 

But the good role players are the reason for the wins. (according to the movie)

People commenting on "Moneyball", the book, because they saw that awful movie has reached epidemic levels on baseball forums. And like the above, they are usually way, way off base (no pun intended)

I don't think Reagins is close to Erin Moran.

Get a brain

The Angels could lose every game the rest of the year, and that would not make Reagins any less of an moran. There is only one person on the planet that would have willingly traded for Vernon Wells. And to make matters worse, he ate almost the whole contract AND gave up talent return. No amount of bad luck and bad play on Dipotos watch can change that  

Bottleman and Epstien were 2 of my favorites of the era

I am gonna hold you to this. I was just about to bench him off my fantasy team, despite being my #1 pick.

Unless you were drafting in 18th in a  20-team league that was a dumb, homer-istic 1st round pick, brah

Until (and IF) the Halos can get close to .500, I can't see any moves like this making any sense at all

I did the research, the contract is back loaded so to make your premise made on dollars owed, wouldn't it make sense to have you facts straight? Hamilton's salary does not affect the payroll for two more years.

You must be used to FOX News making up numbers for their made up stories.