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Like I implied, how many pitchers suddenly pitch well at age 32 and continue to do so?   That’s the worry.

Watch them trade Suarez for a 30+ year old infielder only for him to put up an ERA a full point better than Anderson on another team. 

Watch them trade Suarez for a 30+ year old infielder only for him to put up an ERA a full point better than Anderson on another team. 

Incoming 4.75 ERA now that he's no longer on the Dodgers and is with the Angels
The AAV isn't terrible though, and this probably means the Angels end up moving one of their LHP in a trade I'd imagine? That's a lot of LHP in the rotation right now

Angels and awful free agent signing is becoming synonymous and the Angels are losing a 2nd round pick. 

It makes no sense to pursue one of the big four shortstop free agents. The one position in which this organization actually has depth - and lots of it - is shortstop. Use the money instead to get an outfielder (we have no depth there at all) and pitching. And then let Fletcher, Rengifo, Soto, and Neto (and eventually Paris) battle for the middle infield spots. 

Tyler Anderson would be skinny Joe Blanton if the Angels signed him.

If there's one pitcher that I don't want any part of, it's Tyler Anderson
Let me count the ways
1. Qual offer
2. He's entering his age 33 season
3. He's probably going to require a contract in the 3/60 range 
4. He had a career year at age 32.  His WHIP was 20% lower than in any other season he's pitched.  His HR rate was almost half of his career avg prior to this year.  His BABIP was .256 and his career avg. is .287.  
5. His avg fastball velo is around 90 and he doesn't miss bats.  
6.  If there were a team that had a chance to optimize him, he was already on it.  
There's more but that's enough.  It is so much more likely that he's at best a mediocre innings eater for his next deal than being anything even remotely close to what he was this year I can't even believe it.  Let someone else take the chance that he's reinvented himself and will somehow buck all trends pointing to a huge regression.  Even if he has, he's still in line for a pretty significant regression.  And there is a very real chance of him not even getting through his age 33-35yo season as part of a major league rotation.   
He is basically the Zach Cozart of pitchers in my opinion.  

No but sharing this little tidbit makes you socially aggressive. 

Hell yeah brother

All of them. 

That’s it. That’s the post. 

Oh great it's this nonsense again

We can get rid of the 85% that aren’t getting used.  

Why are we adding emojis when 85% of them go unused?

And the Yankees blowing their game. Makes me feel like my team won a big game. 

No. The one upside of a potential transition offseason is that we won't spend our usual 150m+ on a free agent hitter that gets constantly injured and massively underperforms

No. The one upside of a potential transition offseason is that we won't spend our usual 150m+ on a free agent hitter that gets constantly injured and massively underperforms

LOL...
Have you actually read the article?  Here's the opening line...
The altitude can be dizzying when you build your home at the height of expectations.
Gerrit Cole spent 28 years working to own one of the most prestigious pieces of real estate in baseball: The ace of the New York Yankees. Here at the summit, though, loneliness pervades the luxury everyone else can see.
LOL..  From here we go right into the self promotion
“I think it’s the hardest job in the league,” Cole says. “I don’t think there’s a harder place to be the ace. I think it’s the most hunted job in the league and I think it comes with the most weight. The division is a fucking (gauntlet). Above all else, I’m paid to keep us in the game as long as I can and take the ball every single fucking time that I can and charge straight into the fire.”
Now that they have established his greatness -- lets go back to fluffing up being a Yankee...
The home that greatness builds is one in isolation. Those who aspire to legacy spend their entire lives obsessed with the sensation of separating themselves from the pack. But when your position is unique, so is the experience. The demands are different. The interpretation of your performance is different.
Now, more flattery
“Once you sign a big contract like he did, higher expectations come with the territory,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “His body of work is obviously excellent, but at the end of the day, we are all in it to win the whole thing.”
This is the responsibility Cole chose. In December 2019, he signed a nine-year, $324 million free agent contract with the Yankees — the biggest overall deal ever given to a starting pitcher. In doing so, he announced to the world that he would accept the burden of high expectations in exchange for the privileges of money, status, and one of the most exciting jobs in the world.
Bro is a fucking superhero..  The way he took on the responsibility..  WHAT A MAN!!!   
He wasn't asked any questions...   He offered that up that bit for self serving reasons to curry favor with his fanbase -- good for him, that's his team, those are his fans.
The only thing as dumb as getting mad over this is thinking there is anything to this other than it being a fluff piece.

just my personal feelings, but i feel he is a scapegoat for the family and the justice system. put a drug addict in prison for 20+ years if you want, he's already destroyed his life anyways, but skaggs death is on skaggs. they're both expected collateral damage of an intentionally created crisis by purdue pharma. those guys will never be punished.

"Thanks Gods", we'll NEVER have to hear about Pooooooooohloes being an active player AGAIN!!!
Good motherfuck'n RIDDANCE you fucking BURDEN!

*who
 
 

I hear they boil those Dodgers dogs in hot bathtubs. 

Maddon sounds like an aspiring TikTok self-help guru