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Angels signing Bellinger would be like the Rockies signing Ian Desmond. Just a dumb unserious team trying to spend money on anyone that will talk to them in the hopes of pretending to their fans that they're trying to win.
Like ok, we can sign no one and win 65 games or we can sign Bellinger and Snell and win 71 games but the optics will be slightly better to the most casual tier of fans who don't pay attention to wins and losses. Classic Arte move. 

Angels signing Bellinger would be like the Rockies signing Ian Desmond. Just a dumb unserious team trying to spend money on anyone that will talk to them in the hopes of pretending to their fans that they're trying to win.
Like ok, we can sign no one and win 65 games or we can sign Bellinger and Snell and win 71 games but the optics will be slightly better to the most casual tier of fans who don't pay attention to wins and losses. Classic Arte move. 

Angels signing Bellinger would be like the Rockies signing Ian Desmond. Just a dumb unserious team trying to spend money on anyone that will talk to them in the hopes of pretending to their fans that they're trying to win.
Like ok, we can sign no one and win 65 games or we can sign Bellinger and Snell and win 71 games but the optics will be slightly better to the most casual tier of fans who don't pay attention to wins and losses. Classic Arte move. 

The Angels should not be spending 200 million on anyone this off season. 

There’s nothing.  It’s spin.  Even if Ohtani got special treatment, if dudes just up from AAA were offended than they’re morons.  Anyone with half a brain on any team with Ohtani would just be happy he’s on the team.  This stuff is just stupid.

Look, the simple fact here (allegedly) is that Ohtani would have stayed an Angel if Moreno would have matched the offer.  He did not.  
After the debacles of Pujols, Hamilton and Rendon, you can understand that position (to an extent).
But the insanity of trading the farm away at the end of July (and not trading Ohtani) for an outside chance of getting to the playoffs can’t be understated.  It sets the club back years.
And was it all because an aging owner, faced with his own mortality, figured he’d give it one shot before he sells or dies?  That’s a selfish and terrible way to run a sports franchise. 
And it also makes it clear that had he sold to a competent group or individual last offseason, Ohtani would likely still be here as the crown jewel of their new franchise.  
So basically: Fuck you Moreno.

The takeaway for me isn't that he wanted to -- it's that nothing had changed and the "unfinished business" guy is still keeping his GMs from being successful.
I was hoping maybe that had changed.

Least annoying bit of Angels related info today.  The news Perry was wanting or willing to trade was worse.

So just like the last five years?

I won't flip out until we have more info. But this absolutely seems like something Arte would do.

This is very on-brand for Arte. Like the Arteist thing Arte could do.

It was the obvious logical move. Arte wanted to sell jerseys and tickets instead of win. 
The future doesn’t look much better and the fact that people think a 71 year old manager is going to magically turn things around is laughable. There needs to be a serious overhaul of this team and that includes the front office and owner. 

Yes. I've been saying they should for two years now. The Angels should be in year three of five of their rebuilding phase at this point. Instead they have no prospects and a team destined to win 70 games. 

Arte's ass

Arte is drunk and doesn't give a shit

"We almost had him. We made a strong offer to show how committed we are to winning" Arte and gang after offering 8/250

Arte is drunk and doesn't give a shit

Probably doesn't care. Probably is just sipping a martini in his lair somewhere.

75%?  85%?  90%  Do I hear 95%?  95%?  90% going once...going twice...

Regardless of the size of the contract, fielding a team so terrible that it convinces your generational star to sign with a cross-town rival is a downright galaxy brain move by Arte. The man is an absolute legend. 

"We almost had him. We made a strong offer to show how committed we are to winning" Arte and gang after offering 8/250

"We almost had him. We made a strong offer to show how committed we are to winning" Arte and gang after offering 8/250

"We almost had him. We made a strong offer to show how committed we are to winning" Arte and gang after offering 8/250

"We almost had him. We made a strong offer to show how committed we are to winning" Arte and gang after offering 8/250

No because 75 percent of the stadium will be filled with Dodgers fans