Spring training or not, our pitching has been impressive so far. Across the board besides Detmers, Joyce and Koralek off the top of my head everyone has been coming out throwing strikes and putting guys away
Crazy concept again, don’t give them an opt out. Bachman hasn’t been healthy his whole career. Dana should not be relied on to be in the rotation next year there’s no reason to rush a 20-21 year old pitcher even if all goes well this year in the minors. We want to stretch out Soriano? Ok cool he will most likely be doing that in the minors this year if that’s what they really want to do with him.
Idk how you can’t understand tht bringing in Snell or Monty wouldn’t hamper anyone’s development if brought in on the right deal. Our starting rotation has sucked and sucked for years god forbid we try to improve it. Also cute that all off-season you’ve been sucking Clevingers schlong but Snell and Monty are a no go… funny
All this talk of Burnes, who I would love to have… why would he come here when our 2nd best pitcher would be Detmers? Sandoval? I’m sure for Burnes or any other starter it would be much more enticing to come here if 1. Arte would F off and 2. We had a guy like Snell or Montgomery already in the rotation to pair with
Montgomery wouldn’t cost anything other than money and wouldn’t put us over the tax so there’s honestly zero reason to say we shouldn’t sign him. Snell I get the argument but would still like him if it’s a 3-4 year deal with no opt outs. Those two guys have been and today are better than any pitcher we have on the roster so I’m in the mindset of getting better
I do find it fascinating that offensively we lost Ohtani, Urshela, Cron, Grichuk, Stassi, Moustakas, etc. and the one single major league deal we’ve made for a hitter this offseason is bringing in Aaron Hicks… I don’t even mind Hicks but just wild to put into perspective
Kike Hernandez on Foul Territory this morning said that his decision came down to Dodgers or Yankees, he said the Angels were interested but never actually made an offer.
All this talk of this year being a rebuild and seeing what we have in guys already on the roster but we gave Robert fking Stephenson $11mill a year ?? I don’t buy it, I know we aren’t one pitcher or one bat away from a title but doesn’t mean we can’t sign players to simply make us better and more competitive
No thanks to Andrus he’s cooked, unless there’s a small trade at some point I agree I think Adrianza is the first call up if there’s an injury. Which isn’t great but at this point in the off-season not much else in the FA pool would be a meaningful upgrade
And just like that two back up SS off the board. Angels striking out this off-season with middle infielders after reportedly being in on Urshela, Tim Anderson and Kike