Pujols4MVP

Rangers will win game 7. Steve Mason is a fluke, only the Rangers offense can make him look good.
 
However I wouldnt mind the Ducks facing Philly in the Cup Finals, the Ducks remember Steve Mason very well during his days as a empty net for Columbus.

Personally I'm happy the Bourjos experiment as a starter is over. Grichuk's potential will be missed.

Well at least the "Bourjos is god" & Calhoun is not" posts are over.

For a one-year deal, I'm all over this, if for no other reason than we wouldn't have to face him. The guy beats our brains out. It would be nice to have him on our side for once.

Even if he sucks, at least he won't be hitting like .600 vs the Halos like he always does

Quin, I think it is really to have the depth that teams need. Scioscia always says you need to be 8 deep at starters. We could of course consider Blanton as our sixth guy, hahahhahahahahaha. "think we need one more?, yea one more"

This is my lineup if it were me.
 
Calhoun
Aybar
Trout
Pujols
Hamilton
Kendrick
Freese
Cron (or trade, FA vacancy)
Iannetta/Conger

I'm very glad to have Skaggs back. If he can get his velocity up, he could be a real prize.
 
Santiago I'm a bit leery of. Santana would be great but he looks like he has Daniel Cabrera potential. On the other hand, if the Angels sign Garza or another starter then he could end up back in the pen and be a nice flamethrower there.

If the Angels signed Colon for 2 years he would suddenly get hurt in a game, then start throwing in the low 90s the next season & suck.'
Then after being booed out of the stadium again he would somehow rebound with the A's again on a 1 year deal.

I believe Colon is looking for a 2yr deal around $10-$12 million per season

Seriously can't get over how great of a move this is.  I've been a Skaggs fan for a long time.  It doesn't matter if he sits 89, he literally has a 70-75 curve and a plus change.

Cahill is the last thing we need.

I watched a few videos today on Skaggs from some his starts last year and his curve ball is absolutely a plus pitch. His fastball doesn't need to be hitting 95 because his fastball gets decent movement and makes it tougher to hit. His changeup looks pretty solid too and can definitely get better. He's pretty deceptive with his mechanics too so it's easy to see why he was such a highly touted prospect.
I think some people who don't like the trade are ignoring how old he is. A 22 year old kid with less than 100 innings in the bigs? Such a great trade for the Angels.

When I first saw the link to the story, I thought it was a joke.
 
Scioscia would be excited if he read or heard this line.
 
"The best way to describe it is, the ball is coming out of my hand better now than at any point when I was in St. Louis," Mulder said. "I wouldn't be trying this is if I didn't think the stuff I was throwing was good enough [to pitch in the big leagues]."

Ah, I remember you. Welcome back!

So the Angels are sending Trumbo + 2 PTBNL?

The Angels won this trade (the most), the D-Backs lost and the White Sox got the best all around player.

I've been very critical of Jerry's trades in the past, but this is a very good, even excellent, trade.

Just looking at it, I like this trade.  I would like to see the Angels get one more established starter whether it is using Kendrick or signing a FA.
 
They also need a DH now.

lol I knew people would bitch about this trade just by looking at the stats on espn.

Order of desirability for Arizona starters:
 
Corbin
Delgado
Miley
Skaggs
Cahill
Kennedy
McCarthy
 
Order of most likely to end up being traded for Trumbo:
 
 
McCarthy
Kennedy
Cahill
Skaggs
Miley
Delgado
Corbin
 
Welcome to the Angels, Brandon McCarthy or Ian Kennedy.
 
Seriously, though, for me the tipping point is between Cahill and Skaggs. I'd do Trumbo for Skaggs straight up, but Cahill reminds me too much of a Feldman/Vargas/Saunders type.
 

That Dan Haren trade keeps on giving.

Not new but I decided to sign up for the new forum with a new name.
 
Napoli4MVP - Napolii is traded & becomes WS champion years later with the Redsox.
Morales4MVP - breaks leg & takes 2 years to heal & then is traded to the Mariners.
MikeScioscia4MVP - .....