Sherlock31

Hahaha you love to see it...
They are a mess, the attendance are way down and 2/3 of their fans can't watch the game on tv.

clevenger, greinke, and maldonado

Cromartie was a legend in Japan back then.

That doesn't say much, the gap between Beltre and Escobar are pretty huge.......................

Did you take idiot pills today?  WTF man.  Neither Harvey or Cahill averaged 175+ innings prior to the Angels signing them.

Gerrit Cole career: 24.0 bWAR, 3.22 ERA  and we were on suicide watch when he went to NY.
Julio Teheran career: 20.2 bWAR, 3.67 ERA and people are complaining.
The rotation will be better.

Some of you negative nellies need to realize Teheran isn't being signed to be the Angels ace.  In a six man rotation, this guy will be their #4 and he is a very good #4.
 
 

7 years in a row with +175 innings. I’m good with this.

Kluber is apparently too expensive now, per Rosenthal. Darvish is not on the market. 
I don’t have a source for this, but I don’t see the Angels getting Bumgarner. He has a QO, he reportedly is asking 5 years 100m, and given his love of hitting and anti-DH views, I just don’t believe he’ll go to the AL unless an offer is too good to pass up. 
Today it was indicated again that we’re on the lookout for two more pitchers, but Eppler suggested that two starters will likely be too expensive on the free agent market. That means probably trying to reel in one of Ryu or Keuchel, both of whom, per Boras, took notice of our shiny new acquisition this week at 3B.
But if we can’t afford two free agents, I would assume that takes us out of the David Price market unless Boston eats half of his contract. I just don’t see that happening. 
On the other hand, if Kluber costs too much in prospects, where does that leave us on the trade market? Jon Gray? Matt Boyd?
So my guess is we see a signing over the next few days or week of either Keuchel or Ryu - Keuchel sounds more likely at this point (probably Ryu’s price is too high) - and then wait out the trade market a bit or make a late signing on the cheap with a one year deal on an unexciting pitcher. 

Put your tv on mute and life is so much better 

If we can get him without losing Canning/Marsh you absolutely do it

Facking PUMPED!! 

Instead of spending on a 29 year old pitcher, they plopped the cash on a 50 year old stadium.

Good thing that Bregman did not win American League MVP over Trout. All hell would have broke loose.

You are not remotely close

In before one of the usual suspects asserts we can't criticize the Astros because the Angels are drug dealers.

I don’t think Fletch had enough games at 3B to get the votes. But it’s totally awesome to see him get the recognition. 

I can’t see moving Marsh to 1B to keep Upton in left.  I would just move Upton.

He is so full of shit.

This is about blame. What the hell is wrong with you? This isn't teenage shoplifting. This is hard core drug abuse with a supplier in the organization that facilitated the means to Skaggs death rather than execute his duties and get him help. That fuck face needs to burn for what he did. 

they also didn't have Trout, so . . . 

I understand the point that defense at shortstop is important and Simmons is the best.  I understand the point that it defense has an effect on wins and losses.
But let’s just also acknowledge that every team that made the playoffs didn’t have Simmons.
You can win without Simmons.

Holy crap people....how many hints does @Jeff Fletcher have to give for you guys to get it? 
If it was up to Eppler, Brad would not have been fired.  Eppler trained Brad for a year in analytics, he then chose the coaching staff who were all analytics based and he had a goal for this team that would work overtime.  Brad managed this team pretty much exactly how Eppler wanted him to.  The results sucked due to injuries, a death and lack of talent, but in Billy's long term vision, he knew this would take at least a couple years to evolve.  Arte initially bought into the plan, but after the worst season in 20 years, he was pissed and didn't like what he saw.  As soon as it was definite that Maddon was going to be available, Arte lowered the boom on Eppler and his plan.  This is why Eppler looked and acted the way he did at least weeks press conference.

Actually at this point, I really don't care who we get, just give me three sp who can pitch around 200 innings and keep the ERA under 4
I'll praise the god and singing hallelujah if that happens.

I'd go with Cole and Grandel and trade for a solid vet sp, but the problem is both Cole and Grandel had a great year, their price tag might be too high for us...