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    GDT: Diamondbacks @ Angels 3/8

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Not concerned at all.9

    Well, it's an MLB team that I have no control over (but spend a lot of cash to go watch), so I'm not "concerned" about them either. But it sure would've been nice to watch them push 5 or 6 runs across in any of these first 2 games that I flew down here to see. Against a young stud like Bradley with our 'B' lineup in today, maybe a stretch, but yesterday our 'A' team against the Cubs 'B squad? I left in the 6th, and we had 1 run (then lost 3-2). That game also featured a few things that I would rather shave my head with a cheese grater than ever see in person again: a Kendrick 6-4-3, and a Pujols 1st/3rd 0 out popup. It was akin to watching a shitty movie again, cuz there's nothing else on.

    Raul Ibanez heading to Angels

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted · Edited by RenoHalo

    Its just cool to have someone that is almost my age on the team.

    Heard that, Strad! I find myself also referring to him as 'old', even though I was 3 when he was born. Another plus for me is that Raul is a huge Rush fan..I saw that one year at Safeco on the scoreboard. He better have 'Limelight' as his walkup tune...

    Goodbye Trumbo

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    For the last 3 seasons, every time we would make our annual trip to Anaheim to catch a series, Mark Trumbo would hit a 3 run bomb in at least one of those games (last year it was against Tex and Garza, erasing an early Texas lead). It was uncanny, and real hard for him to not become one of our family favorites. Couple that with him being a boyhood Angel fan from the area, and he was easily my favorite player (not named after a freshwater fish) on the team. I'm really gonna miss him. Good luck in AZ Mark, I hope you effing rake for a couple years, and then JDP brings you back home...

    YOUR Angels Offseason Ideas

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Sign Bronson Arroyo - 1 Year Deal, 12 million per year. Club option for $1 M buyout in 2015.

     

    Sign Robinson Cano - 7 year deal, 27.5 million per year. 

     

    Trade Howie Kendrick, Chris Iannetta, Joe Blanton to the Blue Jays for Mark Buerhle, Sergio Santos, JP Arenciba and Minor Leaguer Aaron Sanchez. This is roughly a $2M add for 2014. 

     

    Non-Tender Williams, Jepsen, Gutierrez, Nelson, Hanson for savings of 11.3 Million.

     

    Why:

     

    1) Arroyo becomes the third starter. Buehrle the fourth, Richards the fifth. Good rotation, 5 guys capable of 200 innings and 32/33 starts, all with ERA's under 4. Blanton is purely a salary dump, they can include Cash instead if they don't want him. 

     

    2) Santos becomes a valuable member of the pen and option closer. Pen is now Frieri, Smith, Santos, Burnett, De La Rosa, Morin/Maronde/Shoemaker/Roth/Kohn. That's four good relievers and a bunch of young guys.

     

    3) While Young Pitching is at a premium, this lineup is a straight murderers row. The rotation actually wasn't that bad last year, they just didn't pitch enough innings on the average, because of injury and Blanton/Hanson's penchant for throwing five innings and being down when they exited. With more reliable arms in the rotation who should give you 6-7 innings every night, they don't have as many innings for the vastly improved pen.

     

    Robinson Cano is a top five hitter, who yes is 31. It would be the third straight offseason they signed the #1 hitter in the market and one that is also 31 years old.

     

    The lineup projects to 

     

    CF Trout - R

    2B Cano - L

    1B Pujols - R

    LF Hamilton - L

    DH Trumbo - R

    RF Calhoun - L

    3B Freese - R

    C Conger / Arenciba - S

    SS Aybar - S

     

    This team has five guys who could hit 30 home runs (Trout, Cano, Pujols, Hamilton, Trumbo). 8 guys should hit 30 2B. Conger and Arenciba should combine for 30 / 30. And Every player in the lineup should hit .280 or higher (except Catcher).

     

    900 runs scored is a possibility. And the staff should allow 700 or less.

     

    Which is a playoff team. With offense.

     

    AND A HUGE PAYROLL.

     

    Look, I know the budget doesn't support this, but the payroll breaks down to $178.6 Million for 2014. That's going to be over the CBT at an AAV of 205 including some unseen numbers. But next year, in 2015, it's not going to be as I think they'll cut ties with Trumbo, Arroyo, Santos, Sean Burnett, and Arenciba and replace them with Cron, Sanchez, Morin, Maronde, and a Backup Catcher for at or near the league minimum.

     

    Vernon Wells will be off the books. Mike Trout will earn $17M plus though. 

     

    The AAV dips to 189.2. Right under the CBT.

     

    And going forward, in 2016, Mark Buerhle comes off the books, as does Freese. But Trout's due a raise and so are Richards and Conger. Hopefully Sappington is ready for a rotation spot so you'd have Weaver, Wilson, Richards, Sanchez, Sappington. Hopefully Kaleb Cowart is ready. Keeps the AAV payroll at or near the CBT. Real payroll is probably higher with Pujols/Cano/Hamilton all getting more money than their AAV.

     

    And in 2017, you'd have Richards and Calhoun up for raises and Trout again. Cron is due a raise in his first arbitration year. You'd also have two starters to replace and need a new SS, hopefully Stamets or a future draft pick. 

     

    And in 2018, Hamilton comes off the books just in Time for Trout to sign an extension. You'd have three years left with Cano and four with Pujols, but no other major contracts.

    I have been dead against a Cano signing, but might've just changed my mind...

    Kendrick trade options

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted · Edited by RenoHalo

    Unfortunately, 2B seem to be in fairly good supply this winter. I think Howie is probably our best trade chip, but Dipoto will probably have to move fast to get a good haul for him, with Phillips, Uggla, Cano all seemingly available. I was checking out the O's prospect list, and while I don't think Howie could fetch a Bundy or Gausman, there are some decent looking young pitchers in their top 20 (Rodriguez and Belfiore caught my attention). Belfiore is a big lefty reliever who projects to make it up in 2014, he might be the 2nd guy I would ask for after one of their SP prospects in a 2 for 1 deal.

     

    http://baseballinstinct.com/2013/09/04/baltimore-orioles-top-21-prospects-2013-review/

    Breaking: Eppard and Picciolo let go - Scioscia and Dipoto staying

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

    Posted

    My guess is that Eppard was let go because he was with the Angels for one year and thus wasn't part of the good ole boys club. 

    Or because Pujols doesn't like him, or because of the 150 DP's, or because he never played much in the big leagues and guys didn't respect him, or because he and Picciolo were talking shit about the skipper behind his back, or because who ****ing knows? Looks like a sacrificial lamb slaughter to me, it makes zero, absolute zero sense from the outside, so they are probably just clearing space for a bigger name (or Angel alum) hitting coach. I've been sitting here reading the entire 13 pages of this, and there are some great points being made (and there's also LT offering nothing but short, counterpoints, tinged with sarcasm, angering posters and chiding them for being angry), so same ol' theme. I think Mike Butcher really has a horseshoe up his ass to have not lost his job today personally.

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