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turd toe injury.
nasty.

another element of this FA season is that boras is holding a lot of the negotiation cards. say this drags on for a bit to drive up prices. so, the angels say it's time to shit or get off the pot we've got to make sure we sign some pitching. boras just looks at them and says, neither cole, stras, or ryu are ready to sign yet. that's why i think landing a bumgarner or wheeler ASAP is of paramount importance, it gives the angels some leverage back. they can take care of other business, catcher, etc. while boras does his peacocking.

i look forward to an outfield of adell, trout, and marsh. hopefully, the angels don't F*ck that up.

i have no problem trading andrew heaney, especially if you get some actual need value out of him. i'm not really a believer in him anymore. he's ok. 
i'd love to get some juice out of that padre talent pool, but while preller seems to be shit with his FA money, he's been pretty fair on his trades. i don't know if we match up. also, consider the fact that they may be bidders on some of the same FA pitching that we are and a pitching trade would only be hurting themselves on the FA front.

i look forward to an outfield of adell, trout, and marsh. hopefully, the angels don't F*ck that up.

turd toe injury.
nasty.

Thanks Toby.  
Go f**k yourself.  

Until proven otherwise, I'll take the liberal approach (f'n libs) to this off-season: I truly believe that Arte is going to go "all out". 
I'm aware that he is a businessman, and a smart one at that. He didn't gain his wealth by making dumb business decisions. That said, the Angels are just one of several business ventures Arte is involved with. While the ultimate goal for a smart businessman like Arte is to turn a profit on his investments, I also don't believe he bought the Angels solely to make money. I do think he is a competitor and I do think he is willing to do what it takes to field a winning organization. I don't think he signs Hamilton or gives Trout the biggest contract in history if he wasn't.
The Angels have their backs up against the wall right now. Getting Ohtani back on the mound is huge, but he's likely not going to top 140/150 innings next year. He's also going to lose at bats so while his value goes up, it's not as significant as it could be. Getting Upton back at full strength is also a big deal, but at most he's really only adding a handful of wins over last year.
We need 3 pitchers and a decent catcher. And when I say "3 pitchers" I clearly don't mean Hamels and two reclamation projects. We NEED Cole. Adding a pitcher who can throw 200 innings and give you a 3.00 ERA is such a huge deal for this team. He alone will add 7-8 wins, or perhaps more, over last year's team. But that doesn't quite move the needle far enough, does it?
Which is why we need a legitimate #3 starter behind him. Ryu or Wheeler probably push Ohtani to the #3 spot in the rotation, which is kind of ridiculous, but honestly given his likely innings limit isn't out if the question. Odorizzi is a nice option but I would be absolutely fine with Eppler not wanting to sacrifice a draft pick for him. Madbum is a nice piece but there are serious concerns moving forward. Ultimately, we really need a guy like Wheeler, who has his own concerns but has the talent of a Frontline starter. A 1-2-3 of Cole, Wheeler, and Ohtani is as good as any in baseball. Fight me. It also allows the back end to be questionable, with guys like Canning, Heaney, and Peters.
But the point remains here: Arte cannot blow his load on Cole and think that's good enough. It just isn't. We also need to not only replace Skaggs (RIP), we need someone better.
Mr. Moreno, you have Trout locked up for the rest of his career. Do you really want to be the owner who refused to surround him with enough talent to take him to the World Series? And yes, I use the word "refuse" because you have the money. You obviously want to win. Do what it takes. This is the time to do it. He's not getting any younger.

absolutely. neither one should be a second piece. 
i just saw that miley made 4.5 million this year. it's hard to imagine that he'd get 7-8 now. i think miley at 4.5 might be a good value signing that keeps money on the board for pitchers #1 & #2 or catcher.

git-r-done, eppler.

absolutely. neither one should be a second piece. 
i just saw that miley made 4.5 million this year. it's hard to imagine that he'd get 7-8 now. i think miley at 4.5 might be a good value signing that keeps money on the board for pitchers #1 & #2 or catcher.

Sign me up! 

absolutely. neither one should be a second piece. 
i just saw that miley made 4.5 million this year. it's hard to imagine that he'd get 7-8 now. i think miley at 4.5 might be a good value signing that keeps money on the board for pitchers #1 & #2 or catcher.

You are looking at it exactly backwards.  The more money I earn the MORE I want to control where I live and where my family lives.
And if I am going to earn “stupid money” I would rather earn slightly less stupid money and control my own life.
What good is money if you can’t control your own life?

Yeah, Cozart is likely done so not even counting on his contribution.
As for Upton, I'm fine with him and don't .260/.340/.840 is out of the realm of possibility.  All these trade proposals that include him though seem to forget he has a no trade clause.  He's got to want to go and I don't he, not the Angels for that matter, are ready to give up on their partnership. 

Cozart has one functioning arm so -- he has a no trade clause granted to him from every other team in MLB.

Adell replacing Kole: Black is the New Orange

i look forward to an outfield of adell, trout, and marsh. hopefully, the angels don't F*ck that up.

Just sign Wheeler and a strong behind the plate guy like Gomes first.  That makes it more attractive for Cole to come here. 

git-r-done, eppler.

i look forward to an outfield of adell, trout, and marsh. hopefully, the angels don't F*ck that up.

git-r-done, eppler.

Any trade for Cozart's money would essentially be a situation where the other team is trading a player AND throwing in money.  Cozart's shoulder was so bad when he shut it down last year that he couldn't reach across his body.   He is effectively done until he proves he has two functioning arms and there isn't a team in MLB willing to trade for a 13 million dollar paper-weight.
The inclusion of Cozart in any trade detracts from the value being sent the other way.   He's the sort of guy that gets included in a trade of mistakes...

Wasn't signed by Friedman - Colletti signed him.