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Now if Thaiss or Walsh can put it altogether at 1B Angels will be set for the near future.

With this lineup Adell could bat 8th to start the year and be eased into the lineup and let Goodwin continue to be the 4th outfielder. I'm stoked about getting Rendon. Live in the DC area and have watched him for years...he's an incredible 3rd baseman and brings another Trout like approach to hitting...you guys are going to love watching him play. His presence in the lineup will improve everyone.

And imagine the day when Adell hits behind those three!!!! OMG!!!

Fractured forearm when hit by line drive then had oblique strain during rehab from forearm injury

How about sign Rendon and Ryu (no comp pick to give up) and trade for pitcher like Caleb Smith or Joe Musgrove (Pirates are open to trading anyone) - two pitchers who shouldn't cost Angels Adell or Marsh, are controllable thru 2024/2023 and seem to have figured out how to be solid pitchers and sign Maldonado? Ryu, Ohtani, Canning, Heaney, Musgrove/Smith and Bundy rotation. Fletcher, Trout, Ohtani, Rendon, Upton, Adell/Goodwin, Pujols, Simmons and Maldonado.

And the Nationals. Didn't Strausburg have his contract structured to help sign Rendon?

Hope Arte and Eppler read your post!

Rather have Rendon's 29 to 36 years than Donaldson's 34 to 38 even if cost is $5M+ per year. Tired of Angels signing players past their prime...go get Cole and Rendon Arte!!!!

Regarding Nationals they have $8.5M tied up at CF, LF and SS while Angels have $71.7M. Plus Angels have $29M tied up at 1B. It makes financial sense they have spent what they have in pitching.

As Neil Young sang....Walk on...Walk on....

Frank Tanana....was in AAA at 19. Lackey started in A ball at 20 out of 1 year of Juco ball

Agree...rather have Wheeler than Jacob Pearson, Nonie Williams, Grayson Long or Chris Ellis, Angels 3rd round picks recently.

Would you consider Rutledge a higher ceiling "elite arm" prospect (also considering he is 2 years older) than Jack Kochanowicz? Or in two years, when he is 20 like Rutledge is now, could Kochanowicz have become an "elite arm" prospect on the level of a Rutledge? Now looking at Rutledge it is a bit baffling why Eppler would not draft him over Wilson though Wilson produced in the ACC in his three years there.

Will agree the system is starving for elite pitching but has Eppler had the draft position to choose such an arm? Below aren't all the elite arms but enough to see where such arms have been selected in the past. 1st round picks: Cole #1, Scherzer #11; Verlander #2, Price #1, Sale #13, Kershaw #7 Strasburg #1, Grienke #6, Wheeler #6, Bumgarner #10, Fried #6, Bauer #3 and Nola #7. Lower 1st round picks: Berrios #32, Snell #52, Soroka #20, Flaherty #34 Buehler #24, Giolito #16, Hudson #34, Odorizzi #32, Foltynewicz #19. Of course there's deGrom in 9th round that's an outlier. So what elite arm has Eppler not chosen in the past three years that he should have chosen rather then Adell, Adams,Thaiss, Marsh, Wilson, Paris, Jackson or Canning....etc?

C = Bengie 1 = Spezio 2 = Kennedy SS = Eckstein 3 = Glaus LF = Anderson CF = Erstad RF = Salmon DH = Fulmer SP = Lackey RP = Frankie & Percy They brought heavenly joy!!

If you go to KC don't miss Royals Hall of Fame...right in ball park. If you travel to St Louis and skip Chitown , take I-64 through Kentucky and stop at Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville...also home of home of Jo Adell! Have a great trip. I retire next month & have trips planned to see all the parks I haven't seen yet - 17 to go. Start with spring training in Arizona and then Angels game in LA!

So Marsh is better prospect then Anderson, who was #2 prospect in 94 and 95 and is now all-time Angel leader in RBI's, HR's and doubles? Not arguing just trying to understand how good Marsh is now and projects to be. He's not Adell from what I read here but how good?

How about Garret Anderson...developed power late after he made it to the bigs

Yes. Adell will get September call up and be starting in 2020. Angels will trade Calhoun in July and Goodwin will take over RF till September. Predict Jo will hit .250/.325/.500/.800 Looking at Upton's AA stats they are comparable to what Jo is doing though Jo has only been at AA a short time this year but see no reason for a downturn. Upton got a September call up that year. The question is why wouldn't the Angels continue to push him up...he's adapting quickly at each level.

Angels have a legit shot at 2nd wildcard spot...Boston, Cleveland, Texas and Oakland are the others in for it and they all have issues too. Starting pitching looking up with Canning doing well, Heaney back, Skaggs doing okay, Pina holding his own. Need Cahill or Harvey to right themselves and Saurez to be legit. Possibly Eppler picks up another arm via trade? With JC and Middleton coming back the bullpen will get a shot in the arm it needs. Possibly Harvey goes to the pen? Upton back soon will help the offense too. So I'm optimistic we have a good shot at getting in the playoffs this year and be set up for better things next year.

From what I've read about 20% 1st rounders make it, 10% of 2nd round and 5% of 3rd...So yes very few make it

Ausmus batting lefties against righty so Bour, Renfigo and La Stella play?

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Ryan Brasier. 5 saves 1.74 era

Jean Segura, Sean Newcomb, Patrick Corbin, Matt Shoemaker