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Seems like hes been in the shadows of Kris Bryant's attention but hes getting things done. Was highly touted coming into March amd for all spring trainings worth he is number 1 in OPS, ahead of Trout. Looking forward to seeing him play...

Who has a better year, him or Bryant?

Is Kole really 5'11"? He looks like more 5'8"-9"

Hes 5'8 ish, although hes listed at 5'9 on most places

Age is a big reason. I think people are too focused on age when it comes to prospects (same goes for size). Especially early on... you don't see many college seniors topping prospect lists. Understandable to an extent, but it goes a bit far.

To be fair, he wasn't drafted out of high school and he hit one home run in his freshman year in JC, but he was a great player on a great college team, then produced at every level.

Once a player like Calhoun produces like he did in AA, age is irrelevant. I don't know why so many people are surprised he's a good major leaguer. Maybe those that saw him in high school or in junior college... I'm guessing those people are hard to find, though.

I Remember seeing the guy throw a no hitter reaching low 90's (he pitched too) and hitting 2 homeruns in the same game, though at the time didnt think much about him becoming pro.

He was always solid with ASU too, if I remember correctly he tied the college world series RBI record his junior year. The skill has always been there and I always wondered why he got drafted so late. Maybe his size? He was pretty bulky early on at a low height.

Edit:

He wasn't too shabby in JC either, hit over .300 as a freshman and hit .413 with 18 homeruns as an All-American 1st team as a sophmore.

He always hit, so age is probably the reason he was doubted as a major leaguer. That still doesn't explain the fact why he was drafted so late to begin with, causing him to be older than the competition. My guess is his size as I mentioned. He was easily over 200 lbs and 5'8 / 5'9 during high school and college..

Lets just say the red sox and angels have a "history"

Hahaha im aware of it

Dude seriously? You might as well bandwagon 5 other teams while your at it.

As I said, I like their story and they made baseball interesting for me to watch. If that makes me a bandwagoner then damn. What do you not consider a bandwagoner, someone who roots for their local team? Lol I live in AZ and cant stand how the organization is run. Horrible team. But go ahead and tell me who I can truly be a fan of.

Some people cannot handle the fact that others don't see the world

exactly as they do so they respond like a child. In any case, you should

expect to catch some shiet for routing for BOS on an Angels board.[/quote

Haha, yeah I kind of figured !]

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Oh you were serious?

Am I missing the humor? Lol

Im a redsox and angels fan. Call me a bandwagoner, but i fell in love with the sox when they came back against the yankees and won the world series in 04. I just loved the story behind it, and its what got me into watching baseball. I was 9 years old so I didn't follow baseball prior to that (Im young I know lol). Ive been following the angels for about 3 years now as a result of followingkole calhoun, and became a fan of the team! I probably follow the angels even more than the redsox now, in large part because of this forum.

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You mean besides Richards?

Yes besides Richards, plus I dont think we can expect him to do what he did last year. If he does great,i think he'll still be dominat but id expect a bit of a regression. Same goes for shoemaker.

I think a few teams are going to be after him including boston and st.Louis, but what do you think would be his price? Would be great for the angels to have a proven dominant front line guy..

Reality is the Angels are a better team with Cole than they are with Calhoun. Hamels gives the team the best rotation in baseball.

Are they a better team in the long run with hammels than with calhoun plus top prospects?

I'm not advocating a trade involving Calhoun ... just stating a fact.

TGFMS

Ditto

TGFMT*

Thank God For Arte

Lol...

Seriously though, we are very lucky to have an owner who is willing to spend like he does to make the team better (weather it does or he doesn't).

Also, I think that something that goes overlooked is that despite those years after 09 with last year being an exception, he stuck with his staff. Many of us here have wanted socia out and even JD or have at least been criticized, but now we're a 90+ win team and we should be one for years.

I'm going to say no, not a chance. Richards pitched like an ace last year but is questionable to start, plus may be due for some regression. I love Shoemaker but I would be surprised if he put up the same numbers as last year. Weaver has become a solid #3, no more or less. I think reasonable ERA expectations would be: Richards 3.00, Shoemaker 3.50, Weaver 3.80. Or something like that.

A nice top three, but not among the top three top threes.

Very similar to what I was thinking

The sox and doyyers do nothing in secret.

White Sox

White sox would make sense

According to :

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report--james-shields-has-a-five-year---110m-offer-on-the-table-192956318.html

He may even have a $110 million offer.

Please don't let this "mystery team" be us. Im leaning towards redsox or giants maybe even dodgers...

You'd trade Newcomb for a 33 yr old? That's nuts

to be completely honest with you, im not really aware of Newcomb and his potential and I dont mwan I would necessarily make this trade, just a hypothetical question of what it would take. Its like saying it would take calhoun and prospects for hammels but I would give that up.

Sorry if this has already been discussed, but what would it take to get him? Maybe a deal with Newcomb involved? Any potential interest in Cron? Morin? The lineup would be so sick with Kole, Zobrist, and Trout at the top..

#2

Im assuming you're thinking of moving trout 3 and pujols 4? Not happening, Socia wont do it otherwise id be all for it too..

Let Green play 2nd. I think that extra money should go towards another more solidified starter. I wouldnt mind taking a look at Volquez for that 10 mil. With dipoto's depth approach though, I wouldnt be surprised we sign a bench option at second.

Everth Cabrera. It'll give us a leadoff hitter as well.

Calhoun?

Well we are officially out of the negotiations (not that we were ever in).

The trajectory has not been good - Pujols has been declining for five years and it is practically unheard of that a player has magical turnaround at 35 years old. At this point the best we can hope for is health and perhaps minor fluctuation upward. In other words, he might hit .280/.340/.500 with 30 HR next year, but that's about all we can hope for and it would be nothing more than fluctuation upward (normal positive regression).

To be fair, those are pretty great numbers today..

Just for comparison, these are the number of players that reached each milestone in 2014, 2010 (Albert's last year with SL) and 2006 (one of his best seasons).

2014:

30 HR - 11

.840 OPS- 19

.300 BA- 17

2010:

30HR - 18

.840 OPS- 42

.300 BA- 23

2006:

30 HR- 34

.840 OPS- 61

.300 BA - 38

Yes, Pujols' production is going downward but I thibk a lot of the regression is inflated . He doesnt belong in the elite group anymore but for a player who is heading into his year 35 season i would say if he gave us the .numbers you suggested, i take it. It translates to what, maybe 35 HR, .875 OPS , .290-.295 BA season in 06-08? Again not bad at all for a 35 year old..