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I think you may have had it right two weeks ago when you mentioned Lind. He seems like the best possible fit and the price may be right. Also, I liked how things turned out the last time the Angels made a trade with Milwaukee for a hitter at the trade deadline.

I think that would be a waste of Nate Smith. People are underestimating the outside opinion of him -- he's gaining fans outside of the Angels organization.. A few days ago the BBA podcast about the US team at the Pan Am games stated he had been the best looking pitcher among the team USA arms, a group that includes two top 50 BBA prospects.. Yesterday he threw 6 innings of 1 hit ball at Cuba, a day after Jake Thompson got destroyed by a Puerto Rico team lacking any real prospects. IMO, Smith is a bullet you save for a better deal. What he's doing at the Pan Am Games may up his value, particularly among saber inclined teams that value performane over potential upside.

I think his lack of trades was a fair criticism, but his lack of deadline deals .. Not so much. More often than not, the Angels did in fact find what they needed in house. I think people underestimated Stoneman's past in finance.. Dude was a stickler for opportunity costs.

They did .... he's playing everyday for StL and sporting the second best generated exit velocity in MLB behind Giancarlo Stanton. Dead horse I know... (Okay, he's not a three outcome hitter but still)

The only way to really get to the bottom of this is to have Tank go to lunch with Grigori.

Hicks is a SoCal kid too.. I actually like the idea of Hicks a lot -- Not sure Minnesota has given up on him yet. But they do have a lot of OF options .. Danny Santana, Oswaldo Arcia.. Rosario has done well this year in LF too.

You know how much I dislike Revere, but if I had to pick between the two, I'd prolly chase Revere. If I have one really big bias, it's NL hitters with bad contact rates. I just can't think of any who have come to the AL and done well. Bruce looks like Adam Dunn redux -- like Dunn, Bruce has some three outcome tendencies, and his numbers pale in comparison to what Dunn did in the NL.... When you look at what Dunn did in the AL while htting at Cellular 1 park, it's kinda scary.. Lind is likely still the best option that we know has been made available.

Career numbers away from the bandbox (and in the NL).... .244/313/.425. He is due 13 mil in each of the next two seasons..... that is a lot of money for a guy who's got 200 K potential with neutral park numbers that profile no better than Josh Reddick. I can't get into NL hitters in bandboxes.

Yup -- there's a team option 2016 32 Toronto Blue Jays *$8,000,000 $8M Team Option, $500k Buyout Earliest Free Agent: 2016

Watching the presser right now... I know everyone is sick of Mike Scioscia's canned responses to everything but thank god he's not Ned Yost. I think I've heard "ummmmmm" more times in the last 3 minutes than I have in my entire life. I can't even imagine what it it must be like to have to listen to him start every post game conference with "ummmmmm" He's "ummmmed" 7 times in the time it's taken me to type this.

Few probably try it because there are fewer LHPs, much less quality LHPs.. Anyway, the CWS sport four lefties -- Sale, Quintana, Rodon, and Danks. One of those shouldn't be starting for them.

So interracial midget porn?

That article pretty much is about how MS and Mike Trout don't think it's anything other than him being pitched inside, and how the Angels have hit more batters than have been hit.

It was live streaming on MLB.com -- that might be the best place to find a replay.

Jeff "Narrative Destroyer" Fletcher strikes again..

If Cron can hit as hard as Duran did, nobody will care about his glove.

errrr...... Non narcissist comeback stories!

A lot of people who looked at his brother's rapid decline and saw the many similarities between the two. The reason Jered has been able to last this long is because unlike his brother, he learned how to be more than a thrower.

Same -- I like comeback and success stories like this. I pull for Grady Sizemore for the same reasons.

I feel bad for Jenks -- dude had his career ended by a botched surgery to fix bone spurs in his back. Of course since this happened while under the supervision of the Red Sox and not the Angels nobody called into question the greatness of the Red Sox front office and their medical staff. http://nesn.com/2012/02/bobby-jenks-striving-to-overcome-botched-back-surgery-that-could-have-been-fatal/

A-Rod's pharmacist saw to it that it wouldn't happen.

Apparently that deal is in the works -- at least according to Pedro Martinez.

101 Lasagna Recipes -- Forward by Garfield. It was a NYTimes Best Seller.

Ianetta seems to be back to being himself... OBP over .350 and an OPS of .725 since May 1st -- the problem is when your normal is a .235 batting average, a return to normal does little to bring up a .079 batting average like he had at one point. He was soooo soo awful to start the season.

This will likely shock you but.... Angels actually have gone 1st to 3rd (or scored) more often than Houston and they are just behind them in the percentage of extra bases taken... http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2015-baserunning-batting.shtml Remove all the Disar outs, and they would likely be below the league average in outs on the bases.