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Of course, having an owner who is willing to pay $108,000,000 in Payroll Tax also helps. I’m pretty sure if some of the posters on here had that kind of money to spend they could come up with a pretty competitive lineup as well. 
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IF they were to Fire Nevin.... Replacement is in house....
 
Denny Hocking to finish the season.
And bring back Ethan Katz to run the pitching staff. (Yeah, I know he's under contract with the Sox trade for him).

Minasian’s phone is lighting up right now with inquiries from other teams regarding Ohtani. 
Nevin and the entire coaching staff needs to be swept out. And, in anticipation,  Erstad is nowhere near the answer.  

Minasian’s phone is lighting up right now with inquiries from other teams regarding Ohtani. 
Nevin and the entire coaching staff needs to be swept out. And, in anticipation,  Erstad is nowhere near the answer.  

Nevin is a tactical genius. We definitely need to retain him with a long term contract. 

This. You can’t build a productive farm system based on only college players. They should end up with extra slot money, allowing them to sign some high school talent. 
 
This is what you have to do in building a well rounded farm system.  

This. Exactly. I’m tired of the treadmill of trying to field a competitive team by paying a high price for free agents. Doesn’t work. They need to be final pieces, not the foundation. Invest in the farm and scouting rather than large salaries for guys over 30. 
And, unless Arte wants to go big time in the front office, I am fine with Minasian. Nevin is done as far as I’m concerned. Even if he’s not at fault, we will easily end up under .500 during his tenure. 

I don’t see any way that Minasian’s job is on the line. He’s made a number of good moves this year and added some actually productive players. We’ve seen Neto and O’Hoppe and their future looks promising. No real slappys on the team like last year. And, Minasian has been very aggressive in moving guys out that are not producing. 
Injuries are what is killing this team. It would have been nice to see an extended period with a consistent lineup. Not sure how you prevent. 
It’s sacrilege to say this, but as much as I love Ohtani, the Angels will never be a true playoff contender having to pay Ohtani/Trout/Rendon $120M. Too many other holes to fill to create a championship contender. We’ll just continue on the same treadmill we’ve been on since 2014. At some point a rebuild needs to be considered.  

I don’t see any way that Minasian’s job is on the line. He’s made a number of good moves this year and added some actually productive players. We’ve seen Neto and O’Hoppe and their future looks promising. No real slappys on the team like last year. And, Minasian has been very aggressive in moving guys out that are not producing. 
Injuries are what is killing this team. It would have been nice to see an extended period with a consistent lineup. Not sure how you prevent. 
It’s sacrilege to say this, but as much as I love Ohtani, the Angels will never be a true playoff contender having to pay Ohtani/Trout/Rendon $120M. Too many other holes to fill to create a championship contender. We’ll just continue on the same treadmill we’ve been on since 2014. At some point a rebuild needs to be considered.  

Or, you could be San Diego who traded a lot of draft capital over the past couple of years and is now 5 games under .500.  Doesn’t mean they may not go on a hot streak, but they went from one of the top systems to number 23 (and if they trade the couple of players that made them 23 they will fall farther).  I don’t see Quero and whoever else drawing enough for a legit SP and a good RP (who are always a risk). 
It’s all a crapshoot. But you have to balance long term with short term. I’m glad I don’t make that decision. 

Would trading Quero and one or two other prospects really enhance our post season chances? Even if we make the playoffs we are not a threat to get to the World Series. I’m pessimistic that Shohei will re-sign. Given that, I would hold onto all our prospects and, if we want to trade them, do it in the Fall when, essentially, return would be greater. We could also use Shohei’s $30M to sign a pitcher. Adell and Moniak rotating at DH is not Shohei, but it could be serviceable.

Would trading Quero and one or two other prospects really enhance our post season chances? Even if we make the playoffs we are not a threat to get to the World Series. I’m pessimistic that Shohei will re-sign. Given that, I would hold onto all our prospects and, if we want to trade them, do it in the Fall when, essentially, return would be greater. We could also use Shohei’s $30M to sign a pitcher. Adell and Moniak rotating at DH is not Shohei, but it could be serviceable.

I've never started a new topic here as I am a "luker" multiple times daily, but tend to not weigh-in much.  With that out of the way, I want to simply point out that Perry just "seems different" than what we've had in the role of a GM in past.
I admittedly was appreciative of the job Eppler did and have always felt he inherited an extremely difficult hand.  The state of the farm, the noose/limitations he was under, lack of depth, etc.
With that being said, I'd like to express how pleased I have been with Perry's job to-date.  Given the circumstance and current situation (i.e. win now), the foresight and judgement he has displayed is so clearly evident in most every area of the roster.  It's almost as if his plan from the day he began is now being played out in front of our eyes....and he has rarely missed on many of the players he identified early on.
No one truly knew what he had when with Bachman, Joyce, Neto, Moniak or others.  In many cases, we still don't.  But to have the foresight to "lower our floor" with inexpensive backfilling the way he has AND to have the cajones to promote and trust his instincts has been remarkable.  I remember when he signed Anderson to such a low-market deal wondering what the "catch" was.  Now, we are seeing a quality 3-4 starter evolve we will have for another year at a reasonable cost.  I was a big Marsh fan, but would make the trade for O'Hoppe over and over again.  Neto blows my mind for a rook and I have no idea how he possibly projected that and laid off the FA's when his job was on the line.  The Renfroe signing was SO solid.  
The BP was always a huge question mark and that wasn't lost on Perry.  I was critical of the offseason approach (i.e. low-cost spending, practically ignoring the white elephant), but his response has been to rely on his initial moves to address it (Silseth, Bachman, Davidson....and more to come).  
Undoubtedly, when our season comes to an end without a championship we will be able to "Monday Morning Quarterback" what he should have done differently.  But I have to say, I won't be in that crowd.  What he has done this year and the results through 30+% of our games have demonstrated to me this is a man with a plan.
Hell, he has me so excited to be an Angels fan again that I am actually at piece with Shohei leaving (Note: fan since Nolan signed my ball in '77).  In fact, I find myself at times wondering if it might be best for the organization to trust in him to identify the right combination of young talent in a deadline trade to truly put us over the top going into '24!!!  Nuts?  I know.  But man, this guy seems to know talent.  I am so jacked about having a young, core group of O'Hoppe, Neto, Moniak, Adelll, Sandy, Detmers, Bachman, Joyce, Paris, and whatever else he might acquire from a Ohtani trade that I am beginning to think the worse thing we can do is let him walk for nothing with this guy in charge.
I honestly think if the vets can perform like they can, this team is capable of making a very serious run.  I don't envy Perry's position in having to determine it's fate by early July (the trade deadline being so early is a point of contention with me, but that's a whole other topic).  But just imagine if Rendon returned and the power came with it, Walsh found his grove, and Mike returned to being "Mike."  With our starters coming around and the BP taking shape, we have a roster that can compete in ways we haven't seen in quite awhile.  I'm not suggesting we'd win it all, but it "could" make for a really fun ride.
My point is, props to Perry.  Well done, sir.  And thank you for offering this fan something to be excited about for the next handful of years.

It seems the Phillies hitting coach really messed him up. 
 - Kind of kidding but there were some comments about how great a job he did in helping Marsh. 

I wouldn’t use a high pick for an OFer because they can easily be signed on the free agent market (i.e. Renfroe, Hunter). I’m really not worried about organizational outfield depth. 
A good corner IF prospect is worth more to me. 

It’s ridiculous to blame the bullpen. If they would have scored 5 runs in 9 innings last night they would have won. Oh sure, blame the bullpen….

Generally speaking, locations with a lower tax structure, in areas of considerable population growth are going to be prime targets for expansion because of higher degree of a stadium being built. 
A prime counter example of those would be Oakland. The owner is cheap and greedy and the city is already overtaxed and the Democratic leadership preferred to focus on social programs instead of sports based tourism. 
So which cities have the necessary factors? 
Nashville, Orlando, Charlotte (to a degree) and Salt Lake (to a degree). 
However, there's also the human element to consider. Which populations would support a franchise? Montreal would because of nostalgia, but working with local Canadian government can be more burdensome, they already gave away their funded plan for an MLB team. But they do have Olympic Stadium to serve as a temporary home. Portland would, but again, local government would make it difficult to get a stadium fully funded. 
On the flip side, teams on Florida haven't been that well supported over the years. So Orlando may be a difficult sell. 
So considering all factors, here are the destination ranked in order of likeliest to unlikely. 
1. Nashville
2. Charlotte
3. Montreal
4. Portland
5. Orlando
6. Salt Lake

Going all in on Shohei keeps us on the treadmill we’ve been on the past decade. No prospects of any value to trade for areas of need, no money to fill holes with actual legit major leaguers.  
For the first time in a long time there’s actual promise in the farm system. I would not blow it up to keep one player happy. I want us to be a real contender every year. Can’t do this on the course we are currently on. And, I bet that Perry believes that as well.  

Going all in on Shohei keeps us on the treadmill we’ve been on the past decade. No prospects of any value to trade for areas of need, no money to fill holes with actual legit major leaguers.  
For the first time in a long time there’s actual promise in the farm system. I would not blow it up to keep one player happy. I want us to be a real contender every year. Can’t do this on the course we are currently on. And, I bet that Perry believes that as well.  

I’m in the camp of trading Ohtani and getting max haul. I feel that we are on the verge of having a very productive farm system and we need to start thinking long term. Shohei keeps us in short term thinking because the mentality is win now.  His predicted $50M salary will limit our ability to fill holes in our lineup. 
I would trade him for a prospect haul and use his $30M from this year to address a position of real need (which would probably be a pitcher). 
It’s April and I’m already tired of the Shohei circus every day among “pundits”. 

I’m in the camp of trading Ohtani and getting max haul. I feel that we are on the verge of having a very productive farm system and we need to start thinking long term. Shohei keeps us in short term thinking because the mentality is win now.  His predicted $50M salary will limit our ability to fill holes in our lineup. 
I would trade him for a prospect haul and use his $30M from this year to address a position of real need (which would probably be a pitcher). 
It’s April and I’m already tired of the Shohei circus every day among “pundits”. 

No doubt it’s manipulated but I like the idea of being able to take someone off a roster to work on a specific item(s). The idea of some one on one coaching for a week could really benefit some players.  I don’t know if the rules allow this, but I would be rotating guys through the list all season. 

Over/under on the number of felony assault arrests for a Bat Day night game between Angels and Dodgers…

In the article the mayor says she has been a long time season ticket holder and a big Angels fan. 

In the article the mayor says she has been a long time season ticket holder and a big Angels fan.