WeatherWonk

I thought it was Baseball Prospectus. Pecota rated us below the Twins, before the Marwin signing. Dude, you gotta stay on top of the sites that bag on the Angels. Time to rotate off these two and find the ones acceptable on Angels Win.

This post redefines the term "fantasy baseball".

I could see the Cubs winning many fewer games this year. They really havent addressed their lack of offensive punch for long periods of the regular season. Lester and Hamels and Hendricks a year older, Who knows about Yu? About Morrow? 79 might be a little low, though, but maybe not by much. Brewers are about the same (strong), Cards are much better. Heck, Reds are improved, too. Pirates about the same or slightly worse. Man, I cant believe any service would put us behind the Twins. That's depressing. I don't buy it. But it is a much weaker division than ours. Even the Indians are worse than last year. The A's are the biggest question mark in our division, along with us. The Astros wont win it by 18 games, like Pecota predicts, but it will be handily, I suspect. I'm really interested to see how Laureano and Martini do for a full season. Can they maintain those tremendous OBP numbers, especially Martini? Is Piscotty's resurgence for real? Deadly top of the lineup, in front of Chapman, Davis, Olson, Piscotty. The bullpen is still solid. Their season rests on whether Fiers, Estrada, Mengden and Blackburn can get them through till Puk and Cotton return, in some fashion. Sounds like Manaea and Gossett are longshots this year, but possible. I still expect a late acquisition, of another starter, by Beane. Someone who would be willing to accept a one year contract. Maybe Tillman or Bucholz or Shields. Not sure of all their contracts, but the A's might be another team that will be much better in 2020, like us. Of course, with Beane, no one is safe from being traded, especially good players nearing FA status.

I wouldnt bet on that, with how poorly Schoop and Sano hit last year. Sano had a negative WAR and Schoop had that glossy OBP of .266. Gonzales has played some 2nd base. And who knows what kind of season Cron will have. Even Kepler and certainly Buxton aren't great hitters. Buxton is in danger of becoming a defensive replacement, unless he starts progressing as a hitter. I doubt they are paying him 10+mil/season to not start.

It will be the Pujols/Bour combo, most likely.

Who knows if he even got an offer from a NY team? I guess they met. But any offer is only an "unconfirmed rumor" unless someone owns up to it. The Yankees have good, young CONTROLLABLE infielders. No need to limit their options with a contract like Machado's. They have a WS caliber team without Machado. The Padres do not........yet.

Yeah, Trout's the ultimate city guy. He's just like Machado. Not.

I get this completely. My dad and his dad died at 72. Neither was from lung cancer, though they did smoke for extended periods of their lives. That's why I retired at 55. I left money on the table to do this, in terms of retirement. I'm now 65. I havent regretted it a bit. Nothing beats retirement!!!! If there are hereditary reasons why they died so early, DO IT!!!!

Strad, I have relatives that live in Havasu. You get used to the heat, with it being that dry. But their aint much in the way of culture there, unless you count Elks, VFW, Eagles Club, etc. No Costco, FFS! No real performing arts venues. But Vegas isnt that far. And the lake is kinda small for the amount of recreation use it gets in peak season. Plus, the water is only swimmable from about mid June to mid October. There are good housing deals there, though. And it is a conservative area, which I suspect would appeal to you. SD is too expensive to retire to, unless you bought housing much longer ago. I wouldnt get into that market, unless you can pay cash for it and still have cash as a nest egg. Machado can do that, I believe. And you would likely have to deal with, gulp, LIBERALS !!!! Here's a retirement tip. Check out Green Valley, AZ. It's about a half hour south of Tucson. It's at about 3000 feet elevation and is much, much cooler than Phoenix or Havasu. Great retirement area, especially if you are active. Pro sports about two hours away. This area is exploding, yet has good freeway access to Tucson. Cant lose money in that market, barring another housing collapse. And you can bop on down to where I live in Mexico in about six hours...............you're dying to do that, right? LOL! Talk to me, Goose!!! I'm a great retirement wingman. Been all over the West...........ferget east of the Rockies! Weather sucks, bigtime!!! Florida?? Fack, no!!! Too many snooty New Englanders in the winter. Crime ridden state, too.

And, yet, they've been in more World Series than the Angels, in fewer years of existence. Unfortunately, they went up against probably the two strongest teams in the last 35 years; the 84 Tigers and the 98 Yankees. Bad luck for the great Tony Gwynn. That last paragraph of yours is such a sports fan's perspective, not a player's at all. San Diego is a cool town. Great beaches, great marinas, great weather, great restaurants, great ocean and bass fishing, fun bars, great chicks, healthy vibe, relatively low crime for a city its size. In fact, it's the only city in the US with a population over 1 mil, that is in the top ten in lowest crime rate. Very laid back; fans leave you alone in public. What's not to like? Must be OC envy.........hey, the great Albert Pujols signed to play in fackin' Anaheim!!!! What a hoppin town that is!! San Diego doesn't support many major league franchises because there is so much to DO in San Diego, outside. Tough to compete for recreational dollars with all that San Diego has.

LOL! Good luck with that!!!

I think Machado will do better than 6.2 WAR in seven seasons. By a lot. And I dont think the Padres will have four losing seasons out of his first seven. Nor will they make the playoffs only once in his first seven. Manny's SD quotes will be much more positive than Albert's.........can't help but be.

If that's on a waterbed, you'd better be savvy on thrust dynamics and standing wave ratios or you might not walk again............but it would probably be worth it.

Angel pitching with an injury-free season. Rengifo and Adell tying for ROY in 2019. Arte going 100 mil over the luxury cap.

Well, that wont last long, in THAT town..............

'Despite multiple reports of an agreement, Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler said, "We do not have a deal. We are continuing discussions." ' Until this is confirmed by the Padres and Machado, this falls in the category of.............wait for it................... Unconfirmed Rumor!!! But, let's run with it, hey! Anyway, if there is ANY city center that I wouldnt mind living in, of the 30 MLB teams, it's definitely downtown San Diego. I've been to Manhattan, DT Seattle, DT Chicago, DT Boston, Denver, SF, LA of course. The rest arent even in the running. San Diego is the best. You'd never need to leave in the off season, with that weather. Not that he will live downtown, of course. But I'd spring for a high-rise, penthouse pad downtown, a slip for the yacht in Shelter Island (quick exit to the sea and some great courtesy-docking in SD Bay for partying) and maybe the main digs in La Jolla or PB. Machado has got it made! Single guy, right? What a city!!! Hot chicks everywhere; gringas and Hispanics!!!

Yeah, this is where there is no clear cut answer as to whether the media money is kept separate from the Angel's operating budget or not. It would be very easy to separate it out into its own LLC/entity and never include that as revenue on the Angels side of the ledger. MLB might allow this. However, I doubt that the Angels could generate 300-500 million a year, solely on ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, etc. The math is certainly beyond me............which isn't saying much.

It doesnt take much looking to find negatives with this lineup. I am more worried about our lineup that our pitching. But cheerleaders rarely see things realistically for the team they cheer for. Anyway, a guy who can hit 28+ HRs and 33 doubles out of the #3 or #6 slot doesnt need that high an OBP. Quite looking at OBP as the end-all, be-all stat. You trade power for OBP in certain slots in the lineup. He would have added a lot to the #3, 5, 6 slots in our lineup.

5.5 mil for 2.5 WAR is REAL VALUE. Your last statement makes it sound like he isnt REAL VALUE, because he's never been offered more than 10 mil for one year in the past two years. How much did the Angels pay for less than 2.5 WAR at third base last year?

2.5 WAR for 5.5(+1) mil. How was he a bad deal?

Less than what we are paying our 3rd baseman, Cozart, isnt it? And on the coveted one-year deal that are usually more expensive!

Passan reporting 1yr/10mil. Too rich for Epps and Arte.

If Tim Mead is effective, they will. He just needs to drop a dime to Heyman. "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride........"

Wow, had no idea this procedure was so involved. That's nine things that could go wrong. If he goes down, we are looking at Ward and Fletch, with the occasional LaStella. Rengifo is a long shot. Moose would be good insurance in all this, for the right price.

Well, it's certainly the latter, at least. Look how effective he reels in two AW regulars ALL THE TIME! Though, I'm not sure how impressive that really is................