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  1. Buck stops with him on all things Angels related. He hired whomever is in charge, and that person sets the budget.
  2. Except owning the team, renting the stadium, failing to pay for renovations, and choosing the vendors that supply the concessions.
  3. Every year, I get ripped on for being among the most optimistic fans on this board. This year I'm pessimistic. But the team is doing well. I don't think the lack of Ohtani's distraction is really that big of a deal, in contrast to what Spirit (Geoff) says...but I do think Ron Washington and company, is making a big deal to this young core.
  4. Also, not having a dome for a summer league, when temps can reach 115 in Vegas? C'mon. They're not serious.
  5. Smaller markets like Vegas can handle 2 pro franchises from the big four leagues. That's it. When a third team is placed it almost never works. Four is out of the question. That's why I have doubts that the A's will actually move to Vegas. And to be fair, the WNBA Aces may be popular in Vegas, but going on the gear, which is cool, is not a good measuring stick. The WNBA is not a legit competitor for attention from NFL, NBA, MLB, or NHL leagues. The Aviators would ultimately have to move, as there is no way the city supports a AAA team AND a MLB team. It just isn't big enough. As they just built a nice new ballpark, I just don't see the A's moving there. I see the NBA as a more likely third team, as they can just play at the Golden Knights arena.
  6. Just 4 days until this! 6 days until the Shindig!
  7. The qualifying offer loses them a 2nd rounder. It's not like back in the Trout days where a team would lose their first round pick. Of the Angels last 21 second round picks (https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=ANA&draft_round=2&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_round) there are only a few notable names. Less so when you factor in the competitive balance rounds. Jarrod Washburn (95) -31st overall. Dallas McPherson (01) - 57th overall. Kevin Jepsen (02) - 53rd overall. Tyler Chatwood (08) -- 74th overall Patrick Corbin (09) -- 80th overall Jahmai Jones (15) -- 70th overall Brandon Marsh (16) -- 60th overall Griffin Canning (17) -- 47th overall Kyren Paris (19) -- 55th overall These 9 guys are the only ones to make the majors and none of them have been All-Stars for the Angels. This pick is #45, so it would be higher than all but one of these guys, but its not that high.
  8. Weather looks to be perfect for this weekend, highs in the high 70's, maybe 80, and cooling off at night to the 50's.
  9. In reality Hicks will likely steal 30 DH GS, and 65 OF GS. Rengifo, Drury, Moniak, and Adell are likely to lose the most time. If they replaced Hicks with Bellinger.....
  10. Having backups dedicated to a specific position is basically irrelevant with the taxi squad and guys being a quick call up away. If Neto goes down, Rengifo will likely fill in that day, and Paris or Soto will be up the following day. They need platoon guys that will play in the INF, as that makes more sense. Washington is known to favor static lineups, but as we dont have as good of a squad as Atlanta, I'd say that this is the best case Scenario for Games Played by Position. Trout --> 155 GS 110 in CF/OF, 45 as DH Rendon --> 130 GS at 3rd, 20 as DH Moniak --> 125 GS in OF, 10 as DH Ward --> 125 GS in OF, 10 as DH Adell --> 115 GS in OF, 20 as DH Drury --> 110 GS at 2B, 20 at 1B, 20 at DH Neto --> 140 GS at SS Schanuel --> 135 GS at 1B Rengifo --> 52 GS at 2B, 22 at SS, 32 at 3B, 11 in OF O'Hoppe --> 115 GP as C, 30 as DH Thaiss --> 47 GP as C, 7 as DH Hicks --> CUT
  11. Same goes at 1st, if Schanuel is hurt or just playing in AAA, then Drury is the 1st baseman and what Stefanic is at 2nd? They're not deep.
  12. Rengifo is the backup at 2nd and SS. Drury is the backup at 1st and 3rd, but is also the starter at 2nd. So... they need another backup at 1st and 3rd.
  13. If he's getting his info solely from Boras, it seems like he's trying to push the Angels to grab one of his top 3 free agents, if not two. No one here would turn down Bellinger or Snell or Montgomery if the dollars make sense.
  14. My other thought is just go back to two divisions in each league, East and West. That way the division winners get a bye, and it means something to win the division. Then you have four wildcards, which is 12 teams in the playoffs. If its Portland/Nashville AL West Angels, A's, M's, D'Backs, White Sox, Royals, Twins, Rangers NL West Dodgers, Giants, Timbers (Portland), Padres, Cubs, Cardinals, Brewers, Rockies AL East Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays, Rays, Tigers, Indians, Astros NL East Mets, Phillies, Nationals, Pirates, Marlins, Braves, Nationals, Sounds (Nashville). If its SLC / Nashville AL West Angels, A's, M's, Bees, White Sox, Royals, Twins, Rangers NL West Dodgers, Giants, Rockies, D'Backs Padres, Cubs, Cardinals, Brewers AL East Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Blue Jays, Rays, Tigers, Indians, Astros NL East Mets, Phillies, Nationals, Pirates, Marlins, Braves, Nationals, Sounds (Nashville).
  15. You're never moving Atlanta or the Padres to the AL. Here's my lineup with Portland and Nashville AL WEST Angels, Las Vegas or Oakland, Seattle, Arizona. NL WEST Dodgers, SF, Portland, San Diego AL MIDWEST Cleveland, Chicago White Sox, Detroit, Minnesota NL MIDWEST Cincinnati, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee, St. Louis AL SOUTH Texas, Tampa, Nashville, Kansas City NL SOUTH Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Colorado AL EAST New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore NL EAST New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington IF it's SLC and Nashville AL WEST Angels, Las Vegas or Oakland, Seattle, SLC NL WEST Dodgers, SF, San Diego, Arizona AL MIDWEST Cleveland, Chicago White Sox, Detroit, Minnesota NL MIDWEST Cincinnati, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee, St. Louis AL SOUTH Texas, Tampa, Nashville, Kansas City NL SOUTH Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Colorado AL EAST New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore NL EAST New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington
  16. Yeah, but they supposedly wanted to move to the AL. I just think one Texas team in each league makes more sense than two in the AL West.
  17. I like 4 divisions of 4, but they need to switch a few teams in leagues so that each team has an opposite league "rival" team and that they have divisions that make sense geographically. Tampa should not be with four teams in the AL East who play within an hour and half flight of one another. The reason a rival team is important is The A's moving to Las Vegas messes up the plan for a rival team, as the natural rival for Las Vegas wouldn't be SF, it would be Arizona. And I had Arizona switching leagues to the AL West. My big gripe is that Houston shouldn't have been the team to move to the AL in 2013, it should've been Arizona or Colorado. The Angels and A's have three hour flights plus to THREE division rivals (SEA, TEX And HOU) whereas the longest flight the Dodgers have in Division is Colorado (2 hours) and it is 1 hour to Arizona. SF has 2x two hour flights to SD and AZ and one 2 hour flight to Colorado. But moving Houston to NL West somehow didn't make sense to MLB.
  18. There is zero chance Pomeranz ends up on the opening day roster.
  19. When you see +15000, or what not, it's as others have said, based on a 100 bet. I like to use that number and divide by 100, giving you the equivalent of 150 to 1 odds. For example, I was checking this out the other day, Jauan Jennings before the Super Bowl +500000 to win SB MVP, but his odds dropped to +1500 mid game. Meaning he was 5000 to 1 odds before hand and mid game he had dropped to 15 to 1.
  20. In So Cal, It hasn't happened since 1995, and that was Pro Football, which is a very very different experience having only one game per week and a national TV broadcast rights deal that is split equally among all 32 teams regardless of market size. The thought of a major market baseball or basketball team with a stadium deal until 2038 would move to market that is 1/11 of the size is laughable. The only reason the A's have proposed a move from a metro area of similar size (15M in NorCal) to one of smaller size (and similar to Nashville) is that their stadium and draw is the worst in the league with the possible exception of Tampa. Nashville and Salt Lake or Portland are likely the 31st and 32nd teams. Tampa if they built a stadium in actual Tampa is a better market than these three, or possibly move to Orlando.
  21. I think blowing the lead is blowing the save, so its valuable to know when that happens and how much to a certain guy. The stat that literally makes zero sense is pitcher wins, especially for relievers.
  22. There is zero chance, I mean zero, that this would ever happen. The Angels are not leaving SoCal. The valuation of a team in Nashville would probably be somewhere between 1.5-2 Billion. The Angels in Orange County are worth 2.5-3. And In LA or Long Beach, probably more than that.
  23. Who wants my Saturday second Ticket for the game at CLE? @Blarg @Angel Oracle?
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