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I don't like those deals and do not think Anderson gets anywhere close to 24 M guaranteed.

They couldn't make a move like that after shipping Bush and Quero to the White Sox for Giolito. I wonder if that would've been enough in the offseason to get Burnes.

I 100% think that was the price for Burnes which is why it isn't done.

If you dont trade Ward, Bellinger plays 30-40 games at 1st and 20 at DH too likely in this scenario. Schanuel and Drury getting the remainder. But yeah, you'd be expecting Trout and Bellinger to get 110 games in the OF each, leaving 260 or so for Ward, Adell, and Moniak. That's not quite enough for all three but if you add 90 DH games, you'd be at 350/3 = 110-115 starts each.

Should be a fun weekend! I'm in on 3-8 in the AM, so I will miss the first day Shenanigans.

Starters would have to go deeper and they'd have a 7 man pen. 7 man pens used to be quite common like when the Angels won the World Series, they had 7 most of that year, with their Bench being Gil, Palmiero, Fabregas and either Nieves, Ochoa or a third catcher. Their pen was Percy, Shields, Donnelly, Levine, Weber, Pote and Cook. Schoeneweis shifted to the pen midseason, and Cook was gone.

It has been re-evaluated and it's still not enough. Houck is valued at 22.1 Surplus now and Rengifo is 13.7. 21 starts at 5.01 ERA last year, whereas Rengifo had a .783 OPS of an OPS+ 111

I'm just saying 180 over 32 starts is just a hair under where Canning was at 5.625 innings per start, or 5.2 if you count that way. (5.1, 5.2, etc.). People call him a 5 inning pitcher, but in reality he's just the new norm.

Here's what I have now: Estevez (R) Stephenson (R) Moore (L) Garcia (R) Cimber (R) Joyce (R) Soriano (R) Suarez (L) And then in AAA Wantz Plesac Kolarek Ingram Mederos Herget (if not waived) Caceres Thomas

Health.

What would have been bigger concerns than the food? LMAO. The "entertainers" at Christies? Mini Golf? Beer Flights?

Looks like $65M is missing about $13M... Closer to $50-52 M in Lux Tax Space.

2024 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals Note: Tax figures based on payroll data only. Outside revenue sources will be adjusted when available after the regular season. PAYROLL TYPE TOTAL Competitive Balance Tax Threshold $237,000,000 Est. Active AAV/Payroll $144,806,667 Est. Player Benefits $17,000,000 Est. Minor League Buried Contracts $6,250,000 Est. Minor League Contracts $2,250,000 Est. Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution $1,666,666 Est. Tax Payroll $171,973,333 Est. Arbitration AAV/Payroll $5,680,000 Est. Pre-Arbitration AAV/Payroll $7,700,000 Est. Tax Payroll (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) $185,353,333 Est. Tax Bill Details Est. Competitive Balance Tax Space $65,026,667

Spotrac has the actual payroll at $151 M. The Lux Tax payroll at 185. They say they have $65M in space before the Tax Threshold, but it can't be that much can it? 2024 Payroll Totals PAYROLL TYPE BASE SALARY SIGNING BONUS INCENTIVES TOTAL SALARY TOTAL ADJ. SALARY Active Payroll $130,465,000 $2,238,095 - $132,703,094 $132,703,067 Est. Arbitration Salaries - - - - $5,680,000 Est. Pre-Arbitration Salaries - - - - $7,700,000 Retained Salary $2,500,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 Buried Minor Salary $7,000,000 - - $7,000,000 $2,500,000 Active Total Payroll $139,965,000 $2,238,095 - $142,203,094 $137,703,067 Projected Total Payroll - - - - $151,083,067

They've not been anywhere near this for their entire career, why do you think they would get there? And Snell pitched 180 innings and people are worried about his length.

I just booked the Hyatt cuz I hadn't heard anything.

NWL should be the low A.

And it looks like they're adding Miguel Sano to be the right handed version of Moustakas.

I may or may not have been to Christies too. LOL

Oh it might be. It's the day before time change, right?

I'm wondering why they are trying him at catcher over 3rd base. He'd presumably be at high A, maybe even finish at AA this year right? A position change is just going to delay him.

Agreed, totally but they have minor issues that can be fixed in Free Agency (And one Major Issue) as I stated in my OP, 1) The Addition of a bat like Bellinger mitigates the need for Rendon to have 500 (productive) AB's, you have two legit MOTO hitters, one from each side if you sign Bellinger. 2) Of Course 3) Yes, but adding another starter means you dont need them all to perform, it gives you depth so you dont have to rely on the bottom of the rotation/ AAA guys too much. 4) Adding a Bench bat with pop means all of the youngsters dont need to breakout, only a few of them 5) Oh you said it all.

Nah, you got to take a stand somewhere. I know Bauer's accuser was full of it, but she still had bruises and such from (consensual) rough sex. Even if she liked getting beat up during sex you gotta wonder why the guy doing it is okay with it. (or why he likes it)...still if he isnt gonna face suspension, maybe... Urias is different...But this is Urias' second DV incident and he could still face Misdemeanor charges and even a 1 year suspension by the league. For me, hitting a woman for any reason is just not ok. The Angels shouldn't tolerate this either with all the bad press they have already.

Are they limited to 4 uniforms again? Anyone know? I like the City Connect but does this mean they wont be wearing that at all? The one I dislike a lot is the road grey. It's just boring. Uniwatch agrees..says they should wear their red tops on the road, always... I'm assuming unless the home team in those games wears red as their primary or alternate home jersey. Which I think only the Rangers, Red Sox and Reds do. Phillies are apparently ditching the red for 2024 and they play here anyway. D'Backs have an alternate red. They had a four plus one rule for 2023, meaning, Home, Road, and two Alternates. Some of you hate the red, but I like the red with road or home pants. If it were up to me, I'd do the Home Whites, Make Red and Grey Road Primary but also wear the Red with the White pants at home like on Fridays or something. Then you have the alternate which is cool 70's throwback apparently, and the city connect, leaving one more alternate, in which I would do a 90's throwback Navy Blue top, but with the current "A" logo instead of the CA, which I do love.

You mean rotation, for Silseth, right?