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Somebody is going to need a lot of Kleenex after reading that, like maybe 1961 sheets.

The presumption that Walsh will return to the “All-Star” level of production is something that should instead be called hope.  We all hope that happens.

Walsh turns 30 next month and his mlb resume for a 30 year old isn’t something to cherish or be overly confident about.  That’s just the fact.

Realistically you have to prioritize winning games over giving Walsh more time.  I can’t be concerned with being “robbed of the opportunity to see him swinging at his best.”  I don’t really care about that.

It is true that the team is winning so they have the luxury of giving Walsh more time  not at the expense of wins.  For now.

So the team doesn’t have to do anything right this second.

Then there is the comment about what happens if you just start cutting players who have a bad month.  Nobody said cut Walsh.  He needs to figure out his problems and it isn’t unreasonable at all to send him to AAA to do that.  That’s one major purpose for having a AAA team.

Everyone is glad to see Walsh hit a homer as hopefully an indicator that things are changing.  But if the slump continues (not just a slump but a DEEP slump), then he needs to get sent down.

And yes, the team should be doing all kinds of initial work exploring a replacement in the trade deadline if Walsh isn’t back on track.

The photo attached to this post is torturing me.  I feel like I am stuck in an HR PowerPoint presentation at work.

“Based on this and the assumption that the Angels will likely only go after a top starter if and only if they improve markedly as we head toward the end of July, Angelswin.com would speculate that the Halos front office is slightly more likely to target a pure rental like Scherzer, Wainwright, or Gray to minimize the resource cost (i.e. money and players and prospects sent back in return),”

Man I could not disagree any more.  I think the Angels MIGHT consider a rental if a).  the price was pretty cheap, AND b). The transaction does not interfere with efforts to land a controllable starter beyond this year. . . . Which I think is the primary objective of the front office in this trade deadline period.

Further, I think the Angels are arguably more inclined to pay a big price in prospects to land the controllable piece today than in the past because you just cannot count on signing impact starters in free agency.

I guess we will find out.