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You are mixing up different things. If Montgomery had a draft pick loss attached to him NOW (he already doesn’t) then a team could get around that by waiting to sign until the draft. If Montgomery waits to sign until after the season opens, he will also again not have a draft pick loss attached to him NEXT year in his NEXT free agency. At least that’s how I understand it.

If Moreno gets fired up and motivated over unfinished business, then somebody needs to redirect him to be fired up and focused on the unfinished business of selling the team.

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I just don’t see the Angels going into the season with this rotation. They are going to add somebody to the rotation right??

I am not trying to be argumentative, just chatting. Just saying I think most fans imagine what is normal based on what used to be normal. If Snell got one more out per start he averages 6 innings. The list of starters that actually average 6 innings is way smaller than people think. I want to say it was like 13 guys did it last year? I would have to look it up again maybe I am wrong. I feel like tons of fans think that “normal” starters average over 6 innings and it just sort of isn’t true anymore.

Well there is something to be said for rearranging the chairs on the Titanic. Might as well make the BEST of your situation and get as comfortable as you can if the final outcome is inevitable.

I understand your point but the reality is 5 2/3 innings of a Snell start puts a team in a better position to win than about 90% of what other starters would give you. Nobody averaged 7 innings per start. Alcantara was tops at 6 2/3. Almost every of else was right around where Snell was.

But it’s an issue of scarcity now. What do they need more, a starter or another bat? I would say a starter.

Sign JD Martinez and trade Taylor Ward

Yes I know. I thought he could just wait until after opening day to avoid having it attached to him again. If it’s July, then I messed up on this.

At this point Montgomery might as well wait until after opening day to sign to avoid having a draft pick loss attached to him next year (in case he signs a one year deal or gets an opt out).

Let the 20 pages of Montgomery talk begin.

Are these your notes to write a horrible Haiku?

10 meaning. . . On a scale of 1 to 10, how stupid are these ridiculous uniforms?

He is an idiot for lots of reasons. I just prefer to wait and see what exactly happens with Snell before I conclude that there is something to blame Arte for on the subject.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if player had to pick the length of their next contract when they file for free agency? They would have to pick the exact number of years and then stick to it. It would reduce the free agency negotiations to just haggling over dollars, rather than the (sometimes) never-ending going back and forth over dollars AND years. The mlbpa would never go for it but it is interesting to imagine. So you might have someone like Snell designate that he is filing for a 5 year deal. Or JD Martinez files for a one year deal. Heck, they could even have a freaking auction live on TV. “Next up, we have Blake Snell for five years. Opening bid is obviously mlb minimum. We have $70m, now $74m, we have $100m from the Mets, now $102 from the Yankees. . . .” That would be fun to watch. What is the point of talking about things that would never happen? I don’t know, I’m bored.

I didn’t say he was reliably an elite player. I said he is a quality starting pitcher. You are going to have a really hard time saying he isn’t a quality starting pitcher. He would be the Angels #1. If he isn’t a quality starting pitcher then you are saying the Angels have zero quality starting pitchers. And I would disagree. Snell would be the #1 or #2 on most teams. Maybe a #3 on a truly elite rotation. I fully understand the ways to pick him apart. But you can find things to be concerned about on almost every starting pitcher. The biggest knock on Snell is “he is a 5 inning pitcher.” Well, so is almost everybody. “Of the 117 starters who threw at least 100 innings last season, 13 averaged more than six innings per start (with a high of 6.6 from Marlins Sandy Alcántara, and 12 averaged fewer than five (with a low of 4.6 from Luke Weaver). Everyone else is clustered into the narrow five-to-six range.” Baseball itself has evolved into strategic equations, where, like it or not, they expect 5-6 innings from the starter. Snell averaged 5.625 innings per start last year. Basically 5 2/3. He is delivering what the equation asks for. The Angels just built a bullpen set up to be a great fit for the “equation” of starters basically getting through the lineup twice and then going to the bullpen. I would even be tempted to put money on Snell leading the Angel starters in innings. He is definitely a quality starting pitcher, unless your definition of quality is “special” or “elite” or “true ace every year.”

More like most teams recognize he is a quality starting pitcher that absolutely can help them but the asking price right now is higher than they would like to pay.

Arte is an idiot for overpaying for free agents out of foolish desperation. The guy has no discipline. Arte is an idiot for not just signing Snell for his asking price. The guy is a cheap bastard.

Nobody said that, or anything remotely close to that. Wait, hold on, I just realized somebody left my garage light on all night last night. I wonder what happened? Oh, obviously Arte Moreno broke into my garage and used my tools without asking, and drank beer out of my garage fridge, kicked my dog, and farted in my car and then left the lights on when he left.