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My entire outlook on this team this year changes if they:
Trade for Montas
Sign Story
 
They do those two things and this team is a real, real contender.
The budget would be perfectly fine and the farm system would not be “gutted” if they built the deal round Marsh.
Just a little side note, Trout is the CF so the value of Marsh’s CF defense isn’t even deliverable to the Angels in the next couple of seasons.

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The should get into a bidding war, with the intention of winning the bidding war.  The reality is Montas is rationally worth to the Angels based on the Angels specific needs, so they should be willing to pay a higher price than other teams.
I would also be very happy to make a deal with Oakland where the Angels pay the price to get Montas with offensive prospects and hold on to Detmers and Bachman.
I am not going to be bothered by watching Montas in an Angel uniform facing Marsh in an A’s uniform.

I know the “within the division” thing, but how on earth are the Angels not leading the way in pursuing Montas?
The Angels don’t need a guy that made 32 starts last year and pitched 187 innings of 3.37 era, 1.18 WHIP, and 4.1 WAR?
If the Angels are not aggressively trying to acquire this guy, I really don’t even know what to say.

The should get into a bidding war, with the intention of winning the bidding war.  The reality is Montas is rationally worth to the Angels based on the Angels specific needs, so they should be willing to pay a higher price than other teams.
I would also be very happy to make a deal with Oakland where the Angels pay the price to get Montas with offensive prospects and hold on to Detmers and Bachman.
I am not going to be bothered by watching Montas in an Angel uniform facing Marsh in an A’s uniform.

If the Angels are not willing to give up any of the players you list for a guy like Montas, then they are fools.
The standard knee-jerk (not suggesting YOU are doing this) of “We can’t gut the farm” is tired.
Paying a fair price for Montas will not gut the farm.  He will cost probably Marsh and if the As play hardball another body that likely will ultimately be insignificant long term.
The other complaint is always, “not for only that amount of control.”
How about make the trade and extend the guy like the Braves did with Matt Olson or the Jays did with Berrios?
 

If the Angels are not willing to give up any of the players you list for a guy like Montas, then they are fools.
The standard knee-jerk (not suggesting YOU are doing this) of “We can’t gut the farm” is tired.
Paying a fair price for Montas will not gut the farm.  He will cost probably Marsh and if the As play hardball another body that likely will ultimately be insignificant long term.
The other complaint is always, “not for only that amount of control.”
How about make the trade and extend the guy like the Braves did with Matt Olson or the Jays did with Berrios?
 

Love all the optimism that this guy could be sneaky good.
Was Zach Cozart not available?

Don't get me wrong, I like the signing, but this is the sort of move that's really helpful for a team that is already good for 90-ish wins. For us, it's just a decent pickup that probably doesn't change the overall success of the team much.

Suzuki, Romine, Duffy. . .
So glad this mediocre team is so dialed in and really knows how to be exactly who they are.
In other news, ugly drunk guy who has a history of hitting on ugly fat chicks hits on an ugly fat chick.

Did we really need a 10th mediocre infielder lmao

Perry references the “what have you done for me lately?” concept presumably to take the immediate pressure off of him needing to make significant moves now after the lockout.
That would be fine, Perry, if the team had been to the playoffs somewhat periodically over the last decade.
Sorry dude, reality check.   The fans have specific, rational concerns that are not resolved, and the team has no recent history of overcoming these kinds of unresolved issues.
Until that is no longer true, you don’t get to wave it all off as fans just saying “What have you done for me lately?”
 
 

Perry references the “what have you done for me lately?” concept presumably to take the immediate pressure off of him needing to make significant moves now after the lockout.
That would be fine, Perry, if the team had been to the playoffs somewhat periodically over the last decade.
Sorry dude, reality check.   The fans have specific, rational concerns that are not resolved, and the team has no recent history of overcoming these kinds of unresolved issues.
Until that is no longer true, you don’t get to wave it all off as fans just saying “What have you done for me lately?”
 
 

He wouldn’t be a catcher.  Definitely a closer.  Jesus saves.

He wouldn’t be a catcher.  Definitely a closer.  Jesus saves.

They better not trade Stassi and ask us to sit through 162 games of Suzuki/Romine/Thaiss.
 

Perry references the “what have you done for me lately?” concept presumably to take the immediate pressure off of him needing to make significant moves now after the lockout.
That would be fine, Perry, if the team had been to the playoffs somewhat periodically over the last decade.
Sorry dude, reality check.   The fans have specific, rational concerns that are not resolved, and the team has no recent history of overcoming these kinds of unresolved issues.
Until that is no longer true, you don’t get to wave it all off as fans just saying “What have you done for me lately?”
 
 

Perry references the “what have you done for me lately?” concept presumably to take the immediate pressure off of him needing to make significant moves now after the lockout.
That would be fine, Perry, if the team had been to the playoffs somewhat periodically over the last decade.
Sorry dude, reality check.   The fans have specific, rational concerns that are not resolved, and the team has no recent history of overcoming these kinds of unresolved issues.
Until that is no longer true, you don’t get to wave it all off as fans just saying “What have you done for me lately?”
 
 

So pay more.  Get the players you need to win.

So pay more.  Get the players you need to win.

So pay more.  Get the players you need to win.

I would argue he is underrated relative to Correa.  If Story delivered a steady 3-4 WAR he is plenty to check off the box at SS.  That would be a huge upgrade for this team.
Correa has been basically a 5 WAR player.  I will take Story all day long for the price he will be compared to Correa.

If the Angels actually believed in Thaiss as a viable catcher, would this transaction have occurred?

Me neither but he is pretty damn good.
But if I dissect why I have some interest it is really driven by me not wanting to go into the season with a big question Mark at SS.
Given that Story will be way less of an overall commitment (presumably to allow some flexibility to help in another area either now or next year), I would strongly rather land Story.
I want Correa to go to someone other than the Astros though.  He does make them better and I don’t want that.

But what is his spin rate??