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Is Rob Wilfong available?  Just trying to get better.

Is Rob Wilfong available?  Just trying to get better.

George Thorogood's "I Drink Alone"

We are not that far off on what we thinks wins.  What you said but also with at least one dominating starter helps a lot.
Sometimes I catch myself being conditioned to limit my expectations and then I remember this is supposed to be a premium franchise in a premium market and I get ambitious again thinking the team just simply must insist on excellence.
I am jealous of the Nats.  They can add two high quality bullpen arms and their fans should be maniacal about how that team is set up to win.
I want that.  I don't want to settle for hoping to catch lightening in a bottle or hope Cron can hit 16 homers playing 1B in the majors, or whatever.
All that said, no this doesn't mean I want monster contracts for 33 yr old fading players.
 
 
 

Right now he stinks.  He might never be good again.  But frankly, Sandoval at major league minimum isn't the worst idea on earth.
He is 30 yrs old. 
Somebody will sign him for nothing and risk really nothing except a roster spot.
To be clear I am not hoping that team is the Angels at all.  Low probability of success.  But measured by risk alone, at mlb minimum there isn't much risk.
 

Nolasco for Judge?

The point is the Angels have one legit middle of the order hitter.
Let's start with getting a second one.
Then a third.
When the winning is too much, then stop pursuing more.
I see zero #1 starters on this team. . .
This team isn't going anywhere with one legit 3/4/5 bat and no top of the rotation horse, regardless of maybe improving incrementally in other areas.
That's just my opinion.
That's all I am saying.
 

Nolasco for Judge?

Nolasco for Judge?

I am not against Cowart.  Give him a chance, that's all fine.
But I don't want to be the Padres.
Cowart is probably potentially a pretty clean 4 cylinder Pontiac.  Keep him.
I don't want all 4 cylinder Pontiacs.

Nolasco for Judge?

The point is the Angels have one legit middle of the order hitter.
Let's start with getting a second one.
Then a third.
When the winning is too much, then stop pursuing more.
I see zero #1 starters on this team. . .
This team isn't going anywhere with one legit 3/4/5 bat and no top of the rotation horse, regardless of maybe improving incrementally in other areas.
That's just my opinion.
That's all I am saying.
 

I want the Angels to NOT be a team that checks off position by position as good enough.
I want a relentless pursuit of becoming the best team in baseball.
For example, lots of depth at #4 and #5 starters makes me want to puke.  How do the top 3 match up against teams you will face in the postseason?  That is infinitely more important.
How many legit MOTO bats do you have?
Angels have one.
I want four or five.
If I am a car collector, I don't want to boast having more clean 4 cylinder Pontiacs than anyone else.
 
 

I know it isn't easy and it is likely not realistic to have five MOTO bats.
What I want to see is focused, concentrated effort to address the rigjt things.
For example, tinkering to make 2B passable is, in a way, annoying.  Not that this wouldn't slightly improve the team. . .
It just that the lineup doesn't have enough impact bats.  That's the big problem.
The pitching doesn't have the #1 and #2 kind of horses that they need.
Lots of other problem become so much less relevant if you are top heavy in the rotation and have MOTO  bats.
The rest at that point is backfill.
I made the point too long, but I hate when a team is trying to improve the backfill by 10% when the foundation is not there.
Frontline pitching and big bats.
All hands on deck to draft, develop, acquire those pieces.
I am so flipping bored with discussing if Cowart can hit enough to hold down third, or if one of the 13 back of the rotation starters blah blah blah. . . For the most part, those things don't matter if you don't have the core pieces.
 
 

The point is the Angels have one legit middle of the order hitter.
Let's start with getting a second one.
Then a third.
When the winning is too much, then stop pursuing more.
I see zero #1 starters on this team. . .
This team isn't going anywhere with one legit 3/4/5 bat and no top of the rotation horse, regardless of maybe improving incrementally in other areas.
That's just my opinion.
That's all I am saying.
 

I know it isn't easy and it is likely not realistic to have five MOTO bats.
What I want to see is focused, concentrated effort to address the rigjt things.
For example, tinkering to make 2B passable is, in a way, annoying.  Not that this wouldn't slightly improve the team. . .
It just that the lineup doesn't have enough impact bats.  That's the big problem.
The pitching doesn't have the #1 and #2 kind of horses that they need.
Lots of other problem become so much less relevant if you are top heavy in the rotation and have MOTO  bats.
The rest at that point is backfill.
I made the point too long, but I hate when a team is trying to improve the backfill by 10% when the foundation is not there.
Frontline pitching and big bats.
All hands on deck to draft, develop, acquire those pieces.
I am so flipping bored with discussing if Cowart can hit enough to hold down third, or if one of the 13 back of the rotation starters blah blah blah. . . For the most part, those things don't matter if you don't have the core pieces.
 
 

I want the Angels to NOT be a team that checks off position by position as good enough.
I want a relentless pursuit of becoming the best team in baseball.
For example, lots of depth at #4 and #5 starters makes me want to puke.  How do the top 3 match up against teams you will face in the postseason?  That is infinitely more important.
How many legit MOTO bats do you have?
Angels have one.
I want four or five.
If I am a car collector, I don't want to boast having more clean 4 cylinder Pontiacs than anyone else.
 
 

Right now he stinks.  He might never be good again.  But frankly, Sandoval at major league minimum isn't the worst idea on earth.
He is 30 yrs old. 
Somebody will sign him for nothing and risk really nothing except a roster spot.
To be clear I am not hoping that team is the Angels at all.  Low probability of success.  But measured by risk alone, at mlb minimum there isn't much risk.
 

The signing I enjoyed was Carl Crawford.  I never wanted that guy and was so happy when he landed somewhere else.

Nolasco for Judge?

Nolasco for Judge?

Nolasco for Judge?

Right now he stinks.  He might never be good again.  But frankly, Sandoval at major league minimum isn't the worst idea on earth.
He is 30 yrs old. 
Somebody will sign him for nothing and risk really nothing except a roster spot.
To be clear I am not hoping that team is the Angels at all.  Low probability of success.  But measured by risk alone, at mlb minimum there isn't much risk.
 

Nolasco for Judge?

Nolasco for Judge?