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Calhoun has to be bummed

i wouldnt be too shocked to see them bring him back on a lesser deal... at this point id love to see it the D would be perhaps best in league 

Yeah that does suck for him. And knowing all the teams that want him are basically bottom dwellers.

I really think Keuchel is the next play here. He makes so much sense for how are team is built.

Holy Crap! I just logged in and didn’t expect to see this happen so quickly. Despite guys like @Second Base who believed in our offense ... this is a signing I clearly love! 
 

Keuchel’s a lot more appealing now with his very high GB% and this infield defense. Ryu as well. 
I’d love it if they got one of those and Jon Gray. Tie it up with Castro, Maldonado, or Romine and things are looking good. 

What's also dope is I can't even remember the last time we had a solid long term 3B....maybe Glaus? Figgins was good there, but seemed temporary.
Having this hole filled with a legit MVP candidate type is going to be awesome.

The other great thing about this is now we don't have to feel like we need any offense out of the catching spot.

Maddon is going to throw out 5. Pujols-6. Rendon- 7.Simmons just to get the board talking

PTBNL

PTBNL

Any interest in Jeff Samardzija? Owed a little under $20M for one year. I’m not sure the Giants are looking to trade him  ... he did have a solid season. 

Jesus, take a nap

If I wasn't willing to pay $324 million for Cole as a FA, why would I trade Adell for his $324 million contract?
 

Basically, he had 6 bad games in 34 starts, (5 ER or more) is that ace level? No...but putting your team in position to win 29 times and pitching 207 innings is something this staff badly needs.

expect a Big Trade

It's a great deal, the Angels got rid of Cozart's salary before they had to cut him from the roster and eat that money. He also doesn't clog up the bench with his less than replacement value skills and allows a productive player to be added to the 40 man. 

I don’t understand giving up a first rounder to get out of a guy with one year left on his deal

expect a Big Trade

Begging these top starters to sign without solving catcher was very stupid. Now we have the money for Grandal.... go figure. Big time fuck up by eppy

Remember when Mark Langston got the largest contract for a pitcher? 5 years, $16 million. LOL

Gerrit Cole is a douchebag. He proved it by throwing on the Boras hat as soon as the WS ended. 
I was willing to accept his douchebaggery had he joined the Angels, but now he'll be fun to hate. 

Seriously, I'm so effing pissed. We need starting pitching and both Cole and Strasburg are gone.
Way to f-ing go Eppler. Enjoy the unemployment line next winter.
Ok ok ok..... Harsh. Let's see what he does. But right now, I'm really effing skeptical he can turn this shitshow around.

Incoming 20 pages of convincing ourselves we should be happy we didn't pay him that contract.