EdmontonAngelsFan

19 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

I posted this link in the Ohtani thread, but thought I'd bring it here since there are 49 other players on the list.  Maybe I'm just out of touch these days, but some of these contract predictions seem absolutely insane. 12 years, $264M for Bellinger?  6 years, $110M for Hader?  Even Urshela at 2 years, $20M?  If these projections are anywhere near reality, I have a hard time seeing the Angels being very competitive in the free agency market.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/2023-24-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions.html

 

Angels predictions by them were (for those who don't want to click on the link)

-Shota Imanaga (LHP from Japan)

-Teoscar Hernandez (OF from Seattle)

-J.D Martinez (DH from the Dodgers)

-Rhys Hoskins (3B from Philly)

-Mike Clevinger (RHP from the White Sox)

- Aroldis Chapman (LHP from Texas)

I can see us being in on pitching for sure. Not sure about the position players.

9 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

Not likely at this point.  Would have already happened.

Perry f*cked up big time. 

How? We weren't giving Craig Counsell $8mill/yr to manage this team.

There's a lot of candidates out there. We'll have to wait and see which way it goes. I remember when we hired Sosch and I was pissed because he was out of nowhere and look how that turned out for us.

With an existing manager...hmmm. Not us then.

Until Roger Lodge mentions there's certain cars in the parking lot, I won't get too excited about any annoucements.

Saving 50k on guys just to sign someone on the cheap 

14 minutes ago, T.G. said:

A certain Canadian loves him.

Do I dare ask as a fellow Canadian what this other Canadian did? And does it ryhme with Maude?

57 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Ohtani signs mlb record extension before Spring Training.

The Angels set a franchise record for home runs with 240.

Renfroe has a career year and becomes a fan favorite with many clamoring to extend him.

Rendon plays 130 games with 25 homers and a .370 OBP.

Jo Adell drastically improves and gets himself into the lineup everyday in left.

Ward ends up playing over 100 games at first base.

The Angel bullpen becomes a huge success story, partially driven by two new promotions from the last couple of drafts that settle into reliable roles.

OHoppe plays 50+ games in the second half with a .725 OPS.

No individual player plays more than 80 games at SS, but the cumulative production offensively is acceptable at .235/.295/.390.

Angels win 90 games and reach the postseason as a wild card.  And yes they win it all.

Ohtani wins WS MVP with 2 wins in the mound and 6 homers in the series.

 

 

24 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Nice post.  I think maybe a bit early to post this, in that there are still almost 2 months of offseason left, and a lot of things can still happen.

That said, to play along, my general thoughts regarding your questions:

1.  Catcher - my feeling is it'll be either O'Hoppe or Wallach if we don't add anyone.  I don't think Thaiss is considered good enough defensively to hold the second catcher spot.  If the FO wants to play the service time game with O'Hoppe, which is possible, then maybe O'Hoppe will be in AAA for roughly the first month, then called up thereafter.  I think they'll enter ST with the group we see, and they'll see how all three look, but I am betting Thaiss gets DFA'd barring a huge leap in his defensive growth during the offseason.

2.  4th OF - I like the acquisition of Barrera.  I think his hit tool is sufficient enough to be serviceable, and he grades out well defensively.  I wouldn't mind him being added, although if he is, then he can't be optioned thereafter (no options left).  For sure Adell has to spend the bulk of the year in AAA (if not all of it), and Moniak would be best served getting more regular playing time in AAA too.  I wouldn't be surprised to see Moniak get the job, but I think he does have some potential and is best served playing regularly.  That said, I'm also intrigued by the idea of having 7 infielders and punting on the 4th OF.  Having Velazquez on this roster, for example, to sub in late in games, with Fletcher shifting over to 2B, should make for a very strong defense to close out games.  If that happens though, that should be the entirety of Velazquez's role - late inning defensive sub.

3.  Sixth SP - this is the spot that I think we will see an addition.  I think Perry will acquire one before the end of the offseason.  While our top 5 starters are good, we are a little short on immediate depth, and it'd be ideal to add another IMO.

4.  Bullpen - think we see another addition here too.  I think we are pretty good here to be honest, and I think that we will outperform projections

 

Agree with you on the 6th spot of the rotation and bullpen. I have a feeling we see an addition at both too. 

But, Perry has surprised me with his Drury signing so who knows what's truly next.

4 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Varsho is a very good player but Diamondbacks building a very young core.

 

Moreno adds to Lawlar, Carroll, Thomas, Lawlar, Druw Jones.  Hopefully for them at least 2-3 of those guys pan out

Lawlar must be so good you mentioned him twice 

Giants doing some last minute Christmas shopping it seems since they have all this spare $$$ left over!

2 minutes ago, Docwaukee said:

I sorta fixed it.  The narrative that the Angels NEED pitching needs to change.  Would more pitching be an asset to the org?  Probably.  But they're in a spot to consider BPA for their first round draft choice.  Frankly, I would prefer they always go BPA and let things sort themselves out.  

Thanks for the fix and agreed. BPA should be where we are at when it comes to drafting. But, if this guy is there, go for it. Has that intimidation factor on the mound that Weaver had for us.

Whoa! Sorry for the size of the write up. If I fix it to small its too smal.

My bad!