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1 minute ago, DMVol said:

Makes sense....I might take 2 or 3 years if KC offers....not sure his value will be greater next winter....

Maybe not. But we might value him more... 

10 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

It boils down to run prevention.  Prediction systems don't like our pen at all.  They also dislike our SP and have our top guys throwing very few innings but improved from last year.   Personally think we are 3-4 wins better SP.   I feel like our floor is 85 wins and if a lot goes right, we could be at 95 wins.  I'm still a little concerned about our pen.  Cam and Middleton are going to have to anchor things down and we're gonna need a couple guys to come out of nowhere again.  Like a Jake Jewel, Felix Pena or Luke Bard.  

I too am concerned about our pen. It will be interesting to see what happens this year, I’m excited but cautious anything can happen. 

How much is Lucroy going to get? I wouldn’t mind us getting him to go along with Maldy. It would be just like Mathis and Napoli all over again. 

seung hwan oh now with the Jays, he was supposed to break records last year but he didn’t work out. He would have been worth the shot. 

I would have loved to pull the trigger on Tony Watson. Anyone know why we didn’t? 

I know we might regret it. But it seems like Arrieta is there for the taking. He might be what we need for a potential wild card game. 

3 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

Could the Angels be willing to sign one of the free agents remaining with a draft pick attached and justify it because of the additions this off season of Maitan and Soto. 

Does anyone make sense? I’d personally rather see Archer come over but I think that’s a pipe dream. 

What can Jo’s ceiling be? Been an Angel fan for a very long time but haven’t really dug deep into the “prospects of baseball” until this year. I was reading we COULD expect a BJ Upton (Prime) / Bryon Buxton Star Caliber like player. Could he be anything more? 

Are we going to go with 0 lefties again this season? 

3 hours ago, Throwman91 said:

Baby blue... that's so 70s!

Absolutely is. But it’s unique and adds colour. We are one of the few teams who could pull this off.

32 minutes ago, Rico said:

Then there is this...

That looks sort of baby blue..? Or is it just me??? I think it would work for the Angels. But I always loved Toronto’s, Kansas City’s and the Cards blues. 

5 hours ago, Rico said:

Not a traditional Angels color, but those baby blues of the 66ers look pretty sweet.

I wasn’t born yet but did the Angels really wear baby blues in 82??

Yes!!! Love EYJ

I wouldn’t mind seeing the halos bringing back the “Anaheim”  scripted roads.

I get the name change, but it’s unfortunate. The Anaheim Angels has/had such a good ring to it.  

5 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I don't think he ever opted out, I think he signed the extension either on the first or last day of his 5-day decision period.

Yes. It seemed like both sides wanted each other and wanted to get a deal done that benefits both parties. It was great to see, which lead to a better offseason than most would have expected. 

17 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I would have shared your concern more last year.  In fact, I had the same concerns and wanted to bolster the pen.  

Then we ended up with a top 5 pen using Petit, Parker, Hernandez, Norris, Salas, Chavez, Blake Wood, Noe Ramirez and a few others.  

I'm inclined to give Eppler the benefit of the doubt now and let him work some waiver magic.  

Reed would be nice though to solidify things.  But I fully expect Middleton and Bedrosian to be better and Paredes to get more meaningful innings. 

This could be the year we really find out if Billy has an upper hand knowledge over every other GM in the league or if he just for a lack of a better term just got “lucky.” The general consensus is a trust in Billy. Let’s all hope for the best! 

Anyone think Bud has a chance at resigning? Would love to see him as 7th inning type guy... wouldn't mind resigning Hernandez or a Reed to fill out the pen. If "no one wants" Drvish or Arrieta I would love to see one of them come to Orange County.

Wow. Did he get paid! 

14 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

I like Yelich, but he's no Miggy. Barria, Canning, Adell and Marsh would be an huge overpay for a very good player. 

That'll tell you exactly how good those four are.

But if the Marlins were open to it, I'd send them Jahmai Jones, Matt Thaiss and Kole Calhoun. 

Absolutely. Part of me thinks Adell might be something special. 

Maybe this is the year to spend on free agency. Seems like everyone is waiting to “spend big” next offseason. 

Personally I feel the order is strong enough, we need a lefty relief arm... Watson is probobly the best bet. While one of Reed/Davis or Britton would fill out the team nicely. 

Albert might be up there for lead in RBI’s this year... with that lineup, and with him batting lower in the order, look out. We all know he struggles to hit for a high average, but with a guy on 3rd you know he’s going to cash him in. There is no other guy, (not even Trout) that id rather have than Albert Pujols batting with a runner on 3rd, and 2 outs to drive a winning run in. 

Hats lff to Billy for what he has done so far. Next up... Mous??  

3 minutes ago, Throwman91 said:

Because he's also a product of Yankee stadium which favors hitters, especially lefty hitters.  His stats do not translate over to Angels Stadium very well.

I really hope we can get this done with Mous. Yes, a lot of question marks surrounding him and if he can replicate the year he had last year.... if he can look out. 

He fits well in our lineup, and helps somewhat balance the L/R portions. 

Could you imagine Albert hitting 6th??? We just might. 

6 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

Upton
Ohtani
Moustakas
New 2B

That would be one hell of an off-season for the Angels.  Though, I wouldn't mind them signing Chatwood for the rotation on top of that.

Just think Upton, and Maitan on top of that. Hopefully our Bullpen will hold up again this year. Either Billy got really lucky last year, or he has a real eye for bullpen pieces. If it is the ladder he really is one of the best GM’s in the game.

5 minutes ago, ksangel said:

Angels have huge hole at 2B, Phillies know that so have little incentive to not want the moon and stars.

Absolutely, I totally agree. If I was Billy, I would leak information about looking at other possibilities. And then maybe the price will go down.