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He's a first round talent, teams were just scared off as he will be starting QB at Oklahoma this year. Seems the A's and Murray have an agreement to let him play college football this fall and join the A's afterwards.

Paredes has been called up to take Bard's spot already.

I subscribed a few weeks back and have been very happy with it so far, the site and mobile app are very clean looking and the writing is top notch. Ken Rosenthal had a great Ohtani piece a couple of days ago and included some quotes from Nagy, Hinske, and others which I hadn't seen before. Definitely well worth the $39 smackers for the year I laid down for it.

It’s funny that the fans of a team that hasn’t won a World Series in 30 years believe they can talk smack about any other team...

This kid is unreal. 

May this be a blessed and prosperous #ShoheiDay for us all.

I hate to say this but I think he is injured.  No bite on offspeed pitches. No velocity. Hope I'm wrong. 

Definitely should have won his rookie year. 

At the end of April First, the record is 3-1

This is disastrous for his potential to make any kind of substanital impact as a big leaguer in Ward's career. I see nothing in his offensive profile or approach that suggests his bat will be anywhere near good enough to justify playing him at a corner infield spot.

now I'm listed with Anaheimbob?  
maybe I'll find a nice Dodgers website.  

By far the small a is my favorite as is blue cap with red bill.  Of course, anything Trout wears looks first class!

I have always had an affection for this navy/red colorway combined with the lowercase script. I think it's a really unique look and I wish the Angels would incorporate into their uniform sets more often.

I have always had an affection for this navy/red colorway combined with the lowercase script. I think it's a really unique look and I wish the Angels would incorporate into their uniform sets more often.

Yep, we're going to do one with @Adam @Geoff @Glen @tdawg87 @ettin @nate & other AW writers/members. 
Stay tuned.

All that being said...I'm not convinced this is a bad thing. Just a different thing. Bad handling by MLB though.

Cowart just has a built-in natural gift for being a superb defender. If he could hit a lick in the majors he would be considered one of the premier defenders in the league. I still think the Angels should just have him spend an off-season getting reps at both outfield corners and every spot in the infield. He is athletically gifted enough to do it and it allows him to provide tremendous value with his versatility even if the bat never comes along which is how it's looking at this moment. 

Claude is awake he took the red eye to Boston to blow Bill James. 

Having a second baseman who moonlights as your solid defensively at all three spots fourth outfielder seems to fit the versatile defensive agenda the Angels have been pushing this offseason!

Cozart has not played in over 122 games since 2014. Switching over to a less physically demanding position at third may help his durability some but his track record of health is not exactly a secret. The likelihood of Valbuena being needed to play fifty or so games at third base is a very real possibility so I am not so sure why everyone is so eager to try and send him packing.

Valbuena isn’t going anywhere.  Valbuena fits the Angels needs much more than Carter, or Cron would have. Not sure why people want LV gone so quickly.  He can play the corners, hits left handed, and gets timely hits.

With Cron out of options, basically we’re getting a Cron in the minors for depth.  

Break in case of emergency option for some 1B at-bats. I've always been fond of Carter's ridiculously all or nothing approach from a surface level viewing intermittently over the years.

I still want to see Cowart go down to SLC and start the transformation into an Andrew Romine Swiss Army knife type player. Rotate him around the OF and IF, and even have him get some off-field practice in the bullpen and behind the plate to serve as emergency options there as well. 
And I still think replacing Cron with a 1B who can also cover LF/RF makes sense, with Upton being an emergency CF. Call up Herm or EYJr or Liriano for a few games if you're able to plan ahead for a Trout day off.
Michael Saunders was once an Eppler target. He's still available and can cover all three OF spots and I could see him being capable of handling 1B. Angels had interest in Chris Young - also has plenty of experience across the OF, but none professionally at 1B. Seems like he could probably get some reps there though if needed.

Agree with you on every part of this. This coupled with when Trout was bumped over to left field by Bourjos a few years back he seemed frustrated and his offense didn't fully take off until he was playing in center full time, it just makes sense to leave Trout there for the next ten years. He will probably only be a good defender for six of those but you cross that bridge if you are lucky enough to come to it.