KDWells

Now if it were me, I'd go all in on Stanton in RF and LoMo at 1B. With that much offense infused into the lineup, I think we could afford to take a shot on Profar at 2B.

The Angels have never had a legendary player that came up in their system and stayed with them their entire career.  I'm willing to put up with Trout's "older years" production if it means they have him for his entire career.

Priority 1: extend Trout
Priority 2. Surround Trout with a winning team.
Priority 3. Worry about his last few years.

Only having one team listed on his plaque in Cooperstown would be worth any potentially poor seasons on the back-end of his career. He'd be so beloved at that point anyways it probably wouldn't matter what his actual performance was at the time for most fans.

Only having one team listed on his plaque in Cooperstown would be worth any potentially poor seasons on the back-end of his career. He'd be so beloved at that point anyways it probably wouldn't matter what his actual performance was at the time for most fans.

Zobrist at 2nd, even though he had a rough year last year and Schwarber at 1st, you could probably still pick up a 3rd baseman.  Schwarber is affordable, Zobrist is expensive at $29 million over the next two years.  

Schwarber would be a great get.  Big left handed bat, still young, and can fill a position of need.  The cost would be pretty big is my guess.  

Words hurt.

I double down on my position that the Angels are just as "realistic" as any landing spot.
Not predicting it happens but you can make an honest assessment that the Angels are a viable landing spot for him.

Honestly I think the Angels pitching overperformed considering the injuries. 
Thanks Maldy! 

Nice of the Angels to give Ebel a few years to recover from the hellacious high fives Trout would give Dino as he rounded third base after a home run.

Nice of the Angels to give Ebel a few years to recover from the hellacious high fives Trout would give Dino as he rounded third base after a home run.

He did suck

Nice of the Angels to give Ebel a few years to recover from the hellacious high fives Trout would give Dino as he rounded third base after a home run.

Quit dicking around and get stanton.

With how flush the market is with first base types this offseason and not a ton of need out there, I'm guessing Eppler is going to sit back and wait and see if he can get one of these Morrison/Santana/Alonso types for the best value possible a little later in the offseason.

With how flush the market is with first base types this offseason and not a ton of need out there, I'm guessing Eppler is going to sit back and wait and see if he can get one of these Morrison/Santana/Alonso types for the best value possible a little later in the offseason.

If you think catcher needs an upgrade after how important Maldonado was to the team's defense and success of the pitching staff last year, there is really nothing further to discuss because you have no idea what you are talking about.

If you think catcher needs an upgrade after how important Maldonado was to the team's defense and success of the pitching staff last year, there is really nothing further to discuss because you have no idea what you are talking about.

If you think catcher needs an upgrade after how important Maldonado was to the team's defense and success of the pitching staff last year, there is really nothing further to discuss because you have no idea what you are talking about.

If you think catcher needs an upgrade after how important Maldonado was to the team's defense and success of the pitching staff last year, there is really nothing further to discuss because you have no idea what you are talking about.

If you think catcher needs an upgrade after how important Maldonado was to the team's defense and success of the pitching staff last year, there is really nothing further to discuss because you have no idea what you are talking about.

That's just one season's worth though. He's been a fairly consistent 2.5-3.5 WAR player at a good age and good all around skills with a club-friendly contract. I think you can look at the haul Arizona got for Adam Eaton and scale back a tier there and it'd be fair. For all of his all-around skill, his OBP has been mostly trending the wrong way since he became a regular, so I could see how an improvement could be made.
A player like Kole is way more valuable in an offseason trade instead of a midseason trade too.
I still think Stanton, Gordon, and maybe Prado/reliever for Calhoun, a SP, and a couple OF prospects makes plenty of sense for both sides.

Yeah I don't get it either. There's no way they consider Herm a clear upgrade. Stanton is the only clear upgrade that makes any sense.