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I am on the train to bring in CC. I think this is more than just so CC can give us innings and pitch, it's more of trying to bring in a mentor for Skaggs and Heanay, similar to how pujols is for the hitters.  Quite frankly i wouldn't really care about the numbers he's put for us, but more on how a future Hall- Famer can help improve  Heaney, Skaggs and Ohtani next year but also help a few of our young studs in the Minor during spring training..  

Here's a 17 min long videos of Ohtani, Enjoy!!!. Got say the spilt looks filithy!!!!!! and that pitch at 3:23, good luck to the hitters. 

I am on the train to bring in CC. I think this is more than just so CC can give us innings and pitch, it's more of trying to bring in a mentor for Skaggs and Heanay, similar to how pujols is for the hitters.  Quite frankly i wouldn't really care about the numbers he's put for us, but more on how a future Hall- Famer can help improve  Heaney, Skaggs and Ohtani next year but also help a few of our young studs in the Minor during spring training..  

Interesting could apply that one of our starter is on the move 

Interesting could apply that one of our starter is on the move 

The off-season is finally picking up, we probably made the biggest acquisition with Ohtani and now we are heading to the December meeting. With that said, could/should we add another arm to the rotation? I believe that all five of the listened names will be available and i think we have a good chance to acquire one of these guys.    
So the three most possible choices are Julio Teheran, Chris Archer and Odorizzi. We could trade for one of these guys if we take on either Ramos or Markakis salaries. With Odorizzi beginning the easiest and Archer the toughest. 
What kinda of package would it include to take these guys?
 Canning, Castillo and Lund for Teheran and Markakis?
 Canning, Hermosillo and ward for Archer and Ramos?
 
 

How about Josh Harrison at 2nd? shouldn't cost much, he  had a decent year last year and can play all over the infield.  

cruz won't be playing much right field next year because ohtani isn't going to be playing for the mariners. he'll be playing for the angels or padres. go angels.

Quiet? Or quite

I'm really liking the part of us being quiet throughout the Ohtani sweepstakes.  2 reasons i think this could be wonderful for us is;
1. we tend to make a big splash when we are quite ( Pujols and Hamilton).
2. it shows Othani that we're not always in the bright lights or are trying to draw attention. Similarly to what i feel Ohtani is looking for. 

So buster onley just reported that we have an agreement with Maitain.

So buster onley just reported that we have an agreement with Maitain.

Bob thinks that Ohtanhi prefers quitters....

His agent is based in LA. 

No Uceta signed on July 2nd, but largely became a footnote because of the bigger splashes we made in the Bahamas. 
Also Uceta himself is part of a growing trend. Kids that are born elsewhere, but are raised and live here stateside. After their freshman or sophomore year of high school, they go to live with a handler in their country of origin who works one on one with the kid, and schedules different showcases. Once the kid signs a major league deal, this handler gets a portion of their signing bonus.
So while American born ball players must wait until they are 18, their friends here that just happen to have been born elsewhere have the benefit of starting their professional career at 16. 
Its quite unfair.

I agree with both parts and also don't get the fact why people are down on Skaggs. So far i would say he's had a nice career a bit the injury hurt, i personally think that theirs still a lot of potential left in him. 

I'll venture a guess and say if Shoe and Skaggs pitch up to their ability, we'll be in the playoffs next year. I feel Richards and Heaney will be solid as well. 
I know lots of folks think Eppler is crazy for not making pitching a priority (particularly MLBTR), but I think if they knew how good our injured starters are, they'd understand.
In my opinion, if we get a good, steady 1B, a solid 2B and a platoon bat with Valbuena at 3B, we'll be a very good team. Trout, Upton and Simmons are a good place to start.

From fletcher last tweet it looks like we may bring ohtani in to pitch and hit. I could see a 3 way platoon for 1st and DH, also on certain days( when Richards or another groundball pitcher is pitching) i can see Ohtani in the outfilder to give rest to either Upton/ Calhoun. From what i'm hearing is that he's looking at about 200-250 ab's per season so roughly 50 games.
if my math is correct-
1st half of the season-                          2nd half-
1st- 10 games                                        10 games
Dh- 10 games                                         10 games
Rf/Lf - 5 games                                       5 games    so total depending on the amount of bats - 50 games ( 200-250 abs)  
this also doen't limit the Ab for Pujols, Cron, Upton and Calhoun. also looks like Pujols may play more 1st next season probably 20-25 games. 

for a guys that's giving up millions of dollars, 1-mil wouldn't be a big difference for him.  I think he's mostly looking for a team that will allow him to be a 2-way player and a place that he feels comfortable in. which is the main reason that i think we have a chance, with heavy Japaneses community it could help.  

Ooh wow, this definitely is sign that we are going after ohtani. Yes, I know about the braves kids as Well but we can spend next year's bonus on them aswell.

interesting that we didn't sign him especially for that price. It could also mean that billy and co could be going after Minor, Davis or Morrow. But really surprised that we didn't sign him. 

I'd say bring back EYJ, loved his attitudes in the clubhouse, sign JJ as a backup ss/2nd base, Let coward and valbumea fight for 3rd, depending on what billy's plan is at catcher, id stick with juan or sign a lefty offensive minded catcher as a backup to Maldonado.

Nate Smith + Jose Rodriguez to the Marlins for intl money about 1-1.2 mil? Or any team. Than trade the players we drafted in the rule 5 for anything we can get. 

Jim Bowden@Jim_BowdenSXM · #Angels Asst. GM Steve Martone just told us that 2B is their next priority not 3B when asked if they had interest in free agent Mike Moustakas @MLBNetworkRadio

That's good to hear.