Fish Oil

If he would accept a small offer, sure, why not. He may still be able to play effectively for a bit.

I've learned a great new way to waste time while at work.

Pujols. I have a feeling about him this year. Hope it's not just gas. ?

My intentions are to sit in my chair and watch the game in comfort; however, one never knows when I might receive a call informing me of a scheduled flight to some unknown destination. My employer tends to push the panic button rather easily and has even woken me in the night with "hurry to LAX."

Maybe because Scioscia is out of baseball and no one wanted to spend the season watching games from his couch?

Blown opportunity. You should have started a new thread titled "Angels acquire Freeman from the Braves" just to see the reactions when they read "Sam Freeman. ?

Yeah, but he did use the word "feckless", which more than makes up for it.

You can't tell that by the box score.

Yepper. I remember watching an interview with Mike Scioscia a couple of years after the WS victory. He said that when Disney took over he and Stoneman were called to a meeting with Disney officials, and in this meeting they were told, unequivocally, that Disney had no intention of building a championship caliber team because the ROI did not justify the expense. They wanted a team that would be consistently good enough to keep the fans coming to the stadium to maximize profit. After the meeting, Sciocia and Stoneman talked and agreed that they would work behind the scenes, without authorization, to put together a WS winner. The World Series victory is on Stoneman and Sciosia, not Disney.

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Hold on here. How did I get booted from the list? I had 775 runs and now Heavenly Halos is there? ?

All of the boosts Lucroy received in these charts were from 2010 through 2013. The latest year he received mention was 2017 when his WAR from dropped 2.2.

I call dibs on Stradling's fries if he wins

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I don't know, yep, and yep.

Baseball or no baseball, I'll find a way out of work.

The sarcasm with which my post reads was unintentional. I really mean it when I say "well done."

Even a blind squirrel can find it's nuts, but yeah, Reagins deserves credit for drafting Trout. Well done Tony

Agreed. I've always liked him and it would be really nice to see him have a good year. Resurrect what was once a very promising career. With the wave of young talent we have coming up his future here is likely limited, but I'll continue pulling for him wherever he may land.

What an absolute thrill it is to hear Trout and the Angels got this done. It's literally a dream come true. That said, I just got off a plane coming from flood ravaged Nebraska so my enthusiasm is tempered by perspective.

Yeah, or it will turn them into multi-year projects. Let them mop up blowouts this year, then next year they can carry the "two-way player" designation. On another note, will this carry into free agency? If a player earns the two-way designation this year then enters free agency with that designation, it would likely greatly increase his value, no?

I can see the argument from both sides and won't complain regardless of which direction the Angels go on this. What I question is whether we will be able to get a minor leaguer comparable to a second round pick. If Keuchel is putting up a WHIP in line with last year we would be lucky to make a salary dump. Signing him to a multi-year deal to justify losing the draft pick is a risk that shouldn't be overlooked. If his decline continues, this signing could haunt us for some time.

I hope he doesn't change a thing. Mota is lovably hilarious.

Eppler has created a lot of positive change throughout the organization and I really like his overall approach. That said, the results are not there. I understand there are plenty of mitigating factors, but the bottom line is the bottom line. I don't extend him yet. Wait and see...