Cosmo_Kramer

On 1/24/2023 at 11:31 AM, Sully151 said:

After this whole to sell or not to sell debacle, Arte needs to give Ohtani a blank check and a contract that is just a baseball Mad Libs and tell him to fill it out. If he stays, he stays.

I think it’s 40% Angels, 30% Padres 30% Giants.

Mariners have a chance

If he's not passing down the team and doesn't want to sell then might as well dump everything he's got into the team

I wouldn't be shocked if Bauer doesn't play in 2023

Still feels like they grab one more pitcher

19 minutes ago, ThisismineScios said:

Suarez could barely get out of the 4th inning until something clicked in August. I think he's fine, but I don't like the idea of him as our #5 and counting on him consistently. Him as #6 changes the quality of our rotation

Suarez started throwing a slider. Shifted a bunch of his curveball usage to a slider, and the results were much better

Kluber please

I have a hard time believing Rengifo has that much trade value

4 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

All the 2way players will be FA next year

All the good ones anyway

2 hours ago, Second Base said:

I think before I invest money in another pitcher, if funds really aren't an issue, offer Detmers and Sandoval an extension. 

Maybe after the new owner comes in

2 hours ago, Warfarin said:

Starting pitcher: Carlos Carrasco, Alex Cobb (club option), Yu Darvish, Jack Flaherty, Lucas Giolito, Sonny Gray, Clayton Kershaw, Lance Lynn (club option), Kenta Maeda, Tyler Mahle, Germán Márquez, Miles Mikolas, Frankie Montas, Jordan Montgomery, Charlie Morton (club option), Aaron Nola, Jake Odorizzi, Shohei Ohtani, Eduardo Rodriguez (opt-out), Hyun Jin Ryu, Max Scherzer (opt-out), Luis Severino, Blake Snell, Marcus Stroman (opt-out), Julio Urías, Alex Wood.

This is why I'd probably punt on a multi-year deal for Eovaldi now.  I think a number of those guys are better than him, and if Ohtani leaves, I think there are various options we could pivot to that would be solid options.

Agreed. Kluber/Cueto make too much sense at this point

40 minutes ago, Stradling said:

That being said if we lose Ohtani after this year I’d feel better having a rotation with Eovaldi, Sandoval, Anderson, Detmers and Suarez. 

Next year FA is actually deeper at SP than I anticipated

50 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Surprised they aren’t pursuing Cueto?

Similar age and 2022 stats to Kluber

Averaged 6 1/3 innings per start, 158 innings in 24 starts and 1 relief outing.

Kluber made $8 million in 2022.

Cueto made $4.2 million in 2022.

Either would be a good one year signing and slotted in #4 spot, with Silseth hopefully ready after 2023.

Ohtani, Sandoval, Anderson, Kluber/Cueto, Detmers, Suarez

Kluber/Cueto would both make sense. No draft pick, as opposed to Eovaldi.

I think they add a starter and a reliever

On 12/23/2022 at 6:52 AM, Jeff Fletcher said:

Just popped into this thread.

This is sort of a pointless thing, but since I'm bored today, here's my 2 cents...

SPs (5): Anderson, Sandoval, Detmers, Suarez, Silseth. Next up: Davidson, Canning, Daniel

Ohtani (1): Ohtani

RPs (8): Estevez, Loup, Tepera, Quijada, Herget, Barria, Wantz for the top 7, and then you can have whoever you want out of Devenski, Webb, Holder, Warren, Marte, Ortega, Garza and C-Rod. (And don't be surprised if it's Lucas Luetge, who got DFA'd yesterday by the Yankees.)

(Davidson is out of options, so I'm not sure what to do with him. Maybe he gets the 6th spot in the rotation or maybe he's a reliever. Or maybe he's a reliever who makes spot starts. Or maybe they DFA him. Who knows?)

C (2): Stassi, O'Hoppe. (Next up Thaiss, who is out of options)

IF (7): Walsh, Fletcher, Rengifo, Drury, Urshela, Rendon, Velazquez. (next up Lamb, Soto)

OF (3): Trout, Ward, Renfroe (next up Adell, Moniak)

You'll note that I am not putting a true 4th OFer on the team because the Angels keep talking about how so many of their IFers can also play the corner OF (pretty much every single one of them except for Rendon and Velazquez), so I am thinking that's what they're going to do. I think they could really use Velazquez for his speed and defense, more than having someone like Adell or Moniak as a 4th OF. Also, lets those guys play every day at AAA.

Maybe Barrera instead of Velazquez, but like the rest

Charlotte Hornets working on a new deal with Miles Bridges...

Bauer will get a chance

17 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

 

 

I'm fine with this decision

8 minutes ago, wopphil said:

Yeah, he isn’t ever pitching again in the big leagues. 

And Deshaun Watson won't ever play QB again in the NFL.

Talented players get chances. Maybe Bauer being an asshole hurts his chances, but I think someone takes a flier

2 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

Urias violated it as well, but those situations were a bit different from one another.

I think the Dodgers will assuredly move on from him, but maybe they will find someone who will toss a few mil their direction in the form of a trade of some kind.  The bottom line seems to always be the #1 priority for organizations, so maybe they are holding out for someone to make that offer.

But I would still say the most likely thing we'll see is they DFA him in the upcoming days.  They likely knew exactly what the penalty would be, which is why they signed Syndergaard + Martinez for exactly what they did.

Could see a smaller market team take a flier on him

Julio Urias was also suspended for violating the domestic violence policy (couple years ago), but Dodgers have kept him.

Osuna, Chapman, etc. Talented players tend to get another shot, so Bauer probably lands somewhere

Taylor Rogers

41 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

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Swanson and Lugo

4 minutes ago, Cosmo_Kramer said:

Upton also had a 130 wRC+ vs lefties last year. Meanwhile the non Trout/Ward outfielders have a 35 wRC+ vs lefties this year.

Marsh with the casual 112 vs righties and 58 vs lefties. So that fits too. Hmm

5 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Based on actual math and statistical results on the most recent year they both played. Yes.  Both guys had over 325 PA's last year, only one of them posted a negative fWAR.   

Hint: It wasn't Upton.

Upton also had a 130 wRC+ vs lefties last year. Meanwhile the non Trout/Ward outfielders have a 35 wRC+ vs lefties this year.