goldenGlove

isn't he racist or whatever? ehhh.

Why?  You are the only person on here who questions his work ethic.  You don’t think it took some serious work to land Ohtani?  Or to place a strategy on a draft?  To build the relationships necessary to win the trust of Trout?  I am sure you will see this as just me defending him, but it makes zero logical sense to question someone’s work ethic when the job requires crazy long hours and there is zero reason to believe he doesn’t invest those type of hours.  I would love to hear why you actually think he doesn’t work hard.  

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

Man the Angels putting together the dream team. 
I love it! 

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

they should have to surrender us their prospects and wives

Until proven otherwise, I'll take the liberal approach (f'n libs) to this off-season: I truly believe that Arte is going to go "all out". 
I'm aware that he is a businessman, and a smart one at that. He didn't gain his wealth by making dumb business decisions. That said, the Angels are just one of several business ventures Arte is involved with. While the ultimate goal for a smart businessman like Arte is to turn a profit on his investments, I also don't believe he bought the Angels solely to make money. I do think he is a competitor and I do think he is willing to do what it takes to field a winning organization. I don't think he signs Hamilton or gives Trout the biggest contract in history if he wasn't.
The Angels have their backs up against the wall right now. Getting Ohtani back on the mound is huge, but he's likely not going to top 140/150 innings next year. He's also going to lose at bats so while his value goes up, it's not as significant as it could be. Getting Upton back at full strength is also a big deal, but at most he's really only adding a handful of wins over last year.
We need 3 pitchers and a decent catcher. And when I say "3 pitchers" I clearly don't mean Hamels and two reclamation projects. We NEED Cole. Adding a pitcher who can throw 200 innings and give you a 3.00 ERA is such a huge deal for this team. He alone will add 7-8 wins, or perhaps more, over last year's team. But that doesn't quite move the needle far enough, does it?
Which is why we need a legitimate #3 starter behind him. Ryu or Wheeler probably push Ohtani to the #3 spot in the rotation, which is kind of ridiculous, but honestly given his likely innings limit isn't out if the question. Odorizzi is a nice option but I would be absolutely fine with Eppler not wanting to sacrifice a draft pick for him. Madbum is a nice piece but there are serious concerns moving forward. Ultimately, we really need a guy like Wheeler, who has his own concerns but has the talent of a Frontline starter. A 1-2-3 of Cole, Wheeler, and Ohtani is as good as any in baseball. Fight me. It also allows the back end to be questionable, with guys like Canning, Heaney, and Peters.
But the point remains here: Arte cannot blow his load on Cole and think that's good enough. It just isn't. We also need to not only replace Skaggs (RIP), we need someone better.
Mr. Moreno, you have Trout locked up for the rest of his career. Do you really want to be the owner who refused to surround him with enough talent to take him to the World Series? And yes, I use the word "refuse" because you have the money. You obviously want to win. Do what it takes. This is the time to do it. He's not getting any younger.

My guess is the Angels respect Calhoun enough that they didn’t want to low-ball him during the exclusive window or out of the gate. He’s been the perfect organizational soldier and deserves every shot he can to make every penny possible post-Halos. 
But I could see the two discussing a something like a 1/$5m or 2/$10m deal in a few months if he hasn’t found a home, once the Angels have addressed a few more pressing things. He’d like to be here and the Angels could still use him. Goodwin could be freed up in a trade for another piece come January or February. Adell and Marsh aren’t far. He can shift towards a 4th OF/1B/DH role as kids push him out.

Brantley got 2 years.  but I agree with you.  he might get an option on top of the 1yr deal.  

Congrats to Howie. 

Years from now when Bench Coach, Chip Hale becomes a hot commodity... Nats fans will be saying he's the real reason the Nationals won in 2019.

His daughter should have told him to swing at her like it was the 2014 playoffs. 

At least we got to listen to Gubi call matt harvey the dark knight a few times. 
And the robles intro is legit AF

Not sure if this has already been talked about but I was just looking at some stats and found this pretty remarkable:
Tim Anderson won the batting title with a .335 AVG, which is only slightly lower than his .357 OBP. How does someone with such a high AVG have such a low OBP?
He has 15 BB to 109 SO. 15/109!!! And he put up similar BB/K numbers his previous seasons. He obviously has an incredible hit ability but man that has got to be infuriating to watch.

He said irregardless; we sure about this guy?

Obviously he didn't have to take Eppler's test.

He said irregardless; we sure about this guy?

He said irregardless; we sure about this guy?

Not sure if this has already been talked about but I was just looking at some stats and found this pretty remarkable:
Tim Anderson won the batting title with a .335 AVG, which is only slightly lower than his .357 OBP. How does someone with such a high AVG have such a low OBP?
He has 15 BB to 109 SO. 15/109!!! And he put up similar BB/K numbers his previous seasons. He obviously has an incredible hit ability but man that has got to be infuriating to watch.

nope. that's a deal breaker for me. 
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He said irregardless; we sure about this guy?