goldenGlove

winning is pretty damn fun 

Anyway, I have no idea if he will be successful, but it was great to have him back and hear his enthusiasm for the Angels.
Let's get him some pitching and a catcher and get to work.

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I’d choose three starters.  We need quality depth in the rotation and you literally can’t win without quality major league pitching.  Catchers have value on both sides of the ball, so if you can’t get offense from one you can probably get away with a really good defensive catcher, basically what they expect Stassi to be. 

I bet Forest Gump would smoke him at ping pong.

Just like they said about Carl Crawford 

Just like they said about Carl Crawford 

He has zero insight into baseball. Lot of enthusiasm. Lot of discussion of nothing. 

Roger Lodge is a tool. 

Don’t understand the Maldonado love. He’s terrible with the bat and his defense has slipped. 

Some of you guys seriously undersell the unbearable freak that doyer fan will transform into if they win. 
 
the sooner they lose the better.  

Wow.
There goes my prediction of Josh Paul being the next manager.  Truth be told, he was just as responsible for the debacle in 2005 vs. the White Sox as Doug Eddings was.  Glad to finally be rid of him.

People have made good points on what Ausmus did poorly; I didn't think he was necessarily the problem but he also wasn't a great solution. Maddon is a clear upgrade. I don't think this screams dysfunction if Eppler and Arte were on the same page that Ausmus wasn't working and there was a chance to upgrade.

Pass.

maybe.  but if they both end up decent major league players and Rodriguez becomes a solid reliever and Rojas a fringe bench guy then it can probably be considered a good draft.  
most drafts net you a couple major league players of varying ability.  maybe a reliever or two on top of that.  
As @RBM mentioned earlier, we got literally nothing from 2005-2008.  Our best draft picks for those 4 years were Peter Bourjos and Tyler Chatwood.  
then 2009 happened which this team has essentially been living off of for 7 years.  
then 2010 - Calhoun and that's it
then 2011 - Clevinger which Dipoto wasted  and CJ Cron who's been a meh major leaguer and Eppler was able to turn into Rengifo. 
2012 - literally nothing.  but our highest pick was in the third round where they drafted RJ Alvarez (out of need - SEE WHAT HAPPENS!!).  The high WAR player from that draft is .......wait for it........Austin Adams who is actually putting up solid numbers for .........wait for it........the Jerriners 
2013 - ugh.  Keynan Middleton was our 3rd rounder and he's the best from that draft by far.  I guess Hermosillo could do something at some point.  
2014 - Sean Newcomb who Billy turned into Simmons.  He got 19 WAR for Sean Newcomb with one year still left on Simmons contract.  After that?  nothing.  
2015 - Fletcher, Walsh, Ward and Jam Jones.  Also Grayson Long who Eppler used to get Upton along with Elvin Rodriguez who got to high A this year as a 21 yo.  
The best player drafted under Dipoto in four years was Fletcher.  He's the only player with a WAR above 5 during that time.  
It was just. so. bad.  
so there are some examples of garbage drafts.  
 

I dont think its fair to say eppler didnt have a strong international FA presence as an excuse. I mean, he was gifted Baldoquin.... you get a stud like that, why would you need to sign anyone else the next few years?

Pujols hasn't been caught stealing in over 4 years. 

Let's be clear here for a moment about how good Trout is.
He is better than anyone in the AL even with a fucked up toe for half the season.
He is better than anyone in the AL even missing the last month of the season. 
He is going to completely destroy the AL next season.