Claude

Remember when we naively used to brag about our perfect little ball club owned by the Cowboy and we’d curse the vile big teams full of druggies (Skaggs), cheats (Harkins), and lewd creeps (Callaway).  Glad to see our big owner brought the Angels to the big time. What a fucking disgrace this organization is.  All we need is a few parking lot murders to catch the Dodgers. 

MLB Trade Rumors has a summary of the article:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/02/angels-pitching-coach-mickey-callaway-accused-of-lewd-behavior.html
Here's an excerpt:
"Callaway’s alleged behavior has apparently been well-known in some corners of baseball, as one of the accusers told Ghiroli and Strang, “It was the worst-kept secret in sports.”
Callaway responded to The Athletic in an email, writing: “Rather than rush to respond to these general allegations of which I have just been made aware, I look forward to an opportunity to provide more specific responses. Any relationship in which I was engaged has been consensual, and my conduct was in no way intended to be disrespectful to any women involved. I am married and my wife has been made aware of these general allegations.”

Yea, he will be gone.  Sucks that he is that kind of dude.  

So are we....

Since Arte voted against him, I support Cohen.

It's still there. It's not a post. It's in her Instagram story.

Is it really trolling? It’s a jab/joke, this team has been bad for quite some time now. With the same glaring need each off season. What do you expect?
 
This board pretty much all agreed that we needed 2 pitchers this off-season. Snell, Darvish, Bauer Gray, Marquez were the names being thrown around. This board all agreed that this was the year it made the most sense for Arte to spend. That the AL West was ours for the taking. 
 
Surely you can’t be thrilled about how this has played out?

You speak like the off season is over.  

I love how everyone just now believes he doesn’t want to come here when it’s being said by the same reporters that have been wrong all off season. 

Bauer will be a Met or Dodger 

Cashman

Taillon, Kluber and Severino have combined to pitch a total of 86 innings over the last 2 seasons.

Full deal:
 

Geez, pitching every fourth day was the norm for decades. And training, medical options, nutrition were so much more primitive. As well, players are generally much more educated about care for the body since they were kids.
The stress of pitching on the body isn't worse now than then. Actually the fear of four day starts is more about a mindset created by analytics and strategy. 
Some brave manager/organization need to go against the conventional robotic trend and trust specific pitchers to know their own bodies and limitations. 
 

Lets just say it is $30 million, lets also say that $30 million is what it will take to get Bauer.  So now spend the money.  Do you spend it all on Bauer and round out the roster with league minimum guys?  Or do you spend $30 million by spreading it around?  I happen to believe that there are two budgets, one with Bauer and one without.  I don’t think Arte is thinking about spending $30 million regardless, I think he will only spend that on Bauer if on anyone at all.  For the sake of this thread, spend the $30 million, however you’d like.  Obviously if you are going to do trades make them realistic.  
Personally I would sign Bauer.  If that wasn’t an option I would do the following.
Trade Canning and a guy like Paris for Gray ($11 million).  I would then trade Heaney for prospects and to free up $6 million.  Then I would sign Hand, for $7 million. I would sign Petit, $4 million.  I would sign Walker for $8 million a year for 2 years, and then I would sign Profar for $6 million.  
What would you do.  

This board will freak out.

Trump is 0-9 in lawsuits just today alone. 

Oh... it's been a shitty news hour for Trump.