mmc

Ron Washington is a terrorist

20 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Lol.  Whoops, someone miscalculated their market. 

Rejected a $12 million PO, got a $4 million buyout but even if all his incentives hit he won’t be getting that $8 million he turned down back

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

So better than Thaiss?

I would rather have Thaiss for his versatility.  Bart is probably better behind the plate and Thaiss is a bit better offensively

52 minutes ago, Stradling said:

How bad is Joey Bart?  Is he worse than Thaiss?  His offense seems worse.  

He's a passable backup

When are we getting a new home run hat?

4 minutes ago, Blarg said:

This now is the base for which Minasian can build a final team with next year. The core of one year/rookies will develop and there will be no more need for a Sano or Hicks next season. The budget will be there for a starter or maybe even a star infielder. 

None of you get that the tear down phase is over. This is the build point. 

I get that it very likely is over.  My point is that it really shouldn't be

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

I don't think you understand how much of a rebuild this team has undergone.

The only three steps that could have taken place for a full tear down was

1) Trade Trout but he won't allow it.

2) Trade Ohtani but no owner would have done that

3) Trade Rendon but no team would take him

Those were the only high priced assets the Angels had to move, everything else had no talent return.

So Minasian went with smaller trades like Syndergaard and the Caveman and got a reasonable return. Drafted as best that could be expected and those top picks are all in the lineup.

Outside of Anderson the starting pitching staff is under 28 years old and mostly in house. The infield is going to be stabilized for the next 5 years with Neto, Schanuel and O'Hoppe with still more coming from the minors for infield depth. The outfield is set, once Washington gets over Hicks as a starter. These are all young guys from the organization.

What the fuck more of an overhaul do think needs to happen? 

There are several players currently on this roster that would’ve been shipped out if the team was truly committing to a rebuild

Not only is 1 game nothing close to a big enough sample size to use to say someone is showing signs of a turn around, but implying Walsh’s poor 2023 has anything to do with a “culture issue” is really dumb, we all know he was dealing with thoracic outlet syndrome 

Hopefully you aren't watching the games then

On 3/25/2024 at 11:08 PM, mmc said:

66

This is starting to feel high

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