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just letting you know 

I wouldn’t be against bringing Walsh back and sending Schanuel down to “develop”. 

Brandon Belt is a hitter that can help 30 MLB teams.  Are you upset that he remains unsigned?

Brandon Belt is a hitter that can help 30 MLB teams.  Are you upset that he remains unsigned?

Pay attention.  Ha ha.

Does Ozuna have a habit of pissing off his contemporaries to the extent that Bauer does?  I really don’t think with these types of cases the crimes (real or alleged) mean that much.  No one on the Browns seems to have an issue with being DeShaun Watson’s teammate.  The issue is entirely about weighing the potential value you bring to a team against the negative PR and locker room presence.  And it looks like with Bauer all 30 teams have decided the bad outweighs the good here

I don’t want the Angels to sign Bauer because I think he’s an annoying ass dude.  It’s perfectly reasonable to assume others share that perception of him and it outweighs whatever they think he will bring to their team.  Kinda reminds me of how the Penguins basically had no choice but to trade Phil Kessel despite him being a great player while they were contending because Malkin said they had to pick between him or Phil

Does Ozuna have a habit of pissing off his contemporaries to the extent that Bauer does?  I really don’t think with these types of cases the crimes (real or alleged) mean that much.  No one on the Browns seems to have an issue with being DeShaun Watson’s teammate.  The issue is entirely about weighing the potential value you bring to a team against the negative PR and locker room presence.  And it looks like with Bauer all 30 teams have decided the bad outweighs the good here

Does Ozuna have a habit of pissing off his contemporaries to the extent that Bauer does?  I really don’t think with these types of cases the crimes (real or alleged) mean that much.  No one on the Browns seems to have an issue with being DeShaun Watson’s teammate.  The issue is entirely about weighing the potential value you bring to a team against the negative PR and locker room presence.  And it looks like with Bauer all 30 teams have decided the bad outweighs the good here

I was wrong. 

Can't say the Angels are going to miss him. 

This team is autistic 

SIGN HIM. 
He's now cleared of any accusers. 
 

I'm sure all 30 teams would love to deal with this PR nightmare.  No distractions here. None what-so-ever.
The dude can probably still get MLB outs.  Maybe he deserves a shot with a team; however, the reality is that it doesn't look likely.  I mean, if it hasn't happened by now... even with all the injuries this season, well....
Maybe he can have his own reality TV show with the entire cast of characters.  I mean, lots of people like watching train wrecks.

I myself am transferring to Cal State Fullerton in the fall.  Applied for CSUDH, CSUF, Cal Poly Pomona, and CSULB and got accepted into all.  Going with Fullerton because they are known for their business school and are the closest to where I live

.196/.255/.216

Yes, you are. 
I think the problem is that in your haste to respond to everyone you''re not paying attention to who said what.  I responded to Strad's statement about whether or not he can live up to the 39mm.  
That's great.  I think you are new here but I made all of those arguments.  I listed Tyler Anderson as someone I absolutely did not want them to sign.  But that wasn't what I responded to -- see above.
I love when people in their zeal to show how smart they are expose the exact opposite.  
Read what you just wrote. 
While you are arguing with people about things they haven't said I responded directly to what you actually DID say. You're going to call it semantics, but the data you are listing above is PREDICTIVE.  I've written essays here over the years on the importance of predictive data -- almost entirely in real time and not hindsight.   The issue here is that when you were blathering on about how awful Minasian is and how he doesn't know shit beyond ERA you said PERIPHERALS.  The stats I listed are the peripherals -- they are the real accounting of how pitchers performed in certain areas.  They stuff you're talking about take those PERIPHERALS and attempts to predict outcomes after normalizing for league average data.   
You said peripherals, not predictive -- Words have meanings my dude.  Peripheral stats measure what actually happened. Predictive stats tell you what should happen if all things were equal.  You never listed ANY data, just referenced peripherals.
Predictive data was how Joe freaking Blanton became an Angel. Dipoto saw a guy that had been beating his xFIP the two years before and believed the move to Angel Stadium would make a guy who always had wild swings in the amount of HRs he gave up suddenly become consistent -- never mind that it had not been the case in Oakland.  He put up an ERA over 6.00 the year he was in Anaheim with an xFIP around 3.80.  I railed against that signing and the incorrect use of xFIP when it happened but tell me more about my not understanding PREDICTIVE stats.
Again.  I wouldn't have signed him.  I expected him to regress. 
But from day one I've argued that so long as he's eating innings he need only finish with an ERA around 4.25-4.50 (depending on what the league average overall is), to live up to his contract.  Whether or not that's the best use of payroll -- not my argument.