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    Angels outright David Fletcher off the 40 man roster, Chad Wallach with the team on taxi squad

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    8 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

    Most teams usually keep their 40 man roster filled.  Given that we are now at 39 players, and that we have some team needs (better backup catcher, better relievers, etc), it would seem to behoove the team to use that spot to add a useful player.  Combine this with the fact that Minasian is rather aggressive in terms of how he promotes players, it would seem likely that another move is coming.

    Most teams don't have a below replacement level player between 3 and 5 years of service time on an albatross contract that they're fine getting rid of in April.

    Teams keep their 40 man full to protect guys from the Rule 5 draft and they don't want to expose someone to waivers if they don't have to.

    Angels outright David Fletcher off the 40 man roster, Chad Wallach with the team on taxi squad

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Might as well outright him now and see if someone will save Arte $20 million.

    Hope he figures it out, but we have a roster spot when we need it. I'm sure something will come up.

    It doesn't make sense for a catcher since DFAing Thaiss would be the corresponding move. Warren or Joyce eventually would not surprise me.

    Might need to call up a BP arm next week.

    Perry's Off-Season Report Card

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Hard to grade him now but I’m not really sure what he would have needed to do to get an A+ grade from some people. I think it’s disingenuous to give any grades if an A was impossible to achieve (and save an A+ for pulling a fast one on another GM like the Blue Jays trading Vernon Wells for Mike Napoli without eating money)

    He didn’t petition the commissioner to make the Angels exempt from the luxury tax and he didn’t convince Pujols to retire.

    Bauer signed for too much and the aces that ended up getting traded would have completely obliterated our farm system. Was he supposed to convince them to take less money and lesser packages?

    The Iglesias’ acquisitions look like bright spots that don’t hamper the future but the pitching, especially the bullpen, was still lacking. He really turned it around in the past week by adding 5 bullpen arms. We really just need 2 to be above average.

    I’d like a better RF than Fowler but with Adell, Marsh, and Adams knocking on the door, we can’t really do anything besides a stopgap for now. Ozuna, Brantley, or Pederson wouldn’t have been much better.

    The biggest negative I can see is potentially not extending Bundy or tying up Quintana beyond this year. 

    What I like the most is that there is decent depth between the 26 man roster and the alternate site. Bullpens usually rely on guys having a good year so the extra arms give a better chance at having a good bullpen this season. I know that’s the Eppler strategy that didn’t work but at least we aren’t using the strategy of reclamation projects with high spin and velocity dips that ended up being a sign their elbows were going to explode.

    Perry really needs the opportunity to go through a draft and international signing period to add to the farm. We had some good drafts in the last few years but a lot of talent is in the low minors. Without a season last year, we missed the chance for them to build their value which hurts the overall rating. It would be dumb to trade away those guys when they’re only going to get more valuable.

    I’m probably too optimistic but I’m not sure what he really could have done better without tying up too much money or trading away too many prospects. 

    Angels announce 55 players scheduled to report to 2020 Summer Camp (As part of 60-Man Player Pool)

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    46 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

    A few things...

    -The “taxi squad” technically refers to the three guys who go on road trips without being on the roster. They are there essentially so you have a fill in handy and don’t need to put someone on a commercial flight at the last minute. 
     

    -The Alternate Training Site squad (or whatever better name we come up for them) consists of everyone in the 60-player pool who is inactive. 
     

    -You don’t need to put everyone on the 40-man roster in your 60-player pool. 
     

    -You can add to the 60-player pool at any time but if you remove someone, they have to be traded/released/DFA’d.

    -You obviously still need to add someone to the 40-man roster for him to be in the majors. Jo Adell, for example, needs to be added and he would take someone else’s spot.

    -You can’t trade anyone who is not part of the 60-player pool. This could be really interesting because teams may put guys on the 60 who they have no plans to use in 2020, but could want to trade. 

    I've read some ideas that teams will not have a full 60 player pool to start off with so they have room to add players without having to release anyone and subjecting them to waivers. It would also let you basically trade anyone because you could add someone to the 60 man at any time.

    Any idea if teams are planning on doing this? I suppose we'll find out tomorrow. 

    Burning Questions with regards to the 2020 Angels short-season

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    The answer to #2 depends on #1 except then Adell would start in CF.

    Would not surprise me for Detmers to be training with the practice squad and get a chance to make the team if/when injuries happen.

    #4 and #5 would probably be answered by #6. Makes sense to have a 6 man and not overwork anyone. Teams with a true Ace might go with a 4 man rotation to get their studs as many starts as possible.

    #7 depends on what happens during "spring" training. Probably carry more pitchers and not let starters go too deep.

    #8 Maddon will do what needs to do to win.

    #9 I can see teams that aren't looking to compete shed payroll. Maybe the Tigers look to move Boyd or the Rockies move Jon Gray.

    #10 really depends on who is in and who is out. Answer goes back to teams shedding payroll if they are out of it. Teams also might just hold at that point for the comp pick.

    Down to the wire

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    The players have no incentive to agree to a deal unless they get paid more than the amount they'd get from a 48 game season and full-prorated salary. The 72 game @ 70% guaranteed pays them approximately 48-49 games worth so why would the players agree to play 24 more games for 1 game more salary? It would also come with expanded playoffs which would primarily benefit the owners.

    I was originally on the owners side because I just wanted baseball back but with the 48 game baseline, I support the players because the owners have not made any effort to improve the money the players would get in any of their proposals. They are negotiating in bad faith because they have not come off of their original position at all.

    OC Register: Angels’ Justin Upton looks for bounceback season

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    17 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

    Still an odd thing to say IMO. Anyway, this board is pretty much all unicorns and fairy dust anyway when it comes to Angels predictions and players so me wanting Upton to play all 162 is par the course.

    He played 159 games as a 23 year old and then played between 145-154 for the next 7 seasons before playing 63 last year. It would be unrealistic to think he’d play 162 in his age 32 season. It’s less than a day off every 2 weeks. For a guy with 2 PRP injections within the last 18 months, him playing 150-155 would be great. Letting a combination of Fletcher, La Stella, Goodwin, Rengifo, and Adell play 12 more games so Upton stays fresh and healthy (as a 32 year old) isn’t going to ruin the season.

    2020 Fearless Predictions

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    1 hour ago, Hubs said:

    850 is low. That's less than 5 1/3 IP average. Of the 11 teams between 880 and 941, the vast majority were likely AL teams.

    Also in regards to being last, that is absolutely because of the opener. I have the primary pitcher and the starters at 779.1 with a 4.78 IP per start (or primary). That is a lot closer to what we got. I checked that stat right after the season, and I'm counting someone twice (I have 163 games started including the primary pitchers), that's why I didn't post it, but I cant find the error...but it's close..

    That means that if they don't use the opener, they'd just be asking for say 80 more innings? They signed two guys who have regularly pitched 80-90 innings better than our best starter in terms of innings. I expect all of the 7 guys I expect to start games to get more than 95.1 IP (which is the most from any starter last season). Some will get vastly more (Heaney, Bundy, Teheran), some will get half again (Canning, Sandoval) and some will get slightly more (Ohtani). Pena I think also tops that number because he got nearly that last year in his 7 starts and 14 primary appearances.

    I expect Ohtani to get at least 18 starts, Bundy, Teheran, Canning, and Heaney to get at least 27, and Pena and Sandoval to get at least 11 each. That leaves around 14, which should go to the top 3 and Ohtani, but some may go to Barria as well.

     

    Thanks for providing the data I’d been looking for. I agree that we’ll be able to get more starts from our better pitchers this season but you still only have 162 games to amass those innings. We have a plethora of guys who will be able to contribute quality innings.

    There were 5 AL teams in the top 15 and 9 AL teams in the bottom 10. Bundy and Teheran averaged 5 1/3 IP per start last season so I’m not sure who we’re getting 7 inning starts from to boost the average.

    i think we have good pitching depth and we should be able to get a lot of starts from the top 8 guys we have but to boost the IP, starters have to go deeper in games, it’s not necessarily a bad thing but we don’t have guys that are going to throw 7 innings each start.

    Last season, we had issues getting starts out of the guys we had because there were constant injuries. This year, I think, we’ll have the starts covered but the biggest area to improve from the rotation will be having them pitch deeper into games.

    2020 Fearless Predictions

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Only two teams had more IP from their starters last season, the Nationals and Mets. Here’s the top 5:

    1. Mets 941.1

    2. Nationals 938.2

    3. Indians 930.1

    4. Astros 907.1

    5. Dodgers 893.2

    6-11 were between 880 and 890. The Angels were dead last 20 innings behind the Rays at 680. It should probably be amended based on how often we used an opener last season (I’ve wanted to go back and see how many innings that would add to our “starters” but haven’t been bored enough to check). Getting up to 880 would be huge to help take pressure off the bullpen. The Giants were 16 at 849 IP so I think getting to 850 would be a good realistic goal.

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