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  1. It feels like we've had a bottom 3 farm system for about a decade, so you could probably pick 25+ other teams as well as the Dodgers and say the same thing.
  2. Nobody really cares whether he likes baseball or not, it's how he carries himself. He's the living embodiment of "you're not wrong, you're just an asshole". It's a lot easier to deal with a personality like that when he's an MVP candidate and one of the best players in baseball. The schtick starts to grow old when you can't stay on the field with a quarter billion dollar contract.
  3. He doesn't seem to have a long term plan for anything. I think he's just a bored, rich old man that wouldn't know what to do with himself if he actually sold the team. His response about the stadium seems to coincide with this, which was practically "I'll probably be dead in 2038, who cares?" It's funny that he's so big on selling "entertainment", yet winning is likely the biggest part of a team being interesting and drawing new fans. Entertainment for him is a splashy name, not an actual good baseball team. This is the entire root of the franchise's problems. He's had two all-time, HOF level players fall into his lap and has zilch to show for it. Garbage, penny pinching player development, continually a garbage tier farm system. A lot of people are huffing the hype pipe on Schanuel, Neto, and O'Hoppe, but these are more complementary pieces, not guys you build a team around. Sorry to be such a downer, but man this a dark time for Angels fans.
  4. I mean, what else are we going to do? Our farm is mediocre to bad so it's not like we have a bunch of talent waiting in the wings. If the Angels aren't ever going to rebuild (and that ship has already sailed anyways by getting zilch for Ohtani), then overpriced free agents are the only avenue we have.
  5. I mean, obviously. But we aren't doing that with or without Trout so it's kind of a moot point. And Arte isn't going to move him so it's even less of a point.
  6. Trout is the only thing on this team that's going to draw casual fans to the stadium. There's no way Arte moves him, especially to the Dodgers.
  7. Bellinger is definitely going to get paid. He's still only 28 and the FA class is one of the weakest in years. Unfortunately he seems like just the type of player that Arte would throw a bag at if we lose Ohtani. Hopefully Minasian can reign him in.
  8. I have about 10 years in IT, can't wait for another 25...
  9. Yeah, I'm just taking this year as a nice flash in the pan, best possible case scenario for Moniak. He has a 2.8% BB rate and around a .400 BABIP. I'm thinking more like a .240/.270/.440 line is more realistic.
  10. It would be fairly hilarious if he actually just up and retired. Sadly, a dude owed this much money would never do that.
  11. Once Ohtani leaves, we'll pretty much be at rock bottom IMHO. Our ownership is the running joke of baseball. Our only star level player is 32 and on the backswing of his career. Our farm system is perpetually one of the worst in MLB, and we got rid of the only real top 100 guy we had for the walking corpse of Giolito. We have a rotating stockpile of #3/4/5 starters. Our position players are all middling to slightly above average, with no real standouts outside of some possible glimmer of hope for Neto/O'Hoppe/Schanuel one day turning into something. But they are all still big question marks. Like Stradling said, I just find other things to do and gradually care less about the Angels. I follow other sports, hockey and NFL are coming back around. Play some guitar, hang out with my wife and son, drink some beers and enjoy life.
  12. Barring the legitimacy of the article, even if he wants out there's just not a lot of realistic options out there. He has around 7 years / $250M remaining on his deal and already can't stay on the field consistently. That likely isn't going to get better in his age 32-38 seasons. We'd probably have to be the ones adding just to get rid of that contract.
  13. Or Rendon could just say "I'm out for the season with my injury" and not have to deal with the question anymore. His general assholery seems to be more of the problem.
  14. Sucks for Ohtani though. Right before signing likely the biggest FA contract of all time he likely needs yet another TJ surgery and probably won't pitch again until he's 31. I really wonder what kind of deal he'll get now.
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