ScottM

Detmers is gonna be very good in 2023. 

They have to. When was the last time the Angels had an actually reliable closer/high-stress guy? Couple that with them not dealing him at the deadline. Letting him walk would be a disaster... so it'll probably happen. 

You can really get creative in this offseason if you actually have a lot to spend. Could package Adell or Marsh for one of our pitching additions and then sign someone like Chris Taylor...

If Scherzer wants to do a 1/40 or 2/70 or something like that, I'd be fine with it. But after that, you're paying a 40 year old dude with a ton of miles on his arm. 

3 hours ago, Bronson said:

Yeah of course we shouldn’t get the dude who’s been dominating for basically a decade and is showing no signs of slowing down. It worked so horribly for the Astros with Verlander. 

They've spent $66,000,000 for Verlander to throw 73 pitches in the last 2 years. 

I was not expecting Jon Gray's splits to look like that. Thought he might've been a decent fit.

I'm not thrilled about Scherzer. I think if we can get a good defensive SS, Stroman is the way to go. Syndergaard is a decent gamble too. 

I think Bachman is going to get a long look in Spring Training next year to be honest.

I'm so happy Kyren Paris is killing it. He's guaranteeing a High-A start next year with the chance of being in Double-A at age 20. Really a future long-term SS solution if he pans out and he can stay healthy. 

Don't sleep on Alexander Ramirez. Hitting .283/.379/.525 as an 18-year-old in Arizona. Might even have a higher ceiling than Arol Vera. 

Really like him. He reigns in Gubie. 

I brought up the mental part of Trout/Rendon's injuries last week on here and basically got booed out of the room. There something really weird going on. Trout, according to all the doctors, is fine to be playing baseball. There's a mental break here.

Is it time to start talking about mental health and these injuries? As far as I can tell from both Trout and Rendon, they are essentially healthy. Trout saw that doctor last week that basically said you're healthy, according to the press reports I saw. Now Rendon was supposed to be out a couple of days because of a pulled hammy and all Maddon says 3 weeks later is that Rendon "isn't highly optimistic," what the hell does that mean? As far as I can tell from the media reporting, these guys don't have physical reasons for not playing baseball. It just seems like there's something off. 

Can we be done with Mayfield now?

It's really good to see Adell step it up, seeing his buddies get called up. .357/.419/.679 since Marsh got called up.

I would've preferred a trade if it netted 2 good prospects, but now that it didn't happen, all I'm saying is that we might as well have a good/great arm in the bullpen for the next few years for maybe 4-5M more AAV.

34 minutes ago, failos said:

He’s not elite.

He's 3rd in baseball in K/BB for relievers, 3rd in xFIP.

boy they really rushed Marsh huh 

1 hour ago, ukyah said:

i don't know why any player on a losing club, 50 games from FA, would forgo the opportunity to hit the open market, when that is the one and only place where they can expect to maximize their worth and choose their landing spot.

not trading iglesias was a monument of the angels continued dysfunction. i just can't believe it's the FO anymore. we've been through too many.

There are just too many variables that we don’t know to come to this conclusion. Maybe they are already in talks? Maybe Raisel likes living in So Cal? 

Eaton is hurt. Adell time. 

Alright,

Now that we didn't deal him, let's lock this guy up. He blows a save here and there but he's elite and his arm is something you can build a bullpen around. He should be productive enough to justify a 3 year deal through his age 34 season.

Why did the Giants do that

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

Pretty much. Turns 31 later this year.  Controllable until 2026.

These are always the guys that pop off for one year like Dane De La Rosa

a warm body?

I bet it's for $1.