44 minutes ago, Chuck said:

your photoshops are so good* that I use some of them for our social media account on X.

* - You misspelled "bad".

Chuck you're always welcome to use any of my silly nonsense.

18 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

He rarely pulls the ball.

Good point, he's more of a scratcher.

7 hours ago, T.G. said:

Like hell nobody does!  I drive by the stadium and I see how many cars are in the parking lot.

Don't forget to also look at the Del Taco as you drive by.

Wasn't Woo Suk Go one of the pilots on Asiana Airlines flight 214?

I'm about to start a "Is John Orton a HOFer?" thread.

Pfft, I was wronger earlier than all of you when I voted for Henry Clay over James K. Polk in 1844.

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Hey, you once said I was the board jackass. Make up your mind.

I think he said you were the board jerkwagon.  Different classification.

Ya'll are like the "I can fix him" women chasing the neighborhood deadbeat drug dealer scuzzball.

We're not gonna fix Mejia.  And before you "Mickey Moniak" at me, Moniak was only 24 when we got him.  Mejia is like 56 years old in catcher-years.

On the positive side, I do like this signing better than Kevin Maitan or Roberto Baldoquin.

3 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

With Giolito deal what would a contract for Clevenger look like?

Someone answer this man's question!

MLBTR has an opinion:

So they thought this for Giolito:

17. Lucas Giolito. Two years, $44MM

and then this for Clev:

30. Mike Clevinger. Two years, $26MM

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/11/2023-24-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions.html

1 hour ago, Angels 1961 said:

Yamamoto on plane to Toronto with Bellinger?

Obviously, yes.  Also Yamamoto being offered 25% of Rams franchise ownership.

By the way, I am hearing Dew Yarn is the mystery team in on Yamamoto.

14 minutes ago, jeskola said:

Also thumbs down to Bing AI image creator

All censorship, all the time, in 2023 America.  You gotta run your own instance of AI to bypass the censors.

This is the best I could get out of SD.  I had forgotten some of the other teams Downs Jeter played for: D TAV and INEW DERS.  But he had his best seasons for DEW YARN.

58 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

How many burners does 1961 have?

1 minute ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

When did Rendon ever have an issue with his throwing arm?... News to me...

That's the only part he never hurt!

I think they're talking about the occasional Chuck Knoblauchitis he has from time to time.

In my opinion, I don't think it's so serious that we can't play him at 3B.

31 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

Garver can hit bombs 

Yes, but chicks dig the sac bunt.

'61 I'm okay with your list except for Garver.  Isn't it gonna take $10m plus for Garver, and multiple years?  Why would we want to block or backup O'Hoppe at this point?  Or are you putting Garver in a platoon at 1B with Schanuel?

3 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

1. Mitch Garver                                                                                                                                                                                       2. Tim Anderson  (Washington can turn him around)                                                                                                                       3. Bellinger (he is healthy cut down on K's need protection for Trout want to compete need to gamble)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1 Clevenger                                                                                                                                                                                           2. Yariel Rodriguez                                                                                                                                                                               3. Matsui                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Stay away from                                                                                                                                                                                    Stroman                                                                                                                                                                                                Snell

'61 I know you're somehow reading the forum via a 1970s IBM Selectric III typewriter.  You may want to check your indent setting.

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Gold Glove*

Golden Gloves*

Didn't ya know, both White and Canning are fantastic amateur boxers.

7 hours ago, Taylor said:

This f'ing rocks. Lmao

Only thought of this one too late.  I'll cheat and edit it in.

This is the most likely change of scenery this guy is going to get in 2024...

36 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Why? 

Because we'll have a 16.5% chance at the first overall pick after finishing with a bottom-3 overall record.

Is it time to change the thread title yet?

The Official Los Angeles Angels 2023-2024 Cold Stove Offseason Thread

2 hours ago, bruin5 said:

MLB really needs to close the loophole.

It's not really a loophole.  It's really the opposite of a loophole.

Discounting future money to present value is a hard fact of economics.

What might be arguable what the discount rate should be.  There's an argument to be made that 4.0-4.5% is too low, in which case, the Dodgers might actually be getting hit with a larger current AAV than they really should be.