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I don’t see that. Maybe a team would give a PTBNL to just the line after he’s DFAd, but he looks pretty cooked to me.

I hope it’s not Moore. Got hit with the comebacker and struggled in his 2 outings since.

Perhaps, though I don’t think the pen is in that bad of a shape coverage wise if they just DFA one of Fulmer/Suarez and add Kristofak. Estévez, Moore, García, Cimber, Strickland, and Cisnero should all be available.

right back at you

I guess it depends on what you want out of your leadoff hitter. I’d prefer someone who can get on base ahead of the middle of the order. He excelled in that spot last season, and I would’ve just left him in that spot to begin this season.

I’d like to see: Schanuel Trout Adell Ward O’Hoppe as the 1-5

I admittedly didn’t watch today’s game, but: Soriano’s 1st start, he got screwed by bad luck/defense. He was fine after the weird 1st inning where the ball kept pin-balling everywhere and Thaiss couldn’t locate the ball. His 2nd and 3rd starts were good. His 4th was bad, it appears.

What makes you guys think Hicks could get DFAd and Paris get called up? Sano’s injury? I don’t see them cutting Hicks this early.

I think they phantom IL Cisnero or Fulmer and call up Bryan Shaw. Move Rendon to the 60-day IL for space on the 40.

This shouldn’t even be a thought processed by anyone with the Angels. What an embarrassment that’d be if they option Soriano after one bad start, while keeping a bunch of bad pitchers (Cisnero, Suarez, Fulmer). It’d be a stupid move and send an awful message to the clubhouse and fans.

But Perry isn’t a bad GM, according to some on here.

It’s fine if you have an unlimited budget, but they don’t. Or at the very least, a substantially higher budget.

He’s the new C-Rod, unless something drastically changes. He’ll stick around for a few more seasons and then unceremoniously be gone.

Good thing the Angels delayed Bachman’s start of the season to “manage his innings.” Everything related to Bachman has been moronic. The pick in the first place, moving him to the pen, Nevin overusing him in a short stint, “managing” his innings.

That’s why it’ll be interesting to look back years from now. Some of the guys you mentioned appeared to stall out, but now are contributing (some in a big way). Hopefully that’ll be the same for guys who are currently scuffling. Neto, Schanuel, Moniak, Bachman, Paris, Kochanowicz, Mederos, etc.

If any baseball player were to walk away from the money, Rendon checks a lot of the boxes. Retiring could mean him working out some deal a la Strasburg (although I don’t think Arte wants to defer money).

Aging curves. Most players don’t hit free agency until their 30s, and most players start declining in their 30s.

I’ll be interested to revisit this in 3, 5, 7 years from now. It’s also possible the Angels will be bad for the next half-decade plus because Perry made bad picks and ran a horrible player development program for 4 seasons.

I honestly think he’s a serious injury or two away from retiring. Despite what people say, he’s clearly fed up with the injuries and out of answers.

Of course he’s had restraints, but Perry has made poor decisions when he has been given the freedom to make his own decisions. It’s only fair to judge Perry on the things he is controlling, which is why I‘m not gonna blame him for things like the team only spending $30M this offseason or not trading Ohtani. Perry’s drafts, player development, and free agent signings have been poor overall. You think Arte told Perry to go spend $5M on Cisnero, Suarez, Plesac, and Kolarek? No, Perry chose to use $5M of his budget on those guys. You think Arte told Perry to draft Sam Bachman? No. We saw the picture of Perry scouting Bachman in-person. Perry and his staff made the pick. You think Arte told Perry to hire Joey Prebynski and all the people under the player development umbrella? No, it was Perry.

It’s both.

Continuing to roster Suarez, in addition to the all the bad moves/decisions he's made mean he's awful. Yes, it's not just the Suarez thing. But the Suarez thing is another in the pile of bad decisions Perry has made.

Sonny DiChiara with 2 Ks and an error in his first game with IE. Yikes.

How, exactly, has Minasian improved the analytics? The guy he hired (Tamin) had conflict with Maddon and others in the org, then got shown the door at the end of last season.

I you want to blame Perry, there’s plenty of things to blame him for. Blaming him for not trading a generational player when ownership prevented it is not one of those things.