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Tamin or Hezel, me thinks
Probably Tamin, since he’s not here anymore

Looks like you’re handling the Lorenzen news well.

Matt Wise-- the guy who was promoted to the job because the pitching coach got fired for being a creep-- sounded good and promising?
I disagree.

"Werner [Blakely] will still play a little bit in the infield but we're hoping transitioning to the outfield will free him up and let his athleticism come out on both sides of the ball."

Would love to see these questions asked the next time they speak, @Jeff Fletcher

the lack of depth is particularly glaring.
like they're really gonna go with one of Adrianza/Sano/Soto? And then when injuries hurt, that means those guys get even more PT.

This is what I’ve been saying.

Looks like you’re handling the Lorenzen news well.

I don't really care if people say, "Arte doesn't care." This is what I mean when I say the team is directionless. Why do we have to do a "masked" rebuild? Why not just do one? 
The most telling part to me, the way I know without a doubt Arte is exactly as I imagine him, is that Trout is constantly going to him and telling him to sign guys. Don't you think Arte would say, "Mike we're taking it easy this year. Not going to spend." The fact that Trout keeps going to him tells me that Arte isn't telling him the direction of the team. And look, I'm a loser fan on my computer. Trout is the franchise's greatest player ever. And Arte isn't telling HIM the direction of the team? And please don't tell me that he is, Mike would make these public statements and tell Heyman the quotes he did unless he too thought they would go after good players. This, to me, is what makes him baseball's worst owner: not even the franchise GOAT knows what the direction of the team is, to the point that he is now, for the first time ever, putting public pressure on the owner to sign players. And still no response from the owner and no moves made. Not a single move made since signing...Hicks? 
These are the times I wish this was the Yankees. I'd love for local media to ask Perry why he spent only on the bullpen. And I'd love a follow up with Mike about how happy he is with the offseason. We know our owner won't ever share with the fans what's going on. 

I would not be surprised if they add someone in the next week who’s a roster crunch or a vet on a minor league deal who will be released. 

Getting banned from baseball would probably make him more famous (infamous?) than he is now.

Looks like you’re handling the Lorenzen news well.

Let’s say 4 DH games for the OF a week (1 DH game goes to Trout, 1 goes to Rendon, and 1 for either an off day or occasional Drury DH day)
Add that to 7 games a week in RF and 1 game in CF when Trout DHs, so that’s 12 games for 3 guys.
That’s an average of 4 games a week per player. But I can’t imagine Moniak starting vs. LHP.
They can also get guys ABs by pinch hitting (Moniak vs. a righty reliever, Hicks vs. a lefty reliever)
Yep

"Werner [Blakely] will still play a little bit in the infield but we're hoping transitioning to the outfield will free him up and let his athleticism come out on both sides of the ball."

I'm thinking someone who gets squeezed off another team's roster. Whether via trade or if they are an NRI that's not gonna make the team.
For example, guys like Kolten Wong, Elvis Andrus, or Kevin Newman.

Matt Wise-- the guy who was promoted to the job because the pitching coach got fired for being a creep-- sounded good and promising?
I disagree.

The last "group" that brought in new technology, etc.

I think the most informative thing from that article is that the Rendon and Trout injuries have seemingly scared him away from spending.

more understandable for him, since last year was his first year in pro ball.
Adams and Paris were drafted 6 and 5 years ago, respectively.

Someone please do a welfare check on @Angels 1961.

I think he just goes through these cycles where he spends big then gets gun shy.
Signed Matthews Jr in 2007 & Hunter in 2008.
Nothing from 2009-2010.
Then Wells in 2011, Pujols/Wilson in 2012, Hamilton in 2013.
Nothing from 2014-2017.
Upton in 2018, Trout in 2019, Rendon in 2020.
Nothing from 2021-now.

SignedGMJr in 2007, in 2008 he signs Hunter. 

Yep, I think I reported that here a few months back when I said that Arte wasn't going to go after any of the big free agents and especially the big three LHP's. 
He's been burned by FA's coming up impotent in production. 

Signing Ohtani was probably never a good baseball decision for the Angels. Not trading him wasnt either.

For those unfamiliar, Arte was interviewed by Tom Verducci last Spring. Then an Angels source leaked info about the Angels not trading Ohtani to Verducci in an SI article in July. Many people, including Jeff Fletcher, believe the "source" was Arte Moreno. Fair to think that the source here is again Arte Moreno.