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He was an above average hitter in A ball at 18 years old.
Most 18 year olds were in High School, the DSL, or ACL.

Yeah, it seems like there’s a lot more interesting young, international prospects now especially in IE.

Sure, but it’s his unwillingness to admit he’s wrong and operate differently that’s the issue.
Instead, he’s being stubborn and doing it his way.

I just felt like you were comparing Eppler's young guys to Minasian's young guys as a reason to give Minasian extra leash, and omitting Detmers, Canning, and Sandoval was pretty dishonest. The full outline of young guys is below and I'm not sure that I love it.
Ohtani, Detmers, Canning, Sandoval, Marsh (top 10 CF in the league last year), Rengifo, Adell, Walsh, Thaiss, Fletcher, and Soriano vs..... O'Hoppe, Neto, Schanuel, Moniak, Silseth, Rada, Dana, Bachman, and Joyce? 
Even Jose Suarez graduated with a 50 grade on Fangraphs, which is better than Silseth, Bachman, Joyce, or Dana are carrying. 
 
Also, it would definitely be fair to argue Eppler had a better eye for pitching than Minasian, even considering all the shitty FA contracts he handed out. 
Eppler plucked Hansel Robles and Blake Parker off waivers and they put up 2.50 ERAs. Yusmiero Petit, 2.89 ERA. David Hernandez, 2.23 ERA. Jose Quijada was claimed off waivers by Eppler and outperformed Minasian's $7mm man Aaron Loup. Eppler somehow got Mike Mayers to put up a 2.10 ERA in 2020 and Mike Mayers fucking sucked. Taylor Cole, 1.34 ERA in 33 innings in 2018. How about Hoby Milner, who Perry DFA'd, putting up a 1.82 ERA in 64 innings last year. I mean seriously-- how the fuck did Eppler find these guys? 
Eppler paid Parker Bridwell, Felix Pena, and JC Ramirez quite literally nothing and they all had one or more seasons with at least 1 WAR -- the same amount of WAR Minasian's $13mm man Tyler Anderson generated last year. 
Minasian's inability to find decent pitching at the margins actually really killed us the last few years. He spent $27mm AAV on Tyler Anderson, Aaron Loup, and Ryan Tepera and in 2023 they cumulatively generated 1.0 WAR. The domino effect of this wasteful spending is truly so painful. 
Had he spent the appropriate $8mm-$8.5mm for a 1 WAR return (per Fangraphs), there is a $19mm surplus leftover.  Wouldn't it have been nice to put that surplus $19mm towards Trea Turner or Dansby Swanson to generate 5-6 WAR? We are talking about a difference between 1 WAR and 6-7 WAR here if Minasian can pull rabbits out of his hat the way Eppler did. Eppler and Minasian both sucked at the big ticket pitcher signings, but Eppler's dumpster dives were nuts.
I didn't even mention the absolute heist in trading the expiring contract of Martin Maldonado (1 WAR in 4 seasons with the Astros) for Patrick Sandoval (7.9 WAR in 5 seasons + 2024 with the Halos). 6.9 surplus WAR created in this deal. Have all the Perry Minasian pitching additions in the past 3 years combined for 6.9 WAR? 
Crazy revisionist history going on here, IMO. 
 
 

That stupidity is gonna hurt Adell 1000x more in Wash’s eyes than what hitting a HR does to help.

It's the Angels... things don't have to make sense.

Or Perry hired Washington and Perry will come back. 

Looks like it’s 8, but your point still applies.
https://www.mlb.com/news/automatic-runner-permanent-new-mlb-rules-for-position-players-pitching

I’d say, compared to other GMs, Perry has done a bad job.
But he’s also dealing with a more difficult owner than 28(?) other GMs.

I’d say, compared to other GMs, Perry has done a bad job.
But he’s also dealing with a more difficult owner than 28(?) other GMs.

He's just sitting there.
I'd rather sign Cron and cut Hicks. Let JA play more and Sano become regular DH. Cron is a better back-up option at 1B than what we have. 

I am sure if (or when) the Angels start to suck we will get a full dose of Adell, Moniak and Rengifo so the front office can make a decision for 2025 and beyond with those guys. As of now Hicks, Drury and Sano having seasons at their career best give us a better chance of winning and finding something magical

There’s less to criticize when there’s actually a competent manager with a track record of success in place.

I haven’t had a double double this year. 

I don’t.
He’s a rich billionaire who provides nothing but disappointment to hundreds of thousands of people.

between 2B/SS, they should be finding a way to get Rengifo in there.

I don't feel like I should be criticizing too much in a game they're winning by 6 runs, but these kind of decisions can affect the pen usage in the days ahead.
I don't blame Wash for not trusting a lot of the guys out in the pen besides Cimber, Moore, and Esty, but now would be the time to give em a shot.

If Anderson's was gonna have a one baserunner leash with a 6-run lead, why even bother sending him out there?
Just give the reliever a clean inning.
And I'm not sure I love using Cimber here either. Shrug.

The funny thing about this story, in my opinion, is Sam Blum was apparently so locked in on watching the “Calling all Angels” video on Saturday and Sunday that he was able to determine they edited that part out.

I don’t.
He’s a rich billionaire who provides nothing but disappointment to hundreds of thousands of people.

We had Thursday off and then Washington proceeded to use the pen like he had nobody available but Soriano. 
 
so in theory what you said makes sense…. Now it’s up to Ron to manage the bullpen better 

I don’t.
He’s a rich billionaire who provides nothing but disappointment to hundreds of thousands of people.

Are there poor billionaires?

I don’t.
He’s a rich billionaire who provides nothing but disappointment to hundreds of thousands of people.

Zero reason for him to be in the montage to begin with.