Angels in 2030

51 million just for the posting fee!

Yep.  Lots of jealousy on the board masquerading as "hate."  I'm impressed and yes, I'm jealous that the Dodgers have such a great organization that they can call on seemingly endless amounts of minor league talent to supplement their roster for trades and yet still attract the best free agents to play for them.  All because of their reputation as a top flight organization.  Yes.  I'm jealous.  And I am very disappointed in Moreno for allowing the Angel franchise to become a "secondary market" in Southern California through his lack of organizational culture, vision,  and direction. 

Angels are completely buried in irrelevance.

Dodgers balling!
It's impressive if you ask me.
A few of you are very jealous..don't blame you.

I figured this was coming.
 Next up, they'll sign Hader.
Then, they'll buy the biggest billboards they can find near Angels stadium and put Ohtani on them in his Dodger uniform.  
If I were the Dodgers, that's what *I'd* do.
 
 

$1.075 billion to 2 players, including $50 million posting fee
If Ohtani can’t pitch effectively (2 surgeries) and Yamamoto pitches short of projections, it’s going to bite the Doyyers hard.

I have no problem with him not wanting to match that offer.  The Angels sinking another huge 10year deal to a 30-40yr old Ohtani would be a mistake for the on field success LT. 
The problem is not seeing the obvious (he's leaving and we're not contending) and trading him in summer 2022, off-season 2022, summer 2023.  Every opportunity to start a rebuild using the one true asset you have...and failure again from Arte.  Just sell...please 

Correct. I’m not even remotely interested in Chapman. The loss of a pick better because of a difference maker not another Tyler Anderson.

Wonder if @Blarg thinks the Rams still need a better head coach though

The local Fox news a couple days ago was talking about various '___ of the year'.  They then got to sporting teams and the guy immediately says "gotta be the Dodgers -- the Ohtani signing".
I seriously could not believe what i heard...even from idiot people read news.  Team of the year for a team who lost yet again in the first round of the playoffs....but they spent a shet-ton of money to sign a soon-to-be 30 year old who is injured and can't pitch until 2025.  SMH.  Classic LA sports fan there in a nutshell.     

The Arte factor is the one thing we as fans are completely effed on.  It's why I stopped trying to piece together off-seasons because it seems to be 100% based on whatever his whims are.

Can we get a 4th post about Yuki Matsui being close to signing with the Padres, please?

So was Guillen until he blew his lid. 

no news is goods news as far as im concerned. i dont think theres a single player left that i want them to get.

1996 team had several young future cornerstone players and WS champs - GA, Erstad, Salmon, Perci, etc.   Won 70 games and it resulted in Angels getting Troy Glaus from the draft.  I’ll take that again.  

1996 team had several young future cornerstone players and WS champs - GA, Erstad, Salmon, Perci, etc.   Won 70 games and it resulted in Angels getting Troy Glaus from the draft.  I’ll take that again.  

1996 team had several young future cornerstone players and WS champs - GA, Erstad, Salmon, Perci, etc.   Won 70 games and it resulted in Angels getting Troy Glaus from the draft.  I’ll take that again.  

Well you were pumped about where we finished this year. 

and yet, they never traded him when they had the opportunity in 2022 and 2023 smh.

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

Perry wanted to but Arte got in the way 

and yet, they never traded him when they had the opportunity in 2022 and 2023 smh.

and yet, they never traded him when they had the opportunity in 2022 and 2023 smh.

and yet, they never traded him when they had the opportunity in 2022 and 2023 smh.