Angels 1961

7 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Randall Grichuk nobody wants him but he is best OF we have now.

9 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

The DOMINATOR in Seattle. Seattle is now team to beat in AL west

This actually helps halos signing FA in off season. Angels will get you to playoffs one way or another.

3 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

To be clear, these are outright waivers. 
 

If a guy is claimed, the other team gets him and his entire contract. Period. 
 

If a guy is not claimed, his original team can outright him, but it doesn’t have to. Players with more than 5 years service time can refuse the outright and keep their salaries. 
 

There is no pulling someone off waivers.

What time will claims be announced today?

Andy Kosco, Roger Repoz, Del Rice (the player)

Maybe OF will be his spot in 2024. Super sub can play many positions.

5 minutes ago, happybat4 said:

I don't think that is true because he would be a free agent if they did that. It's not like the old waivers.

It is many teams put players on waivers all year long. Nobody claimed him and they pulled him off waivers.

Brandon Wood, Jackie Warner, Steve Bilko, Chris Knapp, Joe Koppe, Eli Grba

Angels ran Tyler Anderson thru waivers last week. For some strange reason nobody took him.

3 hours ago, greginpsca said:

But someone would have to dfa'd to open 40 man roster spot.

Teams in the race want to win now. Some have already opened up spots on their 40 man. 

All of them as teams can add players Sept 1

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

You can add 2 guys to the big league roster starting Friday and if all the Waiver guys get picked up, it's going to take some work to put together a roster for September.....SLC roster isn't exactly loaded....you may see guys like Fletcher and Phillips, who are already under contract just because you have to pay them anyway.....neither is on the 40 man but if all the Waiver guys are claimed, there will be plenty of room.....For pitchers, you can pretty much assume that Gioilto, Moore and Lopez will be claimed....maybe Kolton Ingram, who has good stats at SLC, gets called up....not sure where he has been since he was sent down but he pitched last night and did well.....Beyond that, I don't know....

How about 2024 roster. Will need 7 in BP, 2 or more starters, help in OF and INF. I see halos going after cheap FA this winter. No way can this team compete in 24. 

2 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

If a quarter of the roster is claimed on waivers Thursday morning, the Angels get to promote up to about 8 from their admittedly thin farm system.

Some guys will get big checks for 1 month

17 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Yes.  A team can claim any number of players who are on waivers.  Then they obviously need to clear space on their 40-man roster for them, though.  And you don't slip down in waiver order if you claim someone: all claims are processed at the same time.

I wonder why was Loup not on that list?

29 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

As of today here is the waiver order for selecting the players the Angels placed on waivers. This obviously can change after tonight’s games as it’s reverse order of the standings.

1/OAK
2/KC
3/COL
4/CHW
5/STL
6/PIT
7/DET
8/NYM
9/WSH
10/CLE
11/SD
12/LAA
13/NYY
14/MIA
15/CIN
16/SF
17/MIN
18/BOS
19/ARI
20/CHC
21/TOR
22/PHI
23/HOU
24/TEX
25/MIL
26/SEA
27/TB
28/LA
29/BAL
30/ATL

Can 1 team put in claim for more than 1 player?

50 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

It was probably Arte’s idea, so I doubt he’d mad at Minasian for doing it. 
 

Just like keeping Ohtani and going for it. 
 

All of it is Arte.

What do you think Arte will want to do in off season? So many needs for 2024 if they want to compete. I cannot see Ohtani wanting to comeback to this organization. If Trout wanted a trade would halos have to eat lot of money?

Minasian pushed all his chips in at deadline. We all know it did not work out. I for one was glad halos went for it. I am very curious what happens this off season. The direction this team will go.

37 minutes ago, greginpsca said:

I am surprised they didn't  waive Escobar. I hope they are not planning on keeping him next season.

Mets are paying for Escobar

5 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Didn't see that! He wasn't in the list in the article.

Loup?

40 minutes ago, full circle said:

Nobody’d claim him

Albert did

Nice to know Loup did not get dumped

It's time for a total reboot

ABANDON SHIP ABANDON SHIP

4 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

You're right. Generally no one gets blamed for a pitcher getting hurt.

But there are two factors at play here.

First: everyone loves Ohtani.

Second: the entire baseball world (including Angels fans) is eager to find things to criticize Angels management for. (Certainly they've brought them on themselves by making a lot of mistakes, but it still doesn't mean that everything is their fault.)

As for the thing with which pitches are more likely to cause injury, I think in general it's the velocity of fastballs that mosts leads to injuries. Guys who throw 100 will get hurt more than guys who throw 95. They used to say that splitters caused injuries, but I'm not sure if that's accepted as true any more.

We have kids throwing year round and throwing curve balls at early age. You have most pitchers throwing 95 plus at younger ages than ever before. Money has players trying to play thru injury. I think Ohtani knew something might be wrong but so much is expecting of him by fans and Ohtani himself. I wish him nothing but the best but also feel it might be time for halos to move in a new direction. Maybe it's time for Ohtani to go the Babe Ruth route and become an OF.

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Go ahead and get your Debbie Downer reactions ready...

Moustakas' OPS with the Angels: .703.  With the Rockies: .795.

O'Hoppe is now 3 for 28 since he returned.

On the upside, Moniak is now 10 for his last 26.

 

Is the Moose defense he should not be playing everyday.