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Anchor is well put.  The roster has been awkward ever since we signed him.  We had Kendrys Morales and Trumbo (remember trying to play him at 3rd?) so that gave us 3 first basemen.  We've had to carry an extra guy ever since because he was never the expected mainstay at first.  The worst contract in MLB history?  However, I'd love to see a match race between him and Benjie Molina.  These are the only two guys that don't even make it onto your TV screen when grounding out to first.  Given a time machine, I'd give Adrian Beltre whatever he asked for and thus avoid the entire chain of bad signings that followed.

Anchor is well put.  The roster has been awkward ever since we signed him.  We had Kendrys Morales and Trumbo (remember trying to play him at 3rd?) so that gave us 3 first basemen.  We've had to carry an extra guy ever since because he was never the expected mainstay at first.  The worst contract in MLB history?  However, I'd love to see a match race between him and Benjie Molina.  These are the only two guys that don't even make it onto your TV screen when grounding out to first.  Given a time machine, I'd give Adrian Beltre whatever he asked for and thus avoid the entire chain of bad signings that followed.

I can do both.  He's never seemed likeable to me, and he's been a frigging anchor on this franchise since day one.

I don’t either, but I think it is safe to say he secured his contract through false pretenses (his false claims as to his age and/or his prior PED use), and has refused to do the honorable thing of stepping away from said fraudulently induced contract when it became apparent, five years ago, that he no longer has the skills to be playing professional baseball. When viewed this way, he becomes less likable. 

With our luck, we would release him and he would probably go on to provide hall of fame personal services to Stl.

Yet another vote for 1979.
If you were a fan during the rest of the miserable 70's, you'll understand. 

1979.
had season tickets saw tons of comebacks and “yes we can” chanted all season long.  So much fun.

another old guy vote for '79

1979 Still have dirt from the infield after running onto the field after we clinched.

Actually we're both wrong...Wilfong single scored Rupert Jones to tie it.  DeCinces popup was the same inning (9th)

1977 - We just signed Grich, Baylor, and Rudi and were favored to win the AL west.  Grich was signed to play shortstop, gets hurt (replaced by Rance Mulliniks), 5th place finish.

True....but he also had one of the greatest all-time quotes that epitomized the early '70's Angels... "Next year we've got everybody coming back...and that's the problem!"

I'm old enough to have seen Ryan, Tanana, and Messersmith in their prime.  My first choice in a big game would be to give the ball to Tanana (in his prime), my second choice would be Weaver.

and video games

Alright let's just get this out of the way: I do not like the SP acquisitions this offseason. Quintana is fine, but Cobb is gonna have to pitch much better than he has for me to understand that trade. As of now, it's an absolute ball scratcher.
That said, I think he's looking at what happened last year at the back of the rotation as well as the depth. He's also banking on significant improvement from Ohtani.
The Angels used 10 starting pitchers in 2020. Teheran, Ohtani, Suarez, Peters, and Andriese all combined for 15 starts. That's 1/4 of the season. 
They had an 12.29 ERA. And that's with Andriese giving up 0 runs over 5.2 innings.
The other five, Bundy, Heaney, Canning, Sandoval, and Barria had a *4.22 ERA. That would have been good for 12th in baseball, and 5th in the AL. The 5 starters I mentioned in the previous paragraph, including Ohtani, took the rotation from being above average to the 2nd worst in baseball. This is despite only making 1/4 of the starts. That's how fucking bad they were.
[*is based on overall ERA for GS, Barria and Sandoval made "relief" appearances.]
So, lets say the rotation this year is Bundy, Heaney, Quintana, Canning, Cobb, Ohtani. Quintana replaces Sandoval, who put up a 6.75 ERA. I'm going out on a limb and say Quintana pitches better than that. 
Cobb replaces Teheran and his 10.73 ERA as a starter. Even if Cobb sucks and has a 5.00 ERA, that's a pretty significant improvement. 
Anyway, I'm done with stats. My point is I kind of get what Minasian is doing this year: He's strengthening the back end and the depth so when we need 4-5 starters to pitch in a quarter of the games this year, it won't be so devastating. 
I lied, I'm not done with stats. 
Let's say we need 10 starters again, and the 4-5 "back up" guys suck and combine for a 7.00 ERA. Let's also say the main rotation doesn't improve and keeps the 4.22 ERA. That would give the rotation a 4.59 ERA, which would have been 18th in baseball and 9th in the AL. Is that good? Of course not, but I'm assuming the rotation sees no improvement and the depth sucks, just not quite as hard as 2020. And that's still overall much, much better than 2020.
Minasian isn't just trying to improve that 4.22 ERA with Quintana, he's trying to improve the fucking 12.29 ERA with Cobb and a healthy Ohtani. Barria will take starts away from Suarez, and Sandoval will make sure Peters never sees another inning. 
The rotation won't be good, barring some incredible performances. But it could be average, which is so ridiculously better than last year it's not even funny.
Here's some boobs for reading my shit:

Doug White had qualifications, where did that get us?
Meanwhile Harry Ralston (Bud) Black went from a playing career on the mound to a successful pitching coach & solid manager.
Jered Weaver is just as qualified as arguably the best pitching coach the Angels have ever had in Bud Black.

Steve Kornacki just reported that there is a 67% chance Angels fans will be breathing a sigh of relief over losing out on Bauer by Independence Day.

Fuck this.....
I'm starting my own hall...
Bobby Grich - in
Curt Schilling - in
Barry Bonds - in
Pete Rose - in
Roger Clemens - in
Darin Erstad - in
Brian Downing - in
Jered Weaver - in
Derek Jeter - out
Arod - out
Mike Piazza - out
 

That I can agree with. Just STFU and get in later via the veterans committee. 

To be honest. O am tired of Baur's self aggrandizing.   He maybe baseball's version of Donald Trump.

Warning:  Nobody has ever paid me to evaluate players and I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night....That said, watching Adell this year, I tend to think his ceiling is more Upton than anything else....Even during his first call up, when he struggled at the plate, Trout's defensive instincts were off the charts....Adell looked athletic but maybe not the best instincts, kind of like Upton....Trout is certainly athletic but defensively he has always been instinctive, as was Torri Hunter....You can correct defensive shortcomings, to some extent, but I'm not sure you can coach the instincts that Trout has and Hunter had....I would expect Adell can and will do a lot better at the plate. But I don't know how good he can be.....maybe Upton, streaky with pretty consistent power...never a high average or consistent contact guy....that is the great unknown with him.  And being another Justin Upton isn't a bad thing, just not the uber prospect that some see him as....

Hmm, that's a creative suggestion.  So how does this conversation go?
Arte: Albert, you know 2021 is the last year of your contract, and there's $30 million left this year.
Albert: Si.
Arte: I can offer you an extra $30m on top of that...
Albert: AY DIOS!  PORQUE!!!
Arte: ...on the condition that you don't get to play at all this year.

Chico Ruiz!  He stood up for his Second Amendment rights.

Not to rag on Pujols, but I think he is a fraud. Maybe his numbers were inflated by steroids. Certainly he lied about his age. And now he is milking the Angels for an exorbitant salary despite contributing nothing. 

and...have you ever seen a MLB hitter step in the bucket like Ohtani.  Something mental is going on.