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We have about 8 too many emojis, they run off the screen on my tablet as is. 

100% spot on!

Maybe not an exact thread for the subject, but Perry has to work within the parameters that Arte sets. And Arte is not popular in baseball.  Speaking of ownership and management, this again is not very flattering regarding Arte. 
https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2024-04-10/rod-carew-angels-arte-moreno
I still think of Carew primarily as a Twin and not really a core Angel icon though he certainly was a great player. Same with many of their former big name acquisitions who were long time greats on other teams. 
 

And making stupid statements and trying to attribute them to someone else is what you like to do.
I feel like Minasian has taken this messed up organization and started to normalize the minor leagues, bringing in better personal, coaching and direction. That is where the Angels will be successful in the future, not if Tyler Anderson is worth his contract. Anderson along with Drury, Sano, Hicks and half the bullpen are only holes plugged waiting for talent to rise and push them off the roster. They are non stories. 

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

Or they already made that decision and haven't announced it... like they didn't announce that Eppler had been extended.  Not sure what the point of announcing Torii Hunter had been brought back into the fold as a special assistant to the GM if there was any real uncertainty about Minasian coming back.

Kinda doubt Perry gets fired after this season unless the team really sucks. It's obviously a transition year, and doesn't really make sense to dump the GM at that point. If they were going to do that, it would've made more sense to do it after last season. 

Or Perry hired Washington and Perry will come back. 

As evidenced by consistency of pitching injuries, we all know that a MLB staff has to begin any season with 8-10 arms that can be thrown into the fray.  Anderson was not the free agent we wanted, but was the one we could afford.  He gave our rotation a floor.  He also allows for some of the younger guys to not be rushed, which was also a point suggested by the OP.  We need/needed both of these qualities that Anderson brings.  

Eppler also brought in Julio Teheran, 31 IP 10.5 ERA for 9 million.  Matt Harvey, 59 IP 7.09 ERA 11 million.  Trevor Cahill 102 IP 5.98 ERA 9 million.
I feel both GMs moved the franchise forward from where JD left it, but let's not pretend one guy had an eye for FA pitching talent while the other doesn't.
 

Like look at how dodgers and Astros prospects are viewed.  Many - most of them have proven to be massively overrated.  The dodgers in particular have had a bunch guys they’ve sold astronomically high on just based on the aura of the org.  Thats a thing that’s been going on with them for years now.  It’s the opposite with the Angels.  They have to overpay or just aren’t able to complete trades.  

The Maddon seasons will go down as one of the biggest wastes of time in Angels history.  A nostalgia hire that had them spin their wheels while their manager tried to wage his personal war against the way MLB is being played. 

Every GM knows he will be fired or moved up the management chain. In the Angels organization there is no VP of Baseball Operations and that makes being a GM a more volatile position and forces them to cater to the owner moreso than other clubs. You could say being the GM of the Angels is the hardest job in baseball.
Grading Minasian's work is, as @Inside Pitch mentioned, a balance between what he can or can't do through Moreno's ownership. And those grades really require at least five years to see if what he is doing creates a long term organizational stability or a continuation of the last ten years of driving all success through free agency acquisitions instead of drafting and development. 
Eppler got the ball rolling, there is Fletcher, Walsh, Ohtani, Thaiss, Marsh, Adell and Rengifo in trade. But all of those guys are years apart in development, Ohtani being the unicorn. 
Minasian boosted that group through draft and trade getting O'Hoppe, Neto, Moniak, and Schanuel. And they are playing and developing under the best coaching staff since Scioscia's group. The results may take time to see if Minasian hit big on the lottery or got a few scratcher payouts to buy more tickets.
Minasian is working hard to rebuild internally with some decent draft pick positions and put the brakes on wasting them on free agency, making some other team stronger through our draft picks. Is he successful? Ask me in 2026 because that's a five plus one time frame where the team should be complete and competitive.  If they are not then you can say Minasian failed. 
 
 

Perry is the first GM in awhile that seems focused on building the farm back to where it must be to compete. 
I can agree or disagree with the points of the OP but the underlying truth is, this is what happens when you aren't consistently developing talent. The GM is forced to make moves that he may not even be the biggest fan of but still makes it due to immediate need with zero internal options. 
Lastly, when one says things like, "failed frontline starters" and then mention guys who no GM would consider frontline starters or places Ohtani leaving on the GM when the world knows that wasn't on the GM or complains about extensions that didn't impact the organizations ability to spend or states that a falling out with a manager that couldn't find another job in baseball is a big deal, it kind of negates other viewpoints that may indeed be accurate. 

Sigh.
I was pretty against signing him when they did. I've also said repeatedly he doesn't need to do what he did with the Dodgers to hold value.  The notion that he can't pitch to his contract is inane -- the dude is only making 13 mil per.  Since Fangraphs has been brought up often in this thread, FG put the value of a win at roughly 8.5 mil the last time they looked at it in 2022, https://blogs.fangraphs.com/what-are-teams-paying-per-war-in-free-agency/. With the cost at 8.5 a player need only be worth 1.5 fWAR to live up to his contract.  So basically if he puts up 3 fWAR combined this year and next he would have surpassed the value of his contract.
He was crap last year.  If he gives them innings and posts a 4.5 ERA this year he'll be valuable enough.
 

I feel like Perry has made some mistakes as the OP pointed out. I may not agree with all of his points but the one thing I will say Is I like what Perry is trying to do inside the foundation of the team, scouting, development, ect ect. I finally think we have a GM that is not a yes man totally to Arte such as the lets get Trea Turner and him stearing Arte away from that. Is he perfect no is he way better then what we have had in the last 10 years 15 years hell yes. Could there be someone better out there somewhere maybe but would that person be willing to deal with Atre? I doubt it. Final point does anyone think that if Perry was let go from the Angels that he wouldnt get picked up somewhere else ? he 100% does in my opinion. He has done aswell as can be expected within the limits he is set up with. Again my opinion. 

The Angels are one game out of first place sir

Yes, it is. It is a waste of money that only blocks Schanuel and doesn't help his career. Salt Lake won't help him, that ballpark is not going to make him a better hitter or face major league pitching. This year the Angels should only be focused on the advancement of all their young players like Texas did three years ago instead of chasing a .500 season with patchwork veterans.
Fuck, Cron, Belt or any other cast off burnout that will waste another one of these young guys development. 

I think this is part of the process. We all know the game is about adjustments. Pitchers adjust and hitters adjust. He'll figure it out. We're told he has a good batting eye... so I think he will be fine.

Pretty brutal start from he and Neto. On the plus side of things, O'Hoppe has looked good and Adell looks way better albeit in a very limited sample size that makes zero sense.

Let him play. He will learn to hit at this level. 

8 ball says “remains to be seen.”

I appreciate the young core of players we have on the team now for that alone I want to see Perry stick around…..

I appreciate the young core of players we have on the team now for that alone I want to see Perry stick around…..

If there were more performances like last night by the 1-2 hitters, the RBIs will come.
Rendon seems to be coming on.    Now need the 2nd spot to deliver often enough.