Yes We Can

I agree. Very solid. Great story also.

I think Minasian is going to build a great team. I like what I hear and read so far.

I don't think Adell gets traded. First, you rarely see top 10 MLB prospects get traded. I can't think of one but I'm sure it has happened. Secondly, I don't think the Angels get the value they would want because of how poorly he played. I think Adell starts the season in SLC if there is a MiLB season.

"His experiences make Perry Minasian perhaps uniquely suited to run a major league team at the moment. The game has skewed toward more and more data-driven decisions. Data is a great tool. But data can’t predict how a team on the same page might outperform its projections. It can’t predict how an organization, from isolated scouts in far-flung locations to minor league instructors to front office types, can better function if the boss understands and empathizes with their issues because he’s been in their exact situation. It’s still a game played by and maintained by people." "For too long, baseball has swung from one end of the pendulum to the other. In Perry Minasian, the former clubhouse kid from Arlington, the Angels may have found a way to combine best of both worlds." He seems to have a really nice hybrid mentality of old school and new school. I think he and Maddon will be a nice duo.

My belief is a team needs to look for high end pitchers in the first two rounds. This is where nearly all of the drafted top of the order SP's are found. Every year is different and it's always going to be hit and miss. I'm not saying we shouldn't still go after toolsy teenagers but let's balance it out. In the five years prior to this most recent draft there were 10 picks in the top two rounds. Only one was a pitcher, Griffin Canning. And he is the only one of those 10 draft choices that has had a positive impact. If 5 of those picks were pitchers instead of only 1 the team would be in a better place in my opinion. So it's obvious you don't agree with my opinion, and I respect that. Others agree. That's how it works. Let's move on. Enjoy your day.

Packy Naughton. LH SP from VA Tech. AA in 2019.

I am guessing Bill Singer was fired soon after this was written?

I agree.

My point is exactly this. I think this strategy was a mistake. From 2015-2019 the Angels drafted only one pitcher in the first two rounds of the draft. I think if they had gone after more high level college pitchers the team would be in a better place.

I don't understand why some people are against the draft strategy the team employed in 2020. I think if they had used the same strategy for the last 6 years the team may be in a better place.

So the Angels shouldn't draft a player because they may fail? Got it. Another great plan.

I don't think any teams draft players in the first round they expect to fail. To think this and to post it is "incredibly stupid".

So draft college catchers in the first round because there is a chance a college pitcher may fail. Got it. Good plan.

#2 without the LH outfielder.

What? Yes we all know. 33 picks went before him. Dakota Hudson was drafted in the 1st round not in the 36th round?? The point is this team could have prioritized SP in the draft. They did not. And even if they whiffed with a college pitcher the chances are they would not have whiffed any worse than selecting Ward and Thaiss in the first round.

Good fit? Really?

Yes. Taylor Ward in 2015 and Matt Thaiss in 2016 could have been Mike Soroka and Dakota Hudson. Even if they failed, would they have failed worse than they did with Ward and Thaiss? If you need pitching then maybe draft pitching in the first round, not catchers!! That was ridiculous behavior for an MLB club!!

I use BR WAR because I use baseball reference for other non-deep dives daily. It's my go to site.

I think he signed the wrong Wong.

I agree 100%. We don't know. So for someone, not you, to post here it was not Arte is an uninformed opinion

So you think Arte chose Scioscia over Dipoto. If he chose Dipoto over Scioscia he would have had that conversation with Scioscia.

So if this is true, when the clubhouse chose Scioscia over Dipoto what did Arte do?

Why did Dipoto leave?

And Arte is the owner.

Our next guy should perform better than these guys. Right?