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  1. Angels Never Die
    The money issue in the draft still needs to be fixed if the teams aren't taking who they think is the best prospect.
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    I've seen Alex Kiriloff going to the Angels on many mock drafts, you don't normally get that kind of consistency with a mid first round pick. Zack Collins could be the best college bat on the board at our pick. Just something to consider.
  3. Angels Never Die
    Damn, Corey Ray stole 44 bases this year and wasn't caught once.
  4. Angels Never Die
    In essence though, we wouldn't be taking a catcher if we drafted him to play another position. He put up some really good numbers.
  5. Angels Never Die
    What do you guys think of taking Delvin Perez if he drops? He tested positive for PED's, but his talent is good value for the 16th pick.
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    Ironically enough, I actually like Zack Collins' bat (who's a college catching prospect.) I wouldn't mind drafting him for his hitting and have him switch positions.
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    Aren't most catchers who eventually develop into that kind of player not selected as high as Ward was? Catchers seem to be the biggest crapshoot in the draft. To me, they shouldn't be that enamored about a catching defensive specialist in the first round, they should be able to be acquired in other ways.
  8. Angels Never Die
    There was a point in this franchise not that long ago where it desperately needed young talent, especially young pitching talent, and he turned Mark Trumbo (28), Howie Kendrick (31), and Hank Conger (27) into Skaggs (22), Santiago (26), Heaney (24), and Tropeano (24) For me, that was kind of a miracle. Now, he's made some dumb moves too, but I'm still shocked he was able to revitalize our youth a bit for what we gave up (two okay veteran starters and a backup catcher.) I hope Eppler can be even better, of course, but DiPoto made a serious impression on me with those moves, and bought my confidence.
  9. Angels Never Die
    Eppler hasn't made that much of an impression on me so far, but I was unsold on DiPoto early on too, and by the end of his tenure I was very sad to see him go.
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    I mean, the Angels' 2010 draft certainly didn't make the case for HS players lol, but you can't judge them as a class just because of one bust of a draft. Although, I guess Cowart and Bedrosian are still keeping their hopes alive.
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    I wasn't against the pick per se, I was against making him a position player. I thought he'd be a better pitcher, I was enamored with his stuff. Looking back, he probably would've busted as a pitcher, most HS pitchers do.
  12. Angels Never Die
    I wasn't fully convinced any of Crawford, Beltre, or Werth would be worth their deals. I guess it's not surprising Beltre has been the only competent one while Crawford and Werth fell off the table. Say whatever you want about Beltre, he was a consistent reliable player, while Crawford was based almost entirely on speed.
  13. Angels Never Die
    As I recall, his projected range was right about where he was taken.
  14. Angels Never Die
    Yeah, Bane wasn't perfect (I certainly had my criticisms,) but he was competent enough to warrant not being replaced by just anyone. It seemed like they threw away a decent known quantity for an unknown one. It seemed like a reactionary response to the 2010 draft, which admittedly, the extra picks we had did not seem to be used wisely, but whatever, the draft is largely a crapshoot, and at worst it was one bad draft.
  15. Angels Never Die
    That's concerning, but lots of things about this organization have been concerning.
  16. Angels Never Die
    Kiriloff sounds Interesting, it would be nice to have a young pure hitter in the organization. Still, I guess just taking whoever projects to be the best player is the best way to go, I guess we can't be picky.
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    I was a big fan of Kotchman's, so I'd like to think it was just health issues that took him out, but I remember some statistical analyses pointing out that his success in the big leagues was kind of a fluke, but I can't really recall it that well. Just relying on my memory of when he started declining, he seemed to focus far too much on not striking out, so he ended up hitting a lot of weak grounders just to make contact. Just swung over a lot of bad pitches to make weak contact.
  18. Angels Never Die
    Jack Howell still sticks out in my memory as being someone who was a really good pinch hitter, although that memory comes from my childhood, so who knows how good it is really.
  19. Angels Never Die
    Is anyone else interested in Heyward?
  20. Angels Never Die
    I want Heyward
  21. Angels Never Die
    I'm not following this story that closely, so I really can't speak to the character of Josh in all this, all I know is that him relapsing and admitting it, on its own, doesn't imply that he's been especially remiss in anything. Why? Because I don't think it's reasonable to expect an addict to be perfect and mistake-less in their continual long term recovery. As far as I'm concerned, this is a health issue, not a moral one, and his obligation to the Angels is to manage his addiction with the same level of responsibility as he would a physical injury. Something tells me though, that the level of outrage and vindictiveness towards Josh would be different if he had been playing up to expectations since coming here. Maybe I'm just being cynical, but I don't think many people really care about much here beyond how much Josh is producing vs. how much he's getting paid, and they're trying to disguise that motivation with moral indignation of his drug use. You can argue that his lack of production is relevant here, but I don't think it is, because you ultimately cannot prove that the two are causally connected. You can try to argue that it's too much of a coincidence, but I'll argue that there's enough history of players falling off the table around Josh's age, especially with his history of durability issues and lack of plate discipline, that would suggest there's just as plausible (if not more plausible) alternative explanations for it.
  22. Angels Never Die
    Who says being a recovering addict means you can never make a mistake and slip up along the way? The point is to stay the course despite challenges and bumps in the road, the ultimate goal is to not spin out of control. In fact, I'd say it's encouraging for him to experience failure and quickly bounce back from it, it can show him that just because he may screw up, it's not the end of the world and he has the strength to recover from it.
  23. Angels Never Die
    I would never just expect anyone to particularly care about him personally, or feel sorry for him, but casting moral indignation his way is different than that. Sure, like any celebrity, dealing with the public perception of them comes with the territory, that's the reality of things, and those are the consequences of his actions, but that doesn't necessarily excuse the public reacting that way. If an actor has to deal with paparazzi's harassing them on a daily basis, that is a known consequence to their celebrity, but that doesn't mean the paparazzi should harass them. Although, I'm not trying to say anyone here is harassing him.
  24. Angels Never Die
    Well, even if he is (and if he was, how could he even gotten this far?) it still wouldn't be a good thing to treat him that way, that won't help anything.
  25. Angels Never Die
    So since I'm arguing against one extreme, that must mean I'm in favor of the opposite extreme of being completely permissive? False dichotomy much? I don't care how rich someone is, there's no amount of money that makes them not susceptible to the same weaknesses we all are. This is someone who has clearly put in an incredible effort to improve himself, if he hadn't, he would not have come as far as he has. Has he been perfect in his efforts? No, but why does it seem the only options here are perfection or absolute failure? The good doesn't erase the bad, nor the bad the good. He's progressed and he's regressed, there's nothing written in stone here that says this has to be anything more than a set back in his quest of becoming the person he wants to be. Setbacks, screw ups, are a part of life, we've all had them, and you're not going to get very far if you start looking at it as anything more than a setback. You say addicts look for excuses, well what about the excuse of "I'm a terrible person, I can't do anything right, it doesn't matter what I do, I"ll just screw up anyway"? You don't think that self-loathing mindset has been used by addicts to justify spinning out of control and self-destructing?
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