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I know it's way early but Churro (My new nickname for Churches aka Iglesias) looks really happy and comfortable here, if he can swing the stick around .280 and continues his high zone rating defense, I find no reason to see him off.

I think that's a bit expensive given Stassi's lack of track record, I think something around Fletchers contract would make sense. 4-5 MM/y.
I'd say 3y/13.25MM seems fair on both ends.
Also given the uncertainty of the future economics of baseball leaning slightly on the pessimistic side.
Lindors contract should be viewed as bad for baseball and a risky gamble.

Right, and I am sure each FO has its own set of advanced analytics that is likely superior to fWAR too that they use to determine how much someone is worth.
Fletcher had his best offensive year last year.  If he "regresses" back into his 2019 form, he is still a very good player, but a low 700 OPS, great defensive second baseman is a nice player to have, but probably not one who will fetch that much in free agency.
So in a sense, this contract helps Fletcher hedge against offensive regression.  His great defense and contact skills will make him a solid player regardless, though.

Good point at the end there. The elite are getting paid HUGe money (Lindor this week), but the good guys are becoming more "available".
I also wonder if there is an impending money crises in baseball...m between covid, waiving fan interest, etc... the heydey of guaranteed money might be getting shorter and shorter.
He gambled losing money by signing the contract, but playing it conservative by not losing money in something "bad" (like an injury, regression, recession) going forward.
In essence, he won the lotto, and took the lump sum up front at a loss vs a bit more money spread out

I hope this heckler is at every home game. He is relentless toward Angels opponents

CHICAGO SUCKS IS RIGHT!

Simba had an error today that cost Minnesota 2 runs.  

LIGHT THAT HALO!
I'm not used to seeing such a ninth when the Angels are leading.
There should be more of those good morning, good evening and good night efforts.
Didn't somebody mention the Angels had not won an opener in a while?

I knew I wasn't trippin', this team looks good, we got a shot

Stassi gives a shit.

Loooooving Sutton so far

18 months since I stepped into the stadium.  Feels awesome tonight guys.  Let’s break the fucking opening day losing streak tonight.  By the way, concession stands are NOT opened.

I feel like any big highly expensive contracts will hurt us, even on the pitching end.  If we can refrain from overpaying FAs and focus on players who do well for us and want to win for us we won't even have to worry about the luxury tax.  We won't have to spend that much to begin with.  Teams like the A's and Rays prove this year in and out.  But we'll actually reward our best players by actually paying them and keeping them around.

Racist.

Even if somehow the league's pitchers figure him out, he's still a viable defensive player and makes high contact.  He's also a great clubhouse personality and improves team chemistry.  The league also lacks scrappy players like this, they have an advantage over the stubborn two-outcome players that riddle the league today.  

Yeah.  Fletcher isn't an elite player, but he's a very good, underrated player who has an incredibly high floor due to his defense and fantastic bat control.  Even if he regresses a bit from recent levels, he'll still easily earn this contract.  And if for some reason he falls off a cliff, it's a cheap deal and we don't have to pick up those options.  However, I am not anticipating that happening.

A missing option I would have chose, 'Win at least 1 playoff game" for me to consider this a successful improvement for the franchise.  Making the playoffs again and not winning a game would be worse than not making it considering we got swept the last time and also considering the drought in relation to the payroll and having a super star.

Old school 

Ward Walk-off!

God this commentary is fucking weird...