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I thought this was Albert's age in Years, Days, and Minutes.

Who are the managers tonight, and will they be here tomorrow?

Can someone who knows, please explain the rationale for such a move at this point in the season?
Thanks.  I will take the answer off the air.

If it took 1,000 posts for Valbuena, at your evaluation of 100x worse, yikes. Not sure AW is up to that kind of DFA-drive. 

Skaggs to the  DL for the Valbuena DFA assist.  Skaggs is my new favorite player.

Skaggs to the  DL for the Valbuena DFA assist.  Skaggs is my new favorite player.

I don’t know if anyone addressed this in the next four pages, but this is all still related to trying to climb out of the farm system hole. 
If you aren’t producing your own players, you take what you get from other teams. And they are often old, broken or both. 
JC Ramírez, Blake Wood, Parker Bridwell... all acquired for nothing because the Angels were desperate to fill holes. 
Guess what: all broken. 
You cant produce your own everyday players and you can’t pay for prime free agents (because you spent it all on Pujols, Hamilton, which also cost you draft picks), so who is left?
Espinosa, Valbuena, Cozart, Kinsler, David Murphy, Yunel Escobar, Matt Joyce.
All have something wrong with them because the players who don’t a) require good prospects to acquire or b) cost a lot of money. 
Oh, and the reason you all hate Scioscia is because he never plays his young players, but it’s maybe because those young players are no good and he knows it. 
It all goes back to a bad farm system. 

So much I'd do.
- make the bases 89 feet and 3/4 of an inch. 
- make the mound at lease 7 feet high.
- allow OF to throw their gloves in the air to prevent HR's.

Eliminate the DH and only have the eight position players on the field hit..

Thanks for doing this.  Great read.

No refunds......No Warranty......All Sales are FINAL

Fortunately for Seattle, they have extended their GM's contract, who in turn extended the manager's contract to ensure organizational stability.

Didn't Dipoto trade Segura for a two month rental of Grienke?  Explain how the Angels should have "got back Segura" after being traded to Milwaukee?  Segura only played 2B for one year and was not very good.  Granted he hit better as a 2b than anything the Angels had, but his fielding was not very good.

Thanks for doing this.  Great read.

In another thread, Jeff Fletcher stated: "The root of the Angels' problems is they ignored the farm system from about 2010-2015".
While that may seem obvious to some, I found it interesting how quickly a team that had what was considered a top 10 (at least) farm system a decade ago could see it all disappear.
So, what happened prior to 2010? 
In 2009, we had one of the greatest 1st rounds you could want.  With back-to-back picks in the 1st round (thanks to KRod and Teixeira signing with a couple of NY teams), Angels selected Randal Grichuk (8.1 WAR) and Mike Trout (62 WAR), which was followed by supplemental 1st round picks of Tyler Skaggs (2.8 WAR) and Garrett Richards (7.4 WAR).  On top of that embarrassment of riches, they drafted Patrick Corbin (11 WAR) in the 2nd round.   They essentially nailed of 5 of their first 6 picks if you go by the idea that you are drafting with the hope of selecting future MLB starters one day.  At this point, while Tony Reagins was entering his 2nd year as General Manager, Eddie Bane was running the drafts and, wow, it couldn't have worked out better.
2010: After 2009, though, things changed.  Per some peeps here, the 2010 draft, which would have been directed by Eddie Bane, was usurped by Tony Reagins, and the draft philosophy changed.  This was significant because the Angels, like 2009, had 5 picks in the 1st round and, with another strong draft, could essentially cement the foundation of their farm for the next 2-3 years.  However, what happened was anything but a success.  The Angels selected Kaleb Cowart (-0.4 WAR), Cam Bedrosian (0.5 WAR), and three guys that never made it to the majors in Chevy Clarke, Taylor Lindsey, and Ryan Bolden.  Clarke ended up in the Independent league and is currently a teammate of 53 year old Rafael Palmeiro on the Cleburne Railroaders, Lindsey was traded for Huston Street and his last season was 2016, and Ryan Bolden was tragically killed soon after retiring.  On a positive note, in the 8th round, they selected future starting right fielder Kole Calhoun
Possible alternatives that could have been drafted: Mike Foltynewicz (2.5 WAR), Christian Yelich (22.2 WAR), Aaron Sanchez (9.3 WAR), Noah Syndergaard (11.6 WAR), Taijuan Walker (6.0 WAR), Nick Castellanos (2.9 WAR)
2011: After the 2010 draft, Eddie Bane left the organization and, in contrast of the previous two seasons, the Angels only had 1 pick in the first two rounds due to losing their 2nd round pick with the Scott Downs (0.4 WAR in three seasons with the Angels) signing.  Their loan pick?  C.J. Cron (4.2 WAR) at the 17th overall.  The only other notable pick from that draft was Mike Clevinger (6.5 WAR) in the 4th round.  Fun fact: Clevinger was traded in the summer of 2014 by then GM Jerry Dipoto for 29 year old reliever, Vinne Pestano.  Clevinger is currently a fixture in the Indians rotation, while Vinnie lasted one more season in the MLB
Possible alternatives: Tyler Anderson (8.1 WAR), Kolten Wong (9.7 WAR), Jackie Bradley Jr (12.3 WAR), Michael Fulmer (9.9 WAR), Trevor Story (9.3 WAR), Blake Snell (6.1 WAR).  
2012: So, yeah, 2012 happened..this was Dipoto's first season as GM of the Angels and he and Arte decided to go balls-deep into Free Agency signing by signing Albert Pujols (yeah, I know) and CJ Wilson, meaning they did not have a draft pick until the 3rd round.  In that round they selected R.J. Alvarez (-0.6 WAR) whose only contribution to the Angels turned out to be being included in a trade for Huston Street.
Possible alternatives from the first three rounds: Michael Wacha (7.4 WAR), Marcus Stroman (10.6 WAR), Zach Eflin (1.6 WAR), Jose Berrios (3.3 WAR), Daniel Robertson (3.3 WAR), Stephen Piscotty (5.3 WAR), Mitch Haniger (6.3 WAR), Joey Gallo (4.0 WAR), Lance McCullers (5.6 WAR), Alex Wood (11.7 WAR), Edwon Diaz (4.4 WAR).
2013: Like a moth to a flame, Free Agents beckoned Dipoto again and we signed stable genious Josh Hamilton to a 5 year deal that in no way sucked.   As a result, the Angels didn't have a pick until the 2nd round but, oh, what a pick it was: Hunter Green.  Green, a 17 year old southpaw, pitched a total of 8 G (7 GS) for the Angels' rookie level team in AZ walking more than a struck out, soon after retiring due to vague injuries and general disinterest.  Other notable Angels names from that draft: Kenyan Middleton in the 3rd round and Michael Hermosillo  in the 28th round.
Possible alternatives: Aaron Judge (12.8 WAR), Sean Manaea (7.4 WAR), Corey Knebel (4.1 WAR)
2014: This draft, Dipoto actually had a draft pick to work with and it is hard to argue with his choice: Sean Newcomb (2.8 WAR).  Some other names from that draft you might recognize: Joey Gatto, Jake Jewell, Bo Way, Zack Houchins.
Possible alternative: Matt Chapman (9.3 WAR)
2015: Fresh off a 98 win season, and first round playoff sweep, things appeared to stable and ascending in Anaheim...little did we know that we'd be just months away from a Jerry Dipoto bitch-fit which would include a power-play ultimatum, a swift middle-finger from Arte, Scioscia and the players, and Jerry taking his ball and going home.  Prior to that, though,  there was the draft.  Due to the success of the previous season, the Angels picked late and with fist-pumping resound selected catching prospect Taylor Ward.  It was hard to determine what elicited more confusion: how early in the draft he was selected, given his initial projection, or the enthusiasm in the Angels reacted to his selection.  However, despite a less than dominant start, Ward may well still be an impact pick as, since he was moved to 3B this season, he's put up .345 .453 .973 OPS in AA/AAA with a seemingly solid command of the strike zone, some newfound speed as a result of moving from the catching position, and uptick in power.  Additionally, top 100 prospect Jahmai Jones was selected in the 2nd round and current 25 man roster infielder David Fletcher (0.9 WAR) was selected in the 4th round.  Well, at least he left us something to remember him by...
Possible alternatives: Mike Soroka, Scott Kingery, Andrew Suarez
Additionally, during his tenor, Dipoto completed these transactions:
 - Tyler Chatwood (8.7 WAR after leaving Angels) for Chris Ianetta (6.2 WAR with Angels)
 - Jean Segura (16.4 WAR) for Zack Greinke (1.5 WAR with the Angels)
 - Ervin Santana (14.1 WAR since leaving Angels) for Brandon Sisk 
 - Jordan Walden for Tommy Hansen
 - Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas 
 - Randall Grichuk and Peter Bourjos for David Freese and Fernando Salas
 - Mark Trumbo for Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago
 - Ernesto Frieri for Jason Grilli
 - Traded a lot of Rondon's for Huston Street
 - Howie Kendrick for Andrew Heaney
 - Kevin Jepsen for Matt Joyce
 (credit to "gotbeer" transaction thread : 
So, yeah, many years with missed picks, lack of picks, and trading of previously picked talent will leave you barren.
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Didn't Dipoto trade Segura for a two month rental of Grienke?  Explain how the Angels should have "got back Segura" after being traded to Milwaukee?  Segura only played 2B for one year and was not very good.  Granted he hit better as a 2b than anything the Angels had, but his fielding was not very good.

Completely agree.  Its like spending boat loads of money on the infrastructure instead of on the finishes.  This organization was in desperate need of an infrastructure rebuild.  I find it interesting that we could potentially be watching the passing of the proverbial torch from Scioscia to Eppler.  Regardless of how I feel about about Scioscia today, his impact on the organization has been enormous.  

Completely agree.  Its like spending boat loads of money on the infrastructure instead of on the finishes.  This organization was in desperate need of an infrastructure rebuild.  I find it interesting that we could potentially be watching the passing of the proverbial torch from Scioscia to Eppler.  Regardless of how I feel about about Scioscia today, his impact on the organization has been enormous.  

He provides bat flips (regardless of the outcome of the ab)

At least Eric Young Jr. is getting a start.

I have a no trade stipulation in my contract.  I can only be DFA'd.......so I have that going for me.

Valbuena again.  F*ck.