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Despite the reputation Jo has as being a bust among many Halos fans, I remain optimistic that he can be a late bloomer and become the star so many envisioned when he was counted as one of the top 3 prospects in baseball. Positive strides have been made defensively and with his plate approach (12.1%/26.4% K-BB in AAA ly) and should give us hope he’s ready to produce now as a big leaguer. The comp I’m going with today is Christopher Morel: Adell ‘23 AAA 24yo 330 PA 12.1% BB 26.4% K .313 ISO ‘19 AA 20yo 182 PA 10.4% BB 22.5% K .245 ISO ‘23 Statcast 117.2 Max EV 29.0 Sprint Morel ‘23 AAA 24yo 134 PA 12.7% BB 30.6% K .400 ISO ‘22 AA 23yo 122 PA 8.2% BB 24.6% K .259 ISO ‘23 Statcast 113.6 Max EV 28.6 Sprint

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Captivating stuff as per usual with this team. Arte really seems to be embracing the villain role

It would be a gamble on getting him extended

I could see a trade for Kim coming after Montgomery or Snell signs up. Silseth + Moniak for Kim might be something that could work. The 5 outfielder mix just doesn’t feel right, I think there’s a high likelihood one of em gets moved.

Suarez and Plesac

I love this idea. Would move Rendon to first base and give him the occasional DH day. Schanuel would get most of his run at DH vs RHP. The only drawback for me is limiting O’Hoppe to only getting PAs when catching. As is, I’d pencil Logan in for 50 DH days. Anyhow, all it takes in 1-2 (probably inevitable) injuries and O’Hoppe is back to getting frequent DH days. Chapman at third, Rendon at first, Neto SS and Drury/Rendon at second all of a sudden gives the Angels a very strong infield defense

Moniak alone wouldn’t likely net anyone from their MLB rotation but they have a Joey Cantillo 24yo prospect that moved up to AAA last year who lines up with MM on BTV. High K/BB guy seems like the kind of guy Perry has been targeting

Taylor Ward, Jared Walsh and Griffin Canning all were good picks that have been developed well but on field MLB results have been diminished due to injuries. Matt Thaiss looks like another decent pick with upside.. was really good last year until overuse caught up with him. Detmers has already produced 4.6 fWAR headed into his age 24 season with plenty of upside remaining. Would be nice to see more hits, but the bad injury luck has to be accounted for

If the Halos sign either Soler or JD there has to be a corresponding OF trade, right? Saw a rumor floated that SD was looking at a Moniak trade. Idk what kind of return would be coming back, but Moniak is one of the few guys we could trade where it might not have to be a “sell low” situation.. depending on how teams value his polarizing 2023 of course.

Could see as many as three FAs still being in play. Thinking Monty, TA and Votto. Of course these signings would mean some corresponding trades/demotions. Not sure which direction they’d go here but I’ll guess: Silseth to AAA Stefanic & Drury traded for prospect depth Chapman/Bellinger/Snell long shots due to QO

How many times did Haselman send a runner that had no business going home or hold up a runner that would have almost certainly scored? Not to mention the time he sent Neto that resulted in a reinjured back. You really so sure Eric Young as third base coach rather than that bozo won’t directly result in some Ws?

Moniak was thrust into a situation that he should not have been in when injuries struck mid-June thru July 3rd (Trout’s broken hamate day). Before the injuries he was a pure platoon player. After the injuries he started facing LHP and then tried playing thru injury. Take a look at his stats up to 7/3/23 119 PA 8 HR 11 2B 31.1% K .351 ISO (!) .382 BABIP .307/336/658 166 wRC+ The BABIP looks unsustainable, sure, but he was smoking the ball. Some of that above average BABIP was earned. The plate discipline was bad, but much more palatable than the 35% K rate he finished the year with. Given a rotation of 5 outfielders we can be sure the intention is for him to face RHP only. Point is, the expected regression for Mickey Moniak is being overestimated

Barry Enright joined the Diamondbacks coaching staff as Brent Strom’s assistant about 2wks after Strom got the job Take a look at what happened to Zac Gallen once those two got a hold of him as he entered his age 26 season. Below you will find some Gallen comps from before his time with Strom/Enright Gallen AA Age 21 71.1 IP 13 GS 5.3 K/9 2.4 BB/9 41% GB 3.79 ERA MLB Age 23 80 IP 15 GS 10.8 K/9 4.1 BB/9 38.9% GB 2.81 ERA Detmers AA Age 21 54 IP 12 GS 16.2 K/9 3.0 BB/9 36.2% GB 3.50 ERA MLB Age 23 148.2 IP 28 GS 10.2 K/9 3.6 BB/9 36.7% GB 4.48 ERA Sandoval Age 24-25 Seasons 41 GS 235.2 IP 9.4 K/9 3.7 BB/9 48.7% GB 3.17 ERA Gallen Age 24-25 Seasons 35 GS 193.1 IP 10.3 K/9 3.4 BB/9 44.4% GB 3.72 ERA

The comment was purely about 2023 when the Angels bullpen was bottom 3 in ERA

Bottom 3 in MLB

PECOTA came out and projects the Angels for 74.5 Wins. If I’m not mistaken this system has no way of accounting for coaching upgrades, which for the Angels are abundant with a complete overhaul. How might we quantify these in terms of 2024 Wins? Wash>Nevin EY>Haselman Enright>Wise J Washington>Thames I personally think these are extremely significant upgrades that could have an enormous effect on a squad more than half full of guys 28yo and younger, especially considering last years group was likely detrimental rather than helpful

If Lorenzen was signed would you then stash Silseth in SLC? Or move TA to long relief?

He very well may be a reliever in the long run but it makes sense to give him the opportunity to develop into a starter before making that decision final.

I think the less exciting bullpen signings (Garcia/Cimber/Cisnero/Kolarek/Plesac) are meant to insulate prospect arms from being pushed too quickly. Guys like Joyce and Bachman likely wouldn’t have earned call ups if it weren’t for a lack of organizational depth and the desperation mode we were in thx to Shohei’s presence. If Joyce can get to consistently throwing strikes and start making some back to back appearances he will earn the callup. Bachman likely going to be SP exclusively. Cisnero looks like move that’s healthy for the org

Yep. Gives them the flexibility to make a move or just roll with these five outfielders. Feels like a good hedge

Basically Superman when his shoulder wasn’t affecting his performance 3/30-4/20 .283 AVG 4 HR 13% Barrel 44% Hard Hit 9/8 to EOY .270 AVG 8 HR 22% Barrel 47% Hard Hit

O’Hypey

If he were to just replicate the 11.2% BB / 25.6% K / .231 ISO that he posted in 23 he would likely end up with an above average wRC+. .212 BABIP from last year was terribly unlucky. Furthermore, I think the ISO shows he still has something in the tank.. 14 points higher than his career average. If he was washed his K rate would’ve been worse and I think he’ll just retire when he’s truly washed.

2nd round draft pick that was considered a potential SP2. Injuries interrupted his career early on but last year’s 127 IP were very encouraging in his age 27 season. The way he ended the season was incredible. Crazy to think he could clear 160 IP in 2024, his age 28 season?