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    OC Register: Angels’ Anthony Rendon hoping to avoid more injuries in his ‘job’

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

    One of the things I love most about AW.com is how people here have the inside knowledge and a first hand view of a player and his work ethic. How else would we know someone like Rendon who has never showed up in camp looking out of shape is actually spending the winter eating bonbons and pulling lint from his belly button. Imagine if he actually worked out or put any effort in, he might be capable of being hit on the wrist or batting balls off himself without getting injured.  He'd be the Angels version of Ripken, like Trout has been. 

     

    These are telling and revealing examples you "pulled out of your hat"... 😇

    The Official Los Angeles Angels 2023-2024 Hot Stove Offseason Thread

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    Just to be clear, I would be shocked if Boras does not get exactly what he wants for his remaining players. Don't think that because we are so late in the season someone is panicking over in his camp, this has always been a cold, hard calculation for his clients and I am sure they are precisely aware of the sincere level of interest from all the teams involved. It is that sincere level of interest plus the detailed level of performance and correlated salary analysis that has led them to the combined asking price and to the large number of offers that were originally submitted and the handful of offers that are now left, now that they have whittled down to a probable group of finalists.

    Let's be clear: There are offers on the table from multiple parties and Boras is just waiting to see if one of those finalists caves, and gives them their current asking price. Otherwise, they will likely accept the largest offer or, possibly, move to a short-term bridge contract for a higher AAV, to reset for next year's market. No matter what these guys are getting paid, unless their market has totally collapsed, and I just don't see Boras letting that happen to one of his guys.

    O'Hoppe

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    6 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

    A healthy OHoppe catching well and hitting well is extremely exciting.  I have always been enamored with the advantage of having a potent bat attached to an excellent defensive catcher.

    What a luxury.

     

    Supposedly he is a great clubhouse guy on top of the good fielding and potential in the bat, so he just sounds like a solid all-around player and the Angels need that now and long-term. Hopefully he stays healthy and productive.

    OC Register: Angels add shortstop Joswa Lugo among 15 international signings

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    14 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

    Sorry, my response will likely come off a bit harsh but pretty much everything you said is incorrect and either the people you spoke to had no idea what actually happened or were gaslighting you hard.

    Daniel, along with James Wilder, Jorge Oquendo and Jim Bowden were the primary focus and were under investigation by the FBI. MLB only became aware of the BS after the DOJ requested the financial/payroll records of from the Reds, CWS, and Angels.  MLB didn't choose to make Daniel an example, it was all brought to light by a Federal investigation that resulted in jail time.

    Wilder was fired by the CWS after being followed and caught attempting to re-enter the country with 40K in cash. Bowden resigned as GM of the Nationals (Oquendo had started his BS while he worked under Bowden in Cinci, where Daniel also been a scout). Wilder was eventually sentenced to two years in federal prison after admitting to mail fraud in the scheme, and the 40K in his luggage. Oquendo got a year as did an underling of his. Bowden and Jose Rijo were eventually cleared of wrongdoing.

    The White Sox guys; Wilder, scouts Domingo Toribo,and Victor Mateo, were far and away the most guilty but where they differed from what Daniel did is that they basically cut deals with the players and were getting kick-backs.  Daniel was found to have lied to the players - he offered them less money than had been actually authorized to them, essentially pocketing the difference. That very BIG difference is what hurt the Angels.  Where the common thought process in the DR and Venezuela at the time was that kick-backs, either to scouts or buscones (who cut deals with scouts), was part of the "cost of doing business", what Daniel did (mostly in Venezuela), was flat out steal from the players.

    Thats why the Angels suffered aferwards.  They were labeled as crooks and untrustworthy in a part of baseball world where gaining a player's trust is vital and the first step in the process -- they were essentially blackballed.  Players wouldn't even TALK to the Angels guys for a long time and buscones basically steered everyone away from them since they felt THEY had been cheated even more given they tended to take a huge portion of the player's bonuses as part of their "expenses" for housing/training them.

    Yes they essentially gave up and stayed out of the market, but it was 100% a response to how they were viewed immediately after the BS went down.

    You're such an a**hole!!! 🤣

    Anthony Rendon Interview

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    20 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

    You might be selling the OBP short and expecting too much power.  But if he hits .275 he likely gets on base at a near .400 clip.

    Walks = increased run production... raises his offensive floor, significantly.

    Diamond Sports Group (owner of Bally RSNs) files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, MLB to produce Padres games after missed payment

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    On 11/17/2023 at 4:14 AM, Inside Pitch said:

    The "death" of cable or the rise of streaming.... Its all had an impact.  Waiting for teams to cut deals with Tiktok, no baseball, just players doing dances and other vapid BS.

    All I know, is that MLB has a real image problem and they really need to jump start additional avenues to increase fan interest in the sport overall, in my opinion.

    Also, if any of you have Tiktok, I'd highly recommend uninstalling it, the Chinese government uses the app to harvest information off of your phone, it is a serious issue.

    LA Times: Angels clubhouse was “Twenty-five plus one.”

    in LA Angels | MLB Daily

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    On 12/17/2023 at 9:16 AM, BTH said:

    I think one other benefit of a 5-man rotation vs. a 6-man rotation is that guys don’t go 5-6 days between starts. That’s too long, imo.

     

    On 12/17/2023 at 11:36 AM, Tank said:

    i see it as quite the opposite. more rest between starts is better. 

    it'll be interesting to see how having a 5-man rotation affects detmers, sandoval, canning, et al this year, and whether it's due to pitching a bit more often or if the pitching philosophy has changed, or if they're just a year wiser and better. i'm not really sure how to measure something like this, but it'll be worth seeing how it goes.

    In an era where pitchers are asked to throw harder, I see the additional rest as a good thing, as well. Might have a cumulative effect on reducing arm injuries, but I have no idea if any real, significant scientific studies have been performed in this area, to substantiate that thought.

    Anything to reduce and mitigate arm injuries is a worthy effort, but it all has to be grounded in factual information, which the sport has not fully explored yet.

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