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  1. One thing I was reading regarding expansion is that MLB then might have four divisions in each league of 4 teams. If they want to add one in the East (Nashville seems most likely) and one in the West (Portland or Utah) I wonder what the new AL would look like? Maybe they introduce an AL South with Texas, Nashville, Houston, and Tampa? Will Tampa even have a team at this point or will they relocate? The AL West could become the Angels, Seattle, Portland/Utah, and wherever the A's land with one team in the Central going to the NL? Perhaps the Royals move from the Central to the South and Nashville is in the NL? It will be real interesting to see what happens after the dust settles on expansion and whatever the hell A's become.
  2. Yeah, really don't get the Hicks move. Angels could/should have signed JD Martinez for the DH position if they actually plan on regularly playing Hicks in the OF. That would improve the club this season and they really didn't need a 5th OFer, even with DH currently planned for a rotation of players.
  3. He is right on prioritizing family for sure but he is also in a profession that gets 4 or so months off a year and, in his particular case, gets to retire by 40 with a net worth over $100 million. His irreverence towards the game itself is very telling through his past quotes; he talks about it like it's a blue collar job or something that he hates getting up to do in the morning. Out of the many long-terms deals Arte has handed out that busted, Rendon is my least favorite player of them all. Hamilton is close but that guy had serious demons he was trying to deal with, not that it absolves him but it is at least offers some kind of explanation. Pujols certainly respected and cared about the game, he was just in denial of his diminishing skillset and potentially lied about his age. Rendon, on the other hand, just seems like kind of an overall douche. His memorable moments for me are fighting an A's fan, fighting the Mariners with a cast on, and hitting a home run from the left side of the plate in a blowout. He has also become pretty much universally hated by MLB fans. Sort of like Rob Manfred in calling the WS trophy just a piece of metal or saying the A's fans can just become Giants fans, it leads to questioning if he gives two shits about the game/league that has given him and his family a lot of financial success.
  4. I would imagine attendance will be lower this season than it has been for quite some time. It had already been trending down: ~31,500 announced/game the previous two seasons (5th and 6th in AL), compared to 37,000-42,000 per game annually from 2003-2019 (2nd in the AL 11 times, 3rd 5 times, and 4th once). I excluded the covid season and the year after with required empty seats between groups. My guess is that it will dip below 30,000/game unless the team surprises me and is actually in the playoff hunt in August/September.
  5. With the news today that the budget will be lowered, this move makes by far the most sense for SP depth coming into the season, of which the Angels have very few options when one or more guys go down.
  6. I'll support the team in watching a lot of games (friend lets me use his mlb.tv account) and will always be a fan but I dunno if I can justify traveling to watch them in person for the upcoming season. Won't be buying any merchandise either. That'll show him...absolutely nothing as he will still turn a profit and continue to make terrible decisions annually. This franchise is a shit show.
  7. I'd go after J.D. Martinez and Jordan Montgomery. Those two additions, coupled with health and progression from the young hitters might have us in contention for a wild card spot in September.
  8. This would be such a terrible move. I have no idea why they would be interested in this whatsoever with Schanuel at first. Votto sucks no but Arte does love chasing big names that are past their prime.
  9. Don't sign him or any other 100 million + free agents. We lost Ohtani, rebuild the damn team and maybe spend once they are out from under Rendon's contract and have built up the farm system through draft and trading players in their 2nd/3rd arb years. Who knows, maybe they will get lucky one of those years and sneak into the playoffs anyways but if losing Ohtani doesn't scream for a rebuild, I dunno what does.
  10. Arte truly is one of the worst owners in sports. I hate him so fucking much.
  11. I've never lived in Orange County either but my Dad is from there. He is a Dodgers fan and taking a victory lap at the moment which pisses me off even more.
  12. I've been there, cool little pub from what I recall.
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