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Holland and Etem looking good!

Same terms as Getz Hell yeah!!!!! Don't need to worry about trading him now!

LOL Trotz was so pissed

Paajarvi has finally arrived. He's definitely got the speed and size to be a top 6 wing

Bobby is pretty streaky. I feel like he gets robbed more than anyone else in the league. Like he should be better than he is. I'm not complaining about him at all, but I wouldn't be too torn up if we traded Bobby and kept Perry. Ideally, I'd like to keep both

I find this strange as well. Why wouldn't the org. try to convert him to a corner position 2-3 years ago if they knew he'd never play defense good enough for Scioscia? Or were they just trying to let him develop as a catcher, hoping the defense would improve? Either way, this sucks for Conger and I hope he gets traded to a team that needs a backup catcher with pop. I think he'll make a decent career, just not with the Angels

I'm with JShep on this one.

What if he doesn't leave Seattle?

I'm not going to continue arguing with you people. I'll just bump this thread when Morales is hitting .310 and Trumbo is hovering around .250 with limited power.

Reading comprehension...I said Trumbo was worse than Wood the last two months of the season...that's a true statement. You got pretty emotional in the rest of your post so I won't go any further with that.

Did you not watch the last two months of the 2012 season? Trumbo was worse than Brandon Wood. So don't give me the poor couple weeks excuse. The guy has been a mess at the plate for a while. I like the guy, but you should at least acknowledge that he has terrible plate discipline...oh wait I forgot you like to paint a rosy picture about every single player in the Angels system. I remember you telling us Richards was ready to be a 3 starter last year, and is going to be a future #2 starter at worst...1.5 WHIP...enough said. I remember you telling us that Trumbo is a future .900 OPS bat...still waiting (he's now 27), You've also said in the passed that Bourjos would be a .290 hitter with 15 home runs, 40 steals and gold glove defense...seems pretty rosy to me...we'll see if you're right. You're pretty high on a guy like Cron for a guy who had a 3% walk rate in A ball as a 23 year old. My point is, take off the homer goggles please. Try evaluating players without a bias. I have yet to see you say something negative about an Angels prospect..even the one's with clear red flags.

I might just give up faith on the season if Dipoto brings back Bobby Wilson. It would mean that Scioscia still has too much power in making front office decisions

Dude you're so cool. Insulting me on a message board. How about you actually bring something to the thread topic?

The Deer Hunter Braveheart

Pujols will be DH in two years at the rate his knees are going. We could have kept Kendrys to be the 1B. Signed him to a 4 year deal or something

Since when is Arte worried about cost? I thought we were trying to go all out for the WS NOW? If that's the case...then you should keep the better player in my opinion that is Morales.

Let's face it, Dipoto made a huge mistake trading away Morales instead of Trumbo or Bourjos. Trumbo's plate discipline scares the shit out of me and Morales is now over a year removed from his first game back..he's going to smash. I called this being a horrible move right when it happened and it looks even worse now with Morales killing the ball in the Spring . We could have gotten someone better than Vargas if we traded Trumbo (who has club control years left). I just don't get it. If we're trying to win now...you might as well keep the better hitter, and I think Morales is obviously going to have a better offensive season than Trumbo this year.

Scioscia is still pissed at Dipoto for letting Bobby Wilson get away

Conger has to hope that Dipoto will trade him soon so he can get a shot at making an MLB career. It's clear he has no future under Mike Scioscia. I'm beginning to feel for the kid. Local kid, all that time in the minors, and he can't even get a shot because our manager doesn't like Catchers who can hit. What a shame. My money is on him going to NYY and hitting 20 HR's there a couple years.

I love Selanne. He's easily my favorite player of all time, but let's face it, the guy looks finished. i think they should consider resting him for a few games when Perry gets back. he's not doing good at all lately. This is probably his last run in the NHL

If Jepsen repeats that effort from last year...I'll give Butcher credit. Apologies if I want to see a larger sample size then 2 good months following a very inconsistent start to his career

Scioscia approves I'm kidding, for those of you who didn't catch the sarcasm

Dipoto does deserve some of the blame for the pitching last year, I've acknowledged that in the past, you are correct. However, are pitching coaches useless? Why couldn't Butcher help some of the younger guys with upside like, for example, Richards?

Correct! So Ray, do you agree that part of the reason the team missed the playoffs is because of Butcher?

And who's in charge of the pitching?