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7 minutes ago, failos said:

"Hey, Mike, will Mother let you go outside by yourself?"

Mike: ...

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

that's higher than Cowart's career ops 

Ahhhhh!

Wood and Cowart...oh, how we hoped.  Rendon means 3B is locked up for a while at least.

36 minutes ago, SkyMonkey said:

According to MLB Trade rumors, Arizona was Bumgarners' preferred choice as long as the $$$ were "enough"

Yep, he has horses in AZ and wanted to play there if the money was appropriate 

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

and he said he wanted to be somewhere that he could win championships. I was correct in my statement 

Yep...you betcha

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

do we have to give back Ohtani and Trout?

I think that's the penalty after signing Rendon but not (checks notes)  trading for a pitcher who spent most of last season injured and not signing a pitcher no one wanted last season to a 5 year deal.

On 12/11/2019 at 2:45 AM, Jason said:

This is what you guys get for honestly thinking Cole was going to play in Anaheim. Once the Yankees showed interest it was over. None of this is Eppler’s fault. When the other FA simply don’t want to play for this org are you going to blame him too?

LOL...the Yankees paid him the most money.

Just now, Pancake Bear said:

Oops, repost. My bad. 

No biggie

"One exec I asked looked at the Kluber trade and says it’s a mistake to refer to Emmanuel Clase as "just another reliever." Sees him as one of the most valuable relief assets in baseball. And no, this person does not work for the Indians."

Per Marc Carig's (The Athletic) Twitter

Take it for what it's worth...

Just now, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

still seems like a steal for Texas

Perhaps, won't know until next year.  Also, we don't know what Cleveland asked from the Angels.

4 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Goodwin had a better season than DeSheilds, offensively at least. 74 OPS+ to 109 OPS+,

Oh well

DeShields lifetime 5.4 WAR, has speed and can play a solid CF

Goodwin lifetime 2.3 WAR (2.1 of it last season), has average speed, and plays "outfield"

7 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Oh christ.  Verlander didn’t have all the injuries.  That’s the problem here.  Not the same at all. 

Yep, besides a slight hiccup in 2015, the guy has been a horse. His age and remaining contract were really the only concerns 

Cole went to Yankees because they gave him the most years/money...the fact they are in playoff contention is a residual benefit for him.

3 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Just fucking crazy.  I’m sorry. 

DeShields/Clase is not Goodwin/Buttrey

Just now, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Goodwin was MLB ready...

DeShields is a better CF...Goodwin plays "Outfield"

Just now, CanadianHalo said:

 

Goodwin is not a legit CFer, his defense is pretty mediocre and doesn't have DeShields' speed so, yeah, not really equivalent.

But you know who is close to the MLB and has shown excellent defense?  Marsh.

If Buttrey is our closest Clase equivalent, would you do a Marsh/Buttrey deal for Kluber?

Hurry up and do something dumb, Eppler!  We need "something" now!

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Btw, the Angels don't have a reliever with the upside of Clase. Maybe someone in the minors but Clase already has 21 innings under his belt and looked damn good. He also has 6 years of control. 

 

Yep, besides Hand their bullpen was kinda crap last year

1 minute ago, Taylor said:

Wait, so is Arte cheap, or is Eppler a hoarder? I'm excited for what the narrative will be next week.

We're not sure here if it's "FiRe ePplEr!!" yet but it's getting close

4 minutes ago, Pancake Bear said:

 

Just scrolled around on Twitter, can’t find anyone reporting a change in status. Where did you see this, Pop?

Yeah, no usual suspects on this one

1 minute ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

To be fair, half of the Angels fans also thought the season started on Tuesday night after Cole signed with the Yankees. 

Yeah, some "Fire Eppler" posts seemed to pop up when the Angels wouldn't match or exceed 9/$324 mil for Cole...which are now pretty quiet.

12 minutes ago, angelsnationtalk said:

Mike Digiovanna just tweeted about maybe a "Upton for Joc Pederson" trade makes sense since Angels have a TON of right handed batters.
I love the idea. Thoughts???

I guess my only question is why would the Dodgers want to do that trade?

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Not even that

It would be $37 mil average so it wouldn't be shocking 

Just now, mymerlincat said:

 

That tweet disappeared