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What do you mean he wasn't supposed to have as much playing time as he did? He was the starting SS. 
Urshela is just an example of the type of player the Angels need. They should have brought him back. Should have got JD Davis. Should get Brandon Belt. 
We have no infield depth. We're an injury away from Soto getting 500 at bats. We need guys who are better than Soto as depth. Urshela was one of them. 

Man moose got cut from the white sox. That has to be a devastating blow to his ego, the bloody white sox.

Washington said they sent down Soto because they want him to play and not sit on the bench. 
 
I definitely think they value him more than Adrianza in the big picture 

Belt or Andrus make sense considering Arte's reluctancy to spend? 

Rengifo can back up at SS if something happens to Neto anyway.  The Angels have some interchangeable parts in their infield, and Soto is just a phone call away. 

I think Trout has made it pretty clear what he thinks.
And I wouldn't think Perry would be likely to publicly say "I wanted to sign more players but my boss said no." However, I think we can assume that's the case.

I don't really care if people say, "Arte doesn't care." This is what I mean when I say the team is directionless. Why do we have to do a "masked" rebuild? Why not just do one? 
The most telling part to me, the way I know without a doubt Arte is exactly as I imagine him, is that Trout is constantly going to him and telling him to sign guys. Don't you think Arte would say, "Mike we're taking it easy this year. Not going to spend." The fact that Trout keeps going to him tells me that Arte isn't telling him the direction of the team. And look, I'm a loser fan on my computer. Trout is the franchise's greatest player ever. And Arte isn't telling HIM the direction of the team? And please don't tell me that he is, Mike would make these public statements and tell Heyman the quotes he did unless he too thought they would go after good players. This, to me, is what makes him baseball's worst owner: not even the franchise GOAT knows what the direction of the team is, to the point that he is now, for the first time ever, putting public pressure on the owner to sign players. And still no response from the owner and no moves made. Not a single move made since signing...Hicks? 
These are the times I wish this was the Yankees. I'd love for local media to ask Perry why he spent only on the bullpen. And I'd love a follow up with Mike about how happy he is with the offseason. We know our owner won't ever share with the fans what's going on. 

Looks like you’re handling the Lorenzen news well.

Agreed

Looking back I, and many others, highly undervalued HK as well

I'm absolutely flabbergasted at whatever the fuck direction this team is going in. 

Heyman said the Angels have an offer out to Martinez but it seems like it wasn't enough. 

I understand not getting Snell, passing on guys like Urshella, Lorenzen, etc have the possibility of exposing our lack of depth. 

I don't think it will happen with Montgomery but Martinez' value might drop to the point that, even if we prefer to rotate Trout, Rendon and others through the DH spot, you just can't not sign him. 🤷‍♂️

Are Montgomery and Martinez moved to the clearance rack with 60% off stickers yet?

I understand not getting Snell, passing on guys like Urshella, Lorenzen, etc have the possibility of exposing our lack of depth. 

Wouldn't have hurt for the Angels to pick up Lorenzen to add depth. I guess we'll be seeing a lot of bullpen games this season.

4.5 million? 

Someone please do a welfare check on @Angels 1961.

It was on 830 during Lodge show. Lodge asked Arte about Trout getting a lot of at bats in ST  and Arte started babling about the SS backhand and throw needs to be a hard throw.

It was on 830 during Lodge show. Lodge asked Arte about Trout getting a lot of at bats in ST  and Arte started babling about the SS backhand and throw needs to be a hard throw.

Yup
I heard an interview with Arte and Lodge (imagine the train wreck that would be) from ST and Arte genuinely thinks he knows a lot about baseball. He was trying to articulate what players are trying to do at ST, and he knows jack. Arte should be giving zero input on players, I'd like to discover if Perry has the goods or not.

Yup
I heard an interview with Arte and Lodge (imagine the train wreck that would be) from ST and Arte genuinely thinks he knows a lot about baseball. He was trying to articulate what players are trying to do at ST, and he knows jack. Arte should be giving zero input on players, I'd like to discover if Perry has the goods or not.

It feels weird giving the owner credit or criticism on any player acquisitions.  They should set the budget and hire a GM and support a healthy system. 
 

It feels weird giving the owner credit or criticism on any player acquisitions.  They should set the budget and hire a GM and support a healthy system.