In Angels news
Jo Adell and Brandon Marsh are atop the list of 19 non-roster invitees this year. Hey! The Angels have re-signed Jose Briceño to a minor league deal with a spring training invite. And they signed Michael Kohn, but he did not get an invite. Anybody care to guess where Albert Pujols ranks among first basemen in Yahoo’s fantasy Baseball rankings? Connor Grossman thinks the Angels are going to sneak into the playoffs. Optimism helps as we head into spring training.
In non-Angels news
Jhoulys Chacin goes to the Twins on a minor league deal. The Marlins have signed the dreaded Matt Joyce to a major league deal. The Astros named James Click as their new GM.
Here’s a kind of retrospective on Curtis Granderson.
And finally: Tim Dierkes over at MLB Trade Rumors is looking for an Excel wizard (paid) to help him work up a spreadsheet about player salary comparables in arbitration.
My first article on CtPG is a blockbuster trade article! Here for discussion on the move:
https://crashingthepearlygates.com/angels-acquire-outfielder-joc-pederson-in-blockbuster-mookie-betts-david-price-trade-for-luis-rengifo/
Great move! Got a 3 war player for a backup we didn’t need to bridge the gap to the Marsh/Adell OF of the future. I wasn’t comfortable with Goodwin as the starter and now there is no pressure to bring up Adell before we’re ready
They really should flip Joc for some pitching.
That works, either way, I like it. But is only a one year contract so probably can’t get that good of a pitcher. But could be a good trade piece if JA is ready later this season. But for now makes the line-up pretty impressive.
If Albert gets benched or hurt often this year, Joc spending occasional time at 1B is definitely an upgrade over Thaiss
Joc and Albert get to be on the same team! Kinda cool, I always enjoyed that story
Bye Luis Rengifo.
Made “redundant” because of Rendon.
So we need pitching thus we get Rendon and Joc. Ok. Still, it shows Eppler is still working it.
I view it as a deal he couldn’t pass up. The only thing that worries me is Rengifo going to the Dodgers and becoming a star.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just a trade chip for them down the line. They have Seager/Lux/Taylor/Turner
Rengifo for Joc
huh
flip Joc for pitching? –
not sure where he fits but he’d be an OK 4th outfielder/1B back-up
definitely upgrades the bench – which is a big thing – team has had no depth for 5 years
Seems curious but even if there was no other shoe to drop it upgrades the 2020 roster significantly. Probably means Fletcher’s job is secure long term
Buys time for Jo and Brandon, while giving us a power lefty bat.
Solid deal.
Just looked it up and saw that Joc played 20 games last year at 1B, so there’s that, too.
Joc Pederson to the Angels for Luis Rengifo. Jeff Passan just tweeted it. Way to go Eppler!! Absolute steal.
what the hell is going on? Where will Joc play – 1B? Thaiss?
Most complicated trade in baseball history, apparently.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/02/red-sox-trade-mookie-betts-david-price-dodgers.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
What the actual fuck (Feb) is going on right now? Joc to the Angels?!?! Who are we giving up?
If this is true I would think Marsh has to be gone. I hope to god it’s not Adell. But Marsh has to be on the move.
I’d assume so but Joc is only a 1 year solution. It’s possible they just view him as an upgrade to the 2020 lineup and insurance in case Upton or Goodwin fail to produce
Comment on Twitter says it’s a 30 team trade.
But seriously, as you say… What?? The???
Made my spring training road trip plans
Going to Peoria because they have a dog day and will catch the Padres.
Best thing is it was my wife’s idea
Who else is mercilessly hitting that Z button with their pinky finger? Is there a trick to skipping around to new comments here on the web version or do I just have to reload the page and look for the yellow?
You have to look for yellow at the moment.
What yellow? Does that not come across
On safari on an iphone?
@losangel
Oh wow, I’ve never seen that. Maybe it’s time to switch browsers.
Yeah, I’m not seeing it – Safari on Mac.
I’m using Chrome on a PC and see the yellow.
Missing it on Chrome under Ubuntu.
I see it now, got to hit the new comments button at the top of the comments, then it will highlight the new ones in yellow. This is from safari on mac. Haven’t re-tested on mobile.
OK, I’m an idiot. Can you show a screencap with that button?
I don’t see that button either (in Chrome on a PC), but I see the yellow comments.
Still not getting the yellow. Not meaning to bitch, Jessica, you’re doing an awesome job, and I probably have a bit of an oddball platform.
It seems it only shows yellow if you click new comments while on the page. If you leave for a few hours and come back the new comments won’t be yellow.
Attached screen shot. From what I can tell, the button only shows up if new comments happen while you’re on the page. You hit the button and the new comments appear and are in yellow and then the yellow goes away when you mouse points over the comment. I’ve seen this now on safari and chrome on mac, but haven’t gotten it to work mobile yet.
In other news, this new site rocks, you can actually upload photos!
Ok thank you, really appreciate all the work put into this.
my attitude is you don’t have to make the majors during the first week of spring training.
there’s a whole bunch of new stuff here to figure out – that’s what February is for.
There’s a way for the Angels to get in on the Betts trade and perhaps buy some actual talent. Here’s my thoughts: Boston trades Betts to LA for 2 good prospects and a live body. Boston trades one of the two good prospects to the Angels who absorb half of Price’s salary in exchange for a 10-20 level prospect from our system.
We end up with Price and a good prospect, LA ends up with Betts but loses some prospects, Boston gets some prospects and saves a ton of cash, resetting their luxury tax threshold.
I can support this and I like the thinking, but I’m having a hard time imagining that we’d be able to get Price + good prospect for the cost of eating half of his salary + meh prospect. That seems a little too good of a deal for us to be realistic. I would not be ok with us giving up anything meaningful in a trade only to receive Price and some hefty portion of his salary in return.
well then how about we get Price and Boston pays all of his salary? Know what I miss? Italics for emphasis and sig lines.
Commissioner wouldn’t allow that. We’d have to include a player, like Brandon Wood.
This site allows HTML tags for italics and bold, and probably for underline and strikeout as well.
Guess I’ll have to learn how to do that. Google, here I come!
Use HH as your WYSIWYG text editor. Copy, and it’s a pasta. That GHOST TOWN is still good for something.
testing 123
testing 456
Well that’s easy!
That would be tight. But I don’t see Boston giving up a decent prospect AND Price for a lotto ticket and some salary relief. But who knows
We’d be talking about $48 million in salary relief.
This is a good idea in principle. The devil would be in the details. If we could get Price for an effective salary of something like 3/$30 million, the Angels should have some interest depending on the prospects changing hands.
Well, we know a mid 1st round pick is worth about $13m.
I said taking on half Price’s salary, so 3/48. Definitely an over pay but if it netted one of the Dodgers catching prospects it would be worth it.
7 Days until Pitcher’s and Catcher’s report. Mookie Betts for one season would look good in “Get your Red on!”, at least better than Doyer Blue as the Doyer’s look like the front runner’s with the new old look Padres staying in the hunt.
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Yeah maybe. Boston would want Jo Adell though PLUS more. They are crazy.
I would fly to Anaheim and fire Billy myself. It’s possible Arte saw him hitting DINGERZ in the postseason, so it could happen. If any trade is made it needs to be for pitching. Let the Dodgers weaken their farm for a 1 year rental.
I wouldn’t mind a 3 way trade. Get Price in that deal.
I’d rather we trade for Price. Also, I would be furious if we trade for Price.
Of course he would. He would on any team. The question—as always—is “at what cost?”
If it is Betts for players, then Marsh + someone else is probably the minimum ante Bloom will accept. He would need to bring in a key talent to justify trading Betts.
If it is Betts and Price, then the ask may be lower, but there is the risk of carrying the dead weight of Price’s contract through 2021-22 , when Betts a memory by then. The more the Red Sox contribute to offset some of Price’s contract, the bigger the expected return in talent. There is no way to make this be a zero-pain transaction.
As I noted elsewhere: If the current estimated payroll of the Red Sox is the ending payroll, then their overage is approximately $22M, and the 50% CBT tax they pay as three-time offenders means a $11M tax penalty. Trading Betts alone with his $27M salary would reset the Sox CBT At 0%, and that $11M saved should be part of any GM’s calculation in a deal.
Click, Click, Click, no mot a camera clicking but a New GM for Cheatstros, and he say’s “No cameras please”.
Matt Joyce to the NL. Good, now he can leave us alone for a season. Unless …
When Joyce was playing for the A’ss, I went to a game at the sewage treatment plant (aka the Coliseum). I’m sitting close first base in a section full of Angels fans. Joyce pops up to second and the guy behind me yells, “Just like old times, eh Joyce?” Everyone in the section is cracking up.
As Joyce is heading back to the dugout, he throws a dirty look towards us, which makes us laugh harder.
Good times.
naturally the year the Angels play the NL East. So don’t worry, we’ll get to see him at least a little!
Damn
OT: At first glance I thought this was an unauthorized biography…
I see they didn’t pay for Getty Image. That thoing has too much coverage, and is way too new looking.
It ain’t the age it’s the mileage.
😐
Only a year?
This is the key that lets the world know it’s fake. If one is only going to do it for a year, why bother?
Did Taijuan Walker find a home yet? Maybe we can get him on a minor league deal? Depth and competition in ST is good, right?
Nope. He’s still out there. Knowing we have Callaway makes it an even more intriguing idea.
Honestly, nobody knows what goes on with negotiations for players like Walker. It’s possible that Eppler (and others) have offered MiLB contracts with an invitation, but the agent for Walker is holding out for a guaranteed MLB deal. Perspectives and principles change as the calendar marches on, so I am sure he will find a home in the next month.
I would think a 6-man rotation like the Angels would be ideal for a pitcher like Walker who clearly needs to manage his workload for at least 2020, but I am not his agent and frankly I don’t know how aggressive the Angels might have been with him, too.
Pure speculation but he likely has a litany of minor league offers and is holding out in hopes one turns into a big league offer. If that doesn’t happen soon, he’ll need to pick a team he thinks he can make.
Well, we should have a good chance then. Presuming the rumors I saw floating around that he failed physicals with both Arizona and Seattle aren’t true (and that his shoulder is shot).
The more potentially above average arms we have, the better our chances. Raising the floor.
Agreed. He’d be battling a lot of guys with options remaining: Sandoval, Suarez, Barria, Peters. That would make his path a little easier here than in a place where he’d have to unseat a starter.
You mean to tell me a 40+ year old first baseman isn’t at the top of fantasy lists?
This is an outrage, sir. We can’t let this stand. No, really, we can’t let him stand at first. He’s terrible.
Any chance Briceno beats Stassi out for backup catcher? If memory serves, he wasn’t terrible. Though Stassi’s defense is probably valued more.
Cannot wait to see Adell and Marsh with the team.
Somebody needs to be backup catcher while Stassi recuperates from his surgery. They will probably have a friendly competition between Briceno and Bemboom.
He might be low on the fantasy baseball rankings, but who does everyone turn to for Matlock trivia? And who always has the best selection of hard candies in their fanny pack? These are called intangibles, friend. Things Bill James could never understand.
He may not get on base often, but when he does he has a Werthers Original for you.
Training for Spring Training – morning quiz – time to activate your brain cells and see if you’re ready!
Quick – which Angels are wearing these #s this month? (hint – all on the 40-man roster)
25
4
6
15
22
23
25
33
35
43
48
49
My brain cells can’t even spell check today. Wait. So the new guy is sticking with 15? WTF.
Yeah, an average catcher on a 1 year deal should not be allowed to wear Salmon’s #.
I completely agree, especially considering that up until now no one since Salmon has worn it.
Fletcher gave Rendon 6 and moved to 25, I think.
22. Walsh is 25
I was told there would be no math involved here.
Cheat sheets. Five Dollahs. Git yah Cheat Sheets.