LA Angels Thursday News Crash: Catch It

We are just one move away from going tip to tip in the cycle of POBO brilliance! The excitement jelly must be jiggling like crazy in someone’s mom’s basement out there. Spring training…. it could happen for us…. finally some real front officing.

Didn’t see this one yet. Apologies if already here.

Baseball America 2023 Top 100 Prospects:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/2023-top-100-prospects/

42. Logan O’Hoppe
53. Zach Neto

A shot at redemption? If there are SO MANY teams lining up to try and pay Ohtani way too much money next year it tells me two things….

Ohtani will likely not sign an extension. Why would he? Not because bitch bitch Arte but damn dude, there are a half dozen teams looking to pay him a boat load of cash. Even if Arte or NewOwnerz the Unicorn offered him 500M it makes sense to at least see what other teams might drop in his lap.

If THAT many teams are so hot to trot on signing Ohtani then their may be some extra trade value to that even though Ohtani isn’t cheap anymore. If one of these teams is willing to give us a return that’s a little closer to what we would have had last trade deadline in an effort to win now with Ohtani on the team and get him settled in their city so they can pay him out the nose…. yah, I’d do it. Even before ST I’d do it.

If this team’s as hopeless and bad, especially compared to the might of the Mariners and Rangers as so many of us seem to think it is, then the only logical move is to cash in a massively expensive talent that makes no real difference for us for building blocks.

That is to say, at 50M a year does Ohtani really move the needle? Really? Not in a “big splash, shiny object, buh buh but I loaf heem” kind of way cause he’s obviously good. But if he’s a Ferrari parked in the garage of a total dump what good is he doing? If we can get a high return for him based simply on other teams arms races are their reasons not to? Other than stupid sentiments about Babe Ruth and pissed of children? Cause that line of thinking is the same one Arte always uses come “splash time”. And we hate that right?

2 top ten catching prospects. I hate to say this but is it possible the organization is improving… buttercup!

How many appearances have the Angels make in the playoffs since 1969?

Who holds the single season record for Doubles hit in a season?

The Angels have had a player in the team’s playoff history hit 3 HRs in a single game? T/F

At one time the Angels fielded 4 former American League MVP’s on the same line-up card, who were they. Hint: 2 are in the Hof.

Nolan Ryan pitched 4 No-Hitters with the team, in which month did he not throw a No-Hitter:
May
June
July
August
September.

Have some fun and rack to memories. Try answering without looking them up. 😃 

Good morning my friends, hope you day goes well. Like every season the excitement starts to grow when someone post how many days until camp opens. It seems like a long time ago that our season came to its sad conclusion, but now I seemingly can’t wait to see our boys back in action. even watching the youits out trying hard to make the team.

Lots of questions to be answered in Spring Training this year as the log jam at 2b is settled with the hottest bat, who platoons with Walsh, the health of all the cast but especially that of Trout after the Classic, Rendon’s gradual playing time or decline, how is Canning going to pitch, who earns the closers spot, who ends up as the 4th OF, some many other questions too. 😀