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LA Angels Thursday News Crash: Wear Berets

February 16, 2023

MLB Trade Rumors is seeking a podcast producer. Do producers wear berets, or is that just directors? I almost considered subtitling this one “Thoracic Park” but I don’t want to jinx Jared Walsh. See Strasburg news below.

Rob Manfred sings Viva Las Vegas. Alex Cora calls the new bases pizza boxes. Heads up! Incoming Mike Scioscia! Aaron Judge at first base? At least he’s got a lot of reach.

The Injuries

Stephen Strasburg might be toast, ladies and gentlemen. Mariners outfielder Taylor Trammell will miss at least seven weeks due to hamate surgery. Frankie Montas will have shoulder surgery and could miss all of 2023.

The Minor Stuff

The Pirates signed Kent Emanuel to a minor league deal. The Royals signed Franmil Reyes, also to a minor league deal. Matt Wisler gets his minor league deal with the Tigers. Heyman says the Angels are in the mix for Zack Britton. Rosenthal confirms they at least scouted the man.

Arbitration Results

Brady Singer lost his arbitration proceeding against the Royals. Corbin Burnes lost his against the Brewers. Settle your cases, folks. Why listen to people bad mouth you all day and then turn around and lose a half million bucks or more because of it?

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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RexFregosi

1 month ago

Pictures from Tempe today – they are mostly pitchers and catchers.

Perry came out to see CR73 throw.

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Designerguy

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

As always, thanks for the photos. They’re great!

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ScoopleDoople

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Yes thank you!

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steelgolf

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

You are the best. These photo’s always get me fired up for the upcoming season.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to steelgolf

Couldn’t help but think the song Macarena was being played over the loud speaker while stretching.

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

You rock, Rex!

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Great seeing these pics as it means that soon winter will be history. Thanx for the photos.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Doyers are Cheaters in more ways than one…..only if they now would expose the secret sauce they inject into their players..

https://sports.yahoo.com/dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-denies-new-sign-stealing-accusations-confirms-mlb-investigation-043943648.html

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Despite rumors flying everywhere about the Cheatstros escapades, I firmly believe that the Doyers didnt cry foul during of after the 2017 World Series because they were just a dirty themselves with their own illegal shit

You would have thunk that the team would have protected their signs more in the Houston games but I guess Andrew and Super Dave were too smart for their own good.

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

So you’re saying it’s Andrew’s fault?

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

Trying hard to not be overconfident with the prospects of having a winning season. At this point after improving the pen with Moore, I’m thinking that we will have a winning season.

Having a (Que Mora) playoff team is not on the table until 09-01-23 and we are decidedly in.

Having a winning season is on the table. First time since 2015. 😎

Just can’t lose Trouty for any length of time.

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

R.I.P. to a Great Teammate, Greater Player, and the Best Catcher turned Color Announcer. Tim will be missed by many.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

But will anyone miss Tim as much as Tim misses Mariano Rivera? Is that even possible?

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Designerguy

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

https://twitter.com/super70ssports/status/1158158217266028544

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to Designerguy

As a yute, I can remember lots of long, detailed explanations of why Ted Simmons held his hands this way and why Jim Sundberg held his hands that way……or what a toe pointed in a certain direction meant Buddy Biancalana was going to bunt for a base hit vs a sacrifice.

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

*Except Deion Saunders

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Twebur

1 month ago

Phil announced he is a swinger..

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/14/manager-phil-nevin-says-angels-sixth-starter-will-be-a-swing-man

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Louis Rengifo won his arb hearing because he sucks.

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Yep, he can’t hit, can’t field, can’t run, and has no redeeming qualities, plus his picture hangs in Venezuela post offices. Having big year is no reason whatsoever to a reward of a big contract.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

He was not a reward of a big contract. He won an arbitration salary for one year because he can’t hit, field or run. If he more can’t do what he can’t do this year he will get a smaller raise next year. Or get released so he can can’t on another team and kick us in the dick several times a year.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Congrats to the “Venezuelan Plumber“

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

I thought he switched teams to a Colombian Barista for the WBC ?

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Oh no! A millionaire took an extra 300k from a billionaire!

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Mia

It’s about the data points Mia. The data points.

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Won’t someone think of the data points.

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to Mia

Data Points.

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to red floyd

Hell yeah, I love Star Wars!

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Twebur

1 month ago

Shohei’s “tiger mom” is deciding for him so he can focus on the 2023 season

https://twitter.com/Sarah_IsabelVee/status/1626263365386670080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1626263365386670080%7Ctwgr%5E1ba3877f3838c2dac6eab0b7d3df8a8ba8428d80%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fangels-name-shohei-ohtani-opening-175158446.html

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Trade him now.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Diamond Sports announced that it will miss a $140 million interest payment, triggering a 30-day grace period to figure out a way forward. Bankruptcy would mean 14 MLB teams could miss out on one of their biggest sources of revenue.

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/15/manfred-says-mlb-will-handle-team-broadcasts-if-bally-sports-defaults-on-payments

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Yeah, I was reading about this. Because of some reason that I am too stupid to understand it’s a given that they will miss this upcoming payment which then allows them to do a bunch of accounting stuff and corporate structuring poop and blah blah blah and we’re all supposed to just not worry about it.

In the end, I am kind of glad for all this. It may be shitty in the short run but I just wasn’t all that excited by the idea that fun and harmless sports gambling basically OWNS the sports broadcast and can add it’s unique flavor to every millimeter of coverage. The gambling angle always coming up in broadcasts, etc has gotten a little out of hand in most of the sports I watch now.

But hey, somethings gotta part a fool and his money, so if it’s not this it will be NFTs or custom hand crafted light bulbs…

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

NFTs or custom hand crafted light bulbs…

or cryptocurrency

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Jessica DeLine

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

With the risk of this type of revenue loss, I’m even more surprised Arte didn’t go through with the sale unless potential buyers were docking the price due to the pending debacle.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to Jessica DeLine

With our luck Apple TV will step in and fill the void…..thoughts in my head, as a joke, and…….

https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2023/2/16/23602425/apple-tv-making-changes-to-mlb-broadcast-as-bally-sports-remains-in-flux

Last edited 1 month ago by Twebur

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Well, I needed to watch less baseball anyway. Even my love of the game isn’t powerful enough to make me join Steve Jobs cult.

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

The Apple broadcasts were WORSIER than Joe Buck.

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Mikeal1st

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Please just move to a streaming app I can pay for that’s less than $65 a month. I might even go $20.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Mikeal1st

I know. This answer is too easy and will work too well for too many people.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

So let me guess. In possibly the greatest retroactive group memory shift since “I didn’t want to sign Jason Heyward, Justin Upton, Yoenis Cespedes, David Price, Jordan Zimmerman or Alex Gordon in 2016. Nope. I wanted Dexter Fowler.” there’s not a soul to be found around here that was angry that cheap Arte didn’t buy you that slice of champiham for your sandwich named Stephen Strausburg back in 2019. Nay. Not a one.

I guess we weren’t impressed with Zack Britton’s throwings. Now we have former number one greatest farm prospect Matt Moore and his epoch shattering career numbers…. in our bullpen. That’s cool I guess.

That Michael Wacha contract with the friars…. that’s an interesting deal. I like that contracts are getting structured in creative ways. I bet the Nationals wish they’d done that with ol’ Stevie.

So, back issues are the new elbow tendon tear? What the heck? Casey Mize, Joe Jimenez, Sam Bachman, Griffin Canning, C Rod, DL Hall… I just keep seeing it pop up lately with pretty dang young pitchers. Que pasta?

Are any of you folks that are suffering from shortstop panic asphyxiation desperate enough to sign another guy who doesn’t really play SS in Jurickson Profar? If we got both Moore and Profar then we could at least get the chance to look into how cheap Arte’s lack of commitmilk to buying MiLB players the good cereal reached out across vast spaces to cause these two can’t miss super star talents to be so mediocre.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

I’m sure Arte is way ahead of this new health concern. With his new found vigor a deep love of Angel ownership he hired this guy.

Dr. Nick “hello everybody” is dedicated to helping people maintain a healthy spine
https://lifeperformancechiro.com/meet-dr-nick/

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Twebur

Problem? Not anymore bro.

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Mikeal1st

1 month ago

Top 45 MLB catchers: Phillies’ Realmuto, Orioles’ Rutschman lead Bowden’s rankings – The Athletic

Couldn’t Find Stassi on this list but O’Hoppe is on it at 24.

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MarineLayer

1 month ago

https://www.pitcherlist.com/adells-approach-what-jo-adell-must-improve-on-in-2023/

An article about Jo Adell’s problems and solutions.

Last edited 1 month ago by MarineLayer

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AnAngelsFan

1 month ago

Reply to MarineLayer

Interesting. In sum for the TLDR crowd, Adell takes too many 1st-pitch strikes, then swings at too many bad pitches with 1 strike. He does a good job tightening up on 2-strike counts, but he simply doesn’t make contact enough when swinging (regardless of the count).

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to AnAngelsFan

Lines up with my old timey “eye test”.

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matthiasstephan

1 month ago

Reply to AnAngelsFan

So, emulating the GOAT too much (taking the 1st pitch) without the otherworldly talent to back it up?

Fair enough. Hope he finds a different plan in AAA and comes back up with a more consistent bat.

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halofansince1978

1 month ago

Fox News Sports says we just signed Matt Moore

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Angelz4ever

1 month ago

Reply to halofansince1978

Better Moore than less…..

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to halofansince1978

At least it’s not Dudley.

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

Or Matt Munro

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

Can we get Major Matt Mason?

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steelgolf

1 month ago

Reply to red floyd

But he has to come with the Lunar Crawler!

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

I still don’t understand why the Angels did not sign Machado a year prior to signing Rendon. Angels ’23 Outfield starters are the beast compared to anything in the last ten years of being a Limp D___. Pitching staff of starters that will rule is very pleasing too. Our biggest addition has got to be Renfroe to man RF. The big Miss that shoots puff Dust is not coming home with Swanson. Let Spring Training begin 📯

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AnAngelsFan

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

Because the money was tied up trying to extend Trout. By the time the Trout extension was done, it was too late to sign Machado.

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to GrandpaBaseball

Because Machado was an Asshat. Arte don’t like asshats

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

Unless they’re cokeheads.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

Yah. I’ll admit that Machado seems to have undouched himself nicely in SD. But back when he signed his mega deal I would have been so pissed if we’d done it.

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

Well, you must have influenced Eppler then. Me, I just saw the talent especially on defense.

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Angelz4ever

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

Indeed.

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GrandpaBaseball

1 month ago

Good morning my friends, let the good times roll ⚾ Unwanted news: Strasburg may be out and done, too bad really as he was very good when healthy. Are you surprised that DeGrom is not healthy? 🙃 Agents; are you working for what is best for your clients if they go to Arbitration? 😧 Heat wave, Big Bear at a cool AM wake up call of 16 degrees. That rates right up there will Barry “I don’t use Roids” Bonds personality. 😀