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LA Angels Monday News Crash: New Names

October 30, 2023

Some new names have popped up on the radar as potential candidates for the Angels managerial opening. Ron Roenicke anybody? How about Torii Hunter? Just what will the Angels do this off season? Here are your 2023 Angels Organization All Stars.

The Diamondbacks and the Rangers face off tonight with the World Series tied at 1-1. It’s strange that the Former Angels that are still playing on teams alive in the playoffs now that we’ve come to the World Series are cast off former Angels pitchers.

Pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa of the Nippon Ham Fighters will be posted for MLB teams this off season.

Should we further limit the number of pitchers a team can carry? Should we then turn around and limit usage of openers?

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

good luck with the Snakes, C-Rod!

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/diamondbacks-chris-rodriguez-goes-to-diamondbacks-via-waivers/

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

Bummer. We’ve spent years watching and waiting on this guy hoping his potential would be realized with the Angels. Now he walks to the D-Backs.

Finishes 3rd in CY in 2026.

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

What 40 man roster spot was so important to try to sneak this guy through waivers?

He must be done .

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Biggiswrth

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

I was at the Petros and Money show today in Cerritos when I read this. I let our a loud “No Way”. I’m super bummed to see him go. I felt he would be a good bullpen piece this year. Perry better know something because if C-Rod does anything for the snakes I’m done with him!

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RexFregosi

1 month ago

heading off to my 5th ever WS game and back-to-back Dback Home Game WSs.\\

Taking my 22 yr old daughter – who will be attending her 3rd game and was there in 2001 WS at age two months.

Go Snakes!

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

What was her best memory from that 2001 WS game?

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angelslogic

1 month ago

Reply to RexFregosi

Gave you a thumbs up, but Go Rangers!

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ihearhowie3.0

1 month ago

The managerial rumors are getting sad.

Torii Hunter?

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PedroCerrano

1 month ago

Reply to ihearhowie3.0

I always have liked him. Old school, team first mentality and I remember him being the only one with the stones to call out Pujols for being whiny after a game because Albert went 0-4 in a win.

I realize that it would probably result in game management train wreck due to his inexperience. I’m thinking that it will be a mess regardless but it might be a more entertaining mess with him or Ersty at the helm. The culture needs to change and sometimes that means burning stuff down.

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Sign someone as manager, sign Hula Dula as bench coach and heir apparent.

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PedroCerrano

1 month ago

Reply to red floyd

That could work as well although I’m not convinced that switching Managers every year or two helps. Manager aside, they still will need to drain the cesspool of Arte’s cronies before anything truly improves.

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Alternatively, sign Torii, have him coach/manage in the minors, and then bring him up.

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Angelz4ever

1 month ago

Reply to red floyd

I concur good sir!

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

Reply to ihearhowie3.0

could be signed cheap. That’s a plus for Arte. Ersty, too.

meanwhile, Cleveland is interviewing Counsell today yet Counsell’s current contract doesn’t end until midnight tomorrow. Isn’t that tampering or something? Or does everyone do that?

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PedroCerrano

1 month ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

I think the Brewers gave him written permission to interview elsewhere.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Already met with the Mets.

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h27kim

1 month ago

Reply to ihearhowie3.0

The thing is that that list looks like a PR instrument: fans like Erstad, Salmon, and Torii for largely sentimental reasons. They have no big league coaching experience. No one has seriously considered for coaching jobs. Do we have any good reasons to believe that they would suddenly become big league manager material just because of “gritty football mentality,” or something? (Speaking about Erstad specifically).

Not a fan of Showalter for the job either, especially if he’s Arte’s choice. We’ve had enough managers playing politics, kissing up to Arte and using him against FO (Soth, Maddon). I don’t know if that fits Showalter’s normal style, but I can see how things can spiral out of control even worse than they are now…

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red floyd

1 month ago

Reply to h27kim

Roenicke would be a decent choice to me, though.

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PedroCerrano

1 month ago

I didn’t realize that Chris “Otter” Stratton the VP of Delta Tau Chi fraternity in Animal House had played for them.

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Twebur

1 month ago

Instructional video for the Angels OF.

https://x.com/Super70sSports/status/1718299606218330139?s=20

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steelgolf

1 month ago

Manfraud, don’t further limit the amount of pitchers a team can carry. Pitchers UCLs are snapping at a much higher rate than “the good old days” and it will take viable pitchers off of a roster and out of a job. The union just might frown at that fact.
As for the new manager of The Angels, we won’t know until after the conclusion of the World Series, people are just throwing names against the wall.

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Charles Sutton

1 month ago

Reply to steelgolf

It’s funny how Manfred is supposedly doing the owners bidding while it is the managers and analytics people (also working for the owners) who figured out you don’t want your pitchers to face too many batters.

Last edited 1 month ago by Charles Sutton