LA Angels Tuesday News Crash:

I think the biggest thing since Perry has been here is his inability to get the secret sauce that makes meh players produce average results. The batters produced 16WAR over the season per bRef . I did my own rudimentary calculations here but there’s no reason you can’t get 24-26 war from the offense/defense with small improvements and of course health. A line up of guys giving you 1 -2.5 war even with a Trout down to 5war over a full season makes this team significantly better.

I think the hires of Ron and EY Sr is specifically for defensive improvements for Schanuel, Adell, Moniak and even Neto who needs to learn how to play less reckless so that he stays in the lineup.

The hiring of Bo Porter is obviously to baby sit Rendon but even if get gets him to be replacement level (1.0-1.5 war) he can be useful.

The combo of Johnny and and Tim Laker (well experienced) is to work on an organizational approach to hitting which is our biggest issue. We all can see it and Ohtani had the guts to say it when he mentioned the consistent Dodgers’ batting approach to him. This is to help guys like Moniak, Adell, Neto and even Rengifo. (Possibly too a Trey Cabbage, Sonny DiCharia, Kyren Paris or Jordyn Adams if they stick around)

Enright and any pitching coaches are obviously here to develop Detmers, Silseth, and Canning and the young guys in the pen.

These moves scream a move to develop the young guys which is finally where they need to be, but criminal that it’s taken 4 years in Perry’s tenure.

That being said hiring Ron Washington is the only reason these guys are coming on board.

I expect that the only major move could be a front line starter but the whole league is looking for pitching. They’ll need another utility IF and possibly another OF , which is why people have been identifying Rosario Candelario, Gurriel or Soler as combinations.