LA Angels Monday News Crash:

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

15M? Still sucks, but I guess. 20+ million…. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

35M. I will laugh so hard.

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BannedInLA

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

Jack Della Maddalena?

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Designerguy

1 month ago

Arte, do baseball a favor — trade Trout or sell the team. You’re as worthless as Frank McCourt and John Fisher. Maybe once people start speaking with their wallets, you’ll listen.

You want to live in the shadows of the Doyers and cry poor? Hope you’re comfortable since you’re going to be there a for a long (long) time.

You claim you want to compete. With what? A bunch of AAA players? That doesn’t fly in MLB. I used to joke that thanks to the A’s being the AL West, the Angels can’t finish last. I’m not sure about that. This team might lose 100 games, and you’ll continue to spout your drivel.

You’re a fucking (March) embarrassment to baseball.

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Mia

1 month ago

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CAoldskoll

1 month ago

Way to lose out in on Snell. Feel sorry for Trout, he’s asking for some Star power if only to replace a minimal of Ohtani’s presence. But nope, Arte going cheap even though he says team is still going for it. ST has not gone well for our hitters, starting pitching average. MLB power rankings has us at 26, just above rebuilding teams?? Arte must be Ok with us becoming an Ohtani-less joke of a club. Save the season sign Bauer and Martinez. Even if that doesn’t make us contenders do it for Mike.

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1 month ago

Reply to CAoldskoll

He’ll be in either a NYY or Philly uniform before his 34th birthday. There’s no way he chooses to stay with a team that can’t get to the playoffs yearly.

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

I thought he just proclaimed his everlasting commitment to the Los Angels Angels and he is not the kind of guy who would take the easy way out?

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1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

Take a closer look at what he said. Asking for a trade in the past or “today” would have been the easy way out. As for the future, his commitment is aligned to winning.

“I think the easy way out is to ask for a trade,” Trout told reporters. “There might be a time, maybe. I really haven’t thought about this. When I signed that contract, I’m loyal. I want to win a championship here. The overall picture of winning a championship or getting to the playoffs here is the bigger satisfaction than bailing out or taking the easy way out. I think that’s been my mindset. Maybe down the road, if some things change.”

Last edited 1 month ago by Senator_John_Blutarsky

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1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

Mike. I loaf you. But you have been worthless and expensive since we signed you to a huge contract. That’s the short of it. Please let us know if you find anyone who will trade for you.

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1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

See, there’s no logical reason to spend 30M on Snell right now.

When you can’t use thoughts to justify your hot feelz go directly with sentiment. Poor fking Trout.

You know, like how guys who can’t actually meet women take their new puppy with them everywhere…. same thing.

Last edited 1 month ago by gitchogritchoffmypettis

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Solid non-move by Arte by not getting involved with Snell. I gave the Angels a C for the off-season. I just bumped it up to a B. Cost avoidance, nice.

Last edited 1 month ago by FungoAle

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

I bump it up, too, from an F to a D-

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

Well, I’m happy you recognized that not signing Snell was a positive outcome.

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

I think Snell will regret not taking that 6 yr deal with the Skanks.

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to Eric_in_Portland

Agree or even a 5-year offer. I kind of feel he might have been concerned of the Ed Whitson syndrome had he joined the Yanks.

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1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

But
BUT

WEEE could have signed him to THAT contract! (If we were the Giants)

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Eric_in_Portland

1 month ago

now I’m hoping JDM and Montgomery sign elsewhere so I can post my funny revised IIWPM which includes “leave $50 mil in Arte’s pocket”.

I’m half kidding. I don’t really want Martinez because then we’ve got guys sitting due to JDM hogging the DH at-bats. Monty, on the other hand….he’d be useful.

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1 month ago

Good for the Giants… That’s a really favorable deal and short term. Shame on Perry and Arte.

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to Hatcher_Is_My_Homeboy

Id Rather have the $1.9 to $2.0 million slot value to our bonus pool that the pick we saved will generate. If we want to waste money go waste it on Monty.

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1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

If Monty is the pivot (or was always the priority) sure I’m beyond fine with that. But its more likely we do nothing to improve the rotation other than hope for miracles.

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Mia

1 month ago

Snell to the Giants 2yr/62M

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1 month ago

Reply to Mia

Yet another missed opportunity

Last edited 1 month ago by Senator_John_Blutarsky

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

He doesn’t put us over the top in 24. If he has a down year you’re stuck paying him, and if he’s good he leaves.

We really aren’t in a spot to need him.

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1 month ago

Reply to Mia

Your points are valid; it’s just that another 90+ loss season with minimal prospect assets on the horizon is brutal.

Last edited 1 month ago by Senator_John_Blutarsky

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

Oh yeah, absolutely.

Just glad he’s not an Astro.

Last edited 1 month ago by Mia

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1 month ago

Reply to Mia

That would have sucked. It’ll be good to suffer for a little while though. Angels can stop thinking of themselves in capital letters all the time. Arte will probably die. Then the good times can begin.

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Mia

1 month ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

I don’t want to wish death on anyone, but it really does feel like we are just waiting in purgatory for him to pass.

He loves the status of ownership too much to leave by any other means.

He stared down a $2,000,000,000 offer and didn’t flinch.

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1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

Brutal. It’s what CtPG Guy fan JuJu deserves. Tall glasses of warm piss to drink for a couple years till we can figure out how positive thinking works without someone buying it for us.

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to Mia

Yay!!!
Well, at least I’m relieved.

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

The thing that really perplexes me, is why Arte wants to stay now, if his team stinks and he is refusing to put money into it to improve it the way he usually thinks he can improve it.

I guess it is perhaps what others have said… is there a property development deal in the works? If so, I hope it comes to fruition soon so Arte can cash in and sell the team.

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willtheangelswin

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

Artie is selling the team for sure… this is what you do when you are selling…keep a flashy asset (Trout) to attract a billionaire buyer…but strip the rest of the club so that the new guy has $$ to spend. This process can take years waiting on that billion $ offer tho… during that time…just don’t go to any games…even the players know this…waste of time.

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Roy Hobbs

1 month ago

Reply to willtheangelswin

He’s going to have to wait for Rendon to go off the books.

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Roy Hobbs

1 month ago

Reply to willtheangelswin

He doesn’t need to wait. Owning a major league baseball team is very attractive. Their’s probably a line waiting. It’s like he doesn’t want to sell, compete, or rebuild. He’s a money guy. Something has got to be behind his current do nothing path.

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1 month ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Cognitive decline and stubbornness.

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max

1 month ago

Reply to Hatcher_Is_My_Homeboy

that describes me, according to my spousal unit, lol

Last edited 1 month ago by max

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1 month ago

Reply to max

lol 😂

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1 month ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Spoken like a guy who will never be a billionaire. Sure, buying a team’s always a great thing to do. But it’s even better if I do it after Arte’s paid off almost all of the expensive players I don’t want for as long as he will. And the TV situation settles down. And maybe I even have a stadium plan…. maybe even in a new city… in my file cabinet waiting for me to buy.

I didn’t get rich enough to buy the Angels by pissing away 30M dollar chunks of money and shrugging my shoulders.

PS. I’m also not gonna run up a 300M payroll year after year either because I’ll want the team to make ME MONEY.

PS PS. Unicorns aren’t real.

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1 month ago

Reply to willtheangelswin

You’re right. I’d say we’ll lose another round of expensive players this July and this winter and sign no one. Rendon will be 1 year closer to being done acting as CtPG Guys hate Viagra. By then we’ll look A LOT like the type of team that’s a prime candidate to get sold.

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Roy Hobbs

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

I’m with you on this, His actions make no sense.

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1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

Arte is purposely not selling to perplex CtPG

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to Senator_John_Blutarsky

I knew it.

He reads all our posts and he’s trying to punk us.

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1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

I just typed this.

I bet he has already read it.

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

Be happy he spends as much as he does. Angels are 12th ranked in overall payroll.

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Roy Hobbs

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

But it’s meaningless if it’s poorly spent.This is really just a 100M payroll team with two 40M players doing nothing. I was mildly optimistic, but this could be a long ugly year resembling an entire year like the last two months of last year. he bought a pretty good organization and after 20 years, he finally ran it into the ground. There is no hope going forward unless he sells, gets an investor, or until Rendon expires and he invests or sells or gets an investor.

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

I’d like to think he’s looked at this years free agents and decided there are no players worth investing significant salary on. No sense adding to the list of non-performers and making the problem grow. People here just want to match last years salary just because. 2024 has been a poor free agent year, lot of risk

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Angels2020Champs

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

Go Ångels 🙋🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

I agree. But my gladness about this development is tempered, because it is quite possible that Arte just doesn’t want to spend anymore in general, even if it would have been a wise signing.

But I look at it this way… I’d rather they make the right choice for the wrong reason than the wrong choice for a different wrong reason.

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Cowboy26

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

I just don’t like the hollow bullshit response the Arte’s lap dog Roger Lodge has been making on the air that if the Angels are in contention at the trade deadline they go out and acquire the players then to help compete them, Really? Can we even afford to trade away any more minor league talent for rental players considering how then our system is right now? How well did that work out for us last year?.

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

The only guy the Angels can trade away at the deadline will be Washington!!!

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1 month ago

Reply to Cowboy26

I think you deserve to be unhappy because you listen to Roger Lodge.

Honk Honk M***** F******

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1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

I don’t have to work all that hard at being pissed at dad,I mean Arte. I wasn’t very into any of the FAs this winter so why would I turn around and expect Arte to have some other dark motive for doing what I wanted?

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1 month ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

It’s always poorly spent until it isn’t.

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2GA2Join

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

I’m not complaining about the money in this post.
Just pondering what Arte’s plans are.

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FungoAle

1 month ago

Reply to 2GA2Join

I agree there, there is no apparent plan other than draft and promote immediately because the Angels are desperate for warm bodies

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max

1 month ago

Reply to FungoAle

yeah, and that’s really sad. I remember relishing the Doyer debacle/drama during the McCourt era, as we were riding our franchise crestwave…man those days were good my friend, I foolishly thought they’d never end,

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1 month ago

Reply to max

True sadness is being an A’s or Rays fan and knowing your org can do everything right and it won’t matter. If even 1/2 of Arte’s FA signings don’t shit the bed we’re happy clams…..

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