LA Angels Wednesday News Crash: Perry Tiem

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With the projections out now, we are doing our “If We were Perry” series. Which, again, was upstaged by the real Perry making moves before everyone else. Not only a trade, but some other things like Kenny being released.

Anyway, incase you missed it, Part 1: Jeff Joiner is out now. Watch as the IRL Perry makes a move before the next one comes out today.

Oh and the Angels are getting an Assistant GM. Finally. Watch as next year we have an “If I were the Assistant GM…”

Around Baseball

Which teams have had the best attendance? According to Baseball reference, the Dodgers. But the Angels are in the top 10. How much of that is Arte meddling, who knows.

Bottom is better because it is going by worst to best

The department of justice is now getting involved with the bankruptcy of Diamond Sports. They may cause the failed broadcaster to finally die and have the MLB rights go back to MLB.

Latin America Baseball Tournament is a go. Which includes the US because demographics. But in SPANISH.

Baseball is Japan’s Pastime. 56 MILLION Japanese people watched the World Series at 9 AM Japan time. Yeah, Arte really ruined the biggest money maker he ever had.

That special MLB mud that sneaky guy gathers ACTUALLY has some weird scientific properties. Somehow. Spooky.

Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes.

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halofansince1978
Super Member
1 month ago

Peoria at Scottsdale…LIVE!!

https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago

Kavadas and Fontenelle coming up to bat at SRF

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Kavadas grounded out but Cole singled.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Niko doubled in the go-ahead run and knocked some Twins starter out of the game.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Nice. I really enjoy SRV.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

Seeing ABS in action is interesting. There have been a few challenges but nothing overturned.

If they are doing this with balls and strikes, you can see that the other base umpires could easily be replaced too.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Soon as I said that a call was overturned it was 1.2” outside

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Gino Groover – 3b prospect for D-Backs – cool name

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Houston Harding now pitching- lefty in our organization

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

I saw it in AAA last year. Quick and the ump was right the first 4 times and just missed a ball on the 5th. Possibly added 2 minutes total to the game.

BannedInLA
Super Member
1 month ago

An ERA south of 5.00 and 100+ innings from Hendricks is a definite W at 2.5 million.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  BannedInLA

I’d be surprised if Hendricks can get back below 5

Erstad with the catch
Member
1 month ago

Someone has to eat the innings. Getting a vet to do it for $2.5M is fine. Not sure you sign a guy like this if you think you’re actually going to compete for a playoff spot though.

If Hendricks gives the Angels 100 league average innings, the contract is worth it. If he’s really good, you flip him for a prospect before the trade deadline.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend

Nobody in the MLB expects us to compete for a play off spot. Not even Arte. Also, no FO in the MLB ever comes out and declares “we will not be competing this year”. All the fans who seem to expect that from an owner or FO are either twits or playing the asshole cause they need something extra to be pissed at.

Fansince1971
Legend
1 month ago

Right. What marketer in their right mind would say “we are not going to compete this year”. The “compete” narrative is a marketing ploy to sell tickets.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
1 month ago

I see this often, if it doesn’t work, flip him for a prospect. The only one I can think of is Thor for Moniak. Aaron Hicks? Released. Matt Moore? Waived. Kevin Pillar? Played well so we kept him instead of trading him.

If other teams wanted some of these guys they’d have signed them on the cheap in the first place.

Erstad with the catch
Member
1 month ago

Luis Garcia to the Red Sox last year.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
1 month ago

thanks. Lugo and Kavadas among others

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago

So we got to witness the annual Rosenberg release. he’ll be back, just watch and see.

MarineLayer
Super Member
1 month ago
Last edited 1 month ago by MarineLayer
steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

Ohhh boy. This should get them to that 93 loss improvement they are striving for. Anything over 3 m a season is a gross over pay.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

“…lowest velocity fast ball…” didn’t we try this with Weaver 2.1? That ended real well, didn’t it. When hitters sit on off-speed and react to the fast ball, things can, and usually do, go wonky very fast.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Angelz4ever

It may not be Weaver bad. We’ll have to see. Hendricks has never had a real fastball. He’s location location location. But he is old and may officially be too low velo now….

For that price, if he teaches two kids to locate pitches the way he has over his career he’s worth it to us.

Jeff Joiner
Editor
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

His baseballsavant page is far from pretty, but also has some small reasons for hope.

His hard hit rate and exit velocity are both good and he gets a lot of ground balls. Between him and Silent C, Perry better focus on infield defense.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

If he pitches to a bunch of worm killers, we may have the defense behind him to make his numbers better, or at least acceptable.

Biggiswrth
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

He’s half the price of Canning with about the same production. He has a much lower ceiling than Canning, but the cost savings is nice and it keeps the young arms clock from starting early before our window opens. (Currenly its boarded up like Tampa Bay was)

Mikeal1st
Trusted Member
1 month ago

Kershaw is a free agent… Kershaw is a Doyer… rinse, repeat.
The Yankees have had 20(12.9%) seasons with below average attendance?
The Dodgers have had none? How come they don’t have 27 rings?

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Mikeal1st

Attendance = Wins, not so fast there my friend. The Dodgers has always had great attendance and winning is not in that equation and never has in this Baseball marketplace. The Angels have also led the American League in attendance and have had very good attendance record since the move to the Big A and in our team’s history we are below .500 record. Southern Californian’s love their Baseball at all levels.  🙂 

Mikeal1st
Trusted Member
1 month ago

My thought is that attendance = money which should translate into wins with proper management of such funds.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
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MLBTR is reporting we’re nearing agreement with Kyle Hendricks.

That’s the 34 year old Kyle Hendricks with nearly 6 ERA with the Cubs last season.

So I guess we’ve replaced Canning?

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago

Perry must be watching too many 2016 WS highlights.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

It’s finally dawned on him it was the Cubs players, not their manager.

Rizzo is a FA and I’m sure we could also get Bryant from the Rocks.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

His TV is stuck on WGN.

Mikeal1st
Trusted Member
1 month ago

Is this because I mentioned that we needed veteran leadership?

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago

It’s called being aggressive

JakeTaylor
Trusted Member
1 month ago

LOL This guy is no better than Canning. Typical Angels offseason move.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend

YES! This is exactly what I want.

As fans, we need to decide if we are gonna play the kids or not. You can’t have FA pitchers with obvious value and semi-high price tags coming in and taking innings if we are really gonna do this. Hendricks is disposable. Every Seth Lugo/Michael Wacha type that we manage to add is a guy who is likely to bust AND will need 100 innings to prove it AND does nothing to help the team in the long run. Do we want the rebuild to last ten years? No? Then let’s suck it up now and try and keep it to 2-3 years.

Fk The Compete.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago

Schanuel- ESPN columnist said this morning 98% of MLB players had a faster bat speed.

Sign Pete Alonso.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

I know you’ve been advocating for this for some time. It would certainly make them more interesting. Get one more bat and a starting pitcher and we would get people’s attention.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

i’ve always like Pete, but had hope for Schanuel till i saw how his bat speed compared.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

They just need to spend a year rebuilding his swing

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend
Reply to  RexFregosi

Why did we draft him? The scouts didn’t know his bat speed in college?

Cowboy26
Legend
1 month ago

maybe thought he could improve it?

But then why rush him through the organization?

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Both great questions.

FungoAle
Legend
1 month ago

Perry’s draft strategy – A guy that could be thrusted into the MLB line-up is more valuable than drafting for ceiling potential. Get with the program Senator.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

He’s 6’4 220, I believe that can be changed by rebuilding his swing. Work with him on it next year in the minors. It doesn’t impact his strike zone judgement. It’s worth the effort.

MarineLayer
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

I think the coaches are telling him to swing harder, unless they’re not.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

Right. There’s plenty of reason to believe he can be good. I don’t think they are gonna send him down unless he collapses in April. They SHOULD get a back up/platoon partner for him that has a little pop.

I like how everybody around here talks like he hit for 42 OPS+ last year and then lost an eye to a freak eel fishing accident this week. In his first full season of professional baseball at ANY level he hit for a 101 OPS+. So a very slim hair above average. Note the word ABOVE.

That’s why he’s on the team. Why they drafted him. Why they will likely work on him getting a little stronger and swinging a little harder.

Jeezbus crisps CoachDads. Shut the fk up. No one gives a shit about your expert analysis of Nolan’s swing, how timid he is and how he’s probably thinking about horses when he steps to the plate. Look at his college stats. Look at season 1 of his career. Forget that you’re a bitter old man with Arte issues for a second. That’s why they drafted him.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Well, let’s see, Alonzo’s (Expecting the best) HR production is about 40, that would just about cover former employee #17s production, soooooo what else you have that would change the team’s results in 2025…..2026….or 2027?

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Adell’s is one of the fastest, that bat moves through the zone at top speed during his horrendous strike out rate. BTW, Rod Carew probably had a decrepitly low bad speed as well.

(No comparison between Carew and Schanuel, just wanted to point that out)

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

The key here is that if you’re not going o hit the ball hard, you need to hit .325.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

Agreed, that’s why I have been saying, send him down to work @ AAA.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Angelz4ever

They are actually quite similar. They walk about the same, Schanuel hits a few more HRs but Carew hits more 2Bs. The big separator is that Schanue’s BA is 75 points lower which impacts OBA and slugging. Schanuel only had only 13 HRs and 19 2Bs in 519 ABs. Carew also generated his high batting averages during a very depressed run scoring period.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

Agreed on that point, I just didn’t want someone to think….you know…Carew vs Schanuel.

Last edited 1 month ago by Angelz4ever
gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  Angelz4ever

Someone around here back in the day said we hope he can be good season James Loney. That sounds about right. BIG IF he develops more power and his hit tool continues to improve (if you look at his Daily 15 Game Rolling wOBA he has) then he might even be Todd Helton sans Coors Field. You can look at his chart and literally see him struggle/adjust/hit well/pitchers adjust/struggle/adjust/hit even better repeat last year. If that all tightens up in the future he’ll at least be an .800 OPS guy.

FungoAle
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

Did not like the draft pick to begin with, this post does make it feel better but I’m suspecting Per-Per will give the slow-footed, slow-bat speed guy another year. Bigger holes are elsewhere.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  FungoAle

Actually, if you’re talking about offense, assuming Rengifo plays 3B, the 2 biggest holes are 1B and RF which are typically 2 of the most productive offensive positions. Long term, we need a 1B, 3B, and RF. We’re not going to fill them all this year. Alonzo would be a good start and then you could give Adell one more chance to develop and see what you can draft this year and get in trade for Ward and Rengifo. I actually think that would be a good strategy.

FungoAle
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

Yeah, following. 1B is a run producing hole. 3rd is most definitely.

Roy Hobbs
Super Member
1 month ago
Reply to  FungoAle

If we signed Alonzo and 1 starting pitcher, I would actually be quite pleased. It would not necessarily move the needle, but we would be much improved over last year with those guys, Soler, and hopefully a healthy trout, and in a position to improve additionally next year.

FungoAle
Legend
1 month ago
Reply to  Roy Hobbs

I worry a little bit about Alonso being a swing for the fence guy like Soler. A lot of immobility in this line-up. Walker would be better but not with a QO attached. a 1-year of Goldy, nah.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  FungoAle

If we could just get rid of our bullshit 1B we’d totally be in full on chubbed out compete mode.

cookmeister
Trusted Member
1 month ago
Reply to  RexFregosi

or, ya know, have him work on his bat speed?

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend
Reply to  cookmeister

It’s getting to the point where I just laugh at all the “we need to build the org from the farm up” bullshit on this site. I think about five people on here really have the testicles for it.

“Yeah. Pay Pete Alonso 150M to be on a team that already needs to give DH at bats to 2 guys. Sounds about right. Arte is the problem. Fan Manz so smarter. Sho Nuff. Got to. Read an article that mad me feel sad about Schanuel after one season. That makes me mad. Which makes me sad…. I hate Arte.”

steelgolf
Legend
1 month ago

Oh no, he killed Kenny!!! Bastard! …. What? Oh, he just released him.

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago

Go Sox Go!

Sounds like the plan for today

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend

“We don’t need no stinkin’ pitching”

RexFregosi
Super Member
1 month ago

There’s baseball today ⚾️

‘Turn the page’ ( I heard that on a news program on TV this morning)

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