LA Angels Monday News Crash: Torii – Crashing the Pearly Gates

Torii Hunter will probably also get his shot at interviewing for the Angels manager position. Perry Minasian discusses the Angels offseason plans. Detmers is going to be a starter next year. They want t omve Mike Trout back to a corner outfield spot. The article was mostly about patching holes rather than being competitive.

Boston, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and San Diego are out. And then there were eight.

Another 14 players elected minor league free agency, including Jose Quijada. This is a preview of the major league free agent catchers. Curt Casali just plain retired.

The Rangers hired Skip Schumaker as their manager, so he’s off the table. The Mets Andy Green took himself off the table. The Giants interviewed Kurt Suzuki in their search for a new manager.

Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler had patellar tendon surgery and also a platelet rich plasma injection in the other knee. Tyler Locklear of the Diamondbacks will have both elbow and shoulder surgery. Luis Garcia of the Astros had Tommy John surgery.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

10 minutes ago

Perry Minasian sat in front of a small group of reporters Saturday – which in itself answered one of the questions of the winter – and said all the other issues take a back seat to finding a new manager.

“This is a huge hire,” the Angels’ general manager said. “I realize it. We need to nail it. We can’t miss.”

…and “El Hombre Malo” is even a candidate for the managerial position?

No Perry, I don’t think you realize the importance of any of your responsibilities.

steelgolf

19 seconds ago

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And this is just more proof after taking a relief pitcher as a 2 nd round pick in the draft. There is a not very fine line between cutting edge pick and being an idiot, in fact, in this case it was more of a chasm, and he kept right over it, defying all laws of gravity and common sense.

1 hour ago

I’m going to do my 2026 season prediction far, far earlier than I normally would do, even before the winter meetings and any free agent signings …… yes ….. 72 to 76 wins, still under .500 and still not sniffing the playoffs and playing “meaningful baseball” in September. Yes, shocking and I really went out on a limb for this one. There is not enough money in this weak FA market to fix this mess that the lame duck GM has created.