LA Angels Monday News Crash: Jose Siri – Crashing the Pearly Gates

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Fansince1971

12 days ago

The Rendon roster abomination may actually show how desperate Arte is to get costs down. I can see no other reason under the current circumstances not to just let that contract end after this season. Arte may actually be that cash strapped.

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Jim Atkins

12 days ago

Found this on Bluesky-
2026 Playoff Chances
(rounded, via @fangraphs):

99% LAD
88% ATL
80% NYM
71% SEA
68% NYM
66% PHI
64% CHC
62% TOR BOS
61% DET
55% BAL
44% HOU
42% MIL KC
38% PIT
37% SF
35% MIN
33% TEX
31% ARI
24% ATH
21% SD TB
16% CIN
15% CLE
10% STL
8% MIA
7% LAA
1% CWS WSH
0.2% COL

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Kevin

12 days ago

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Interesting. Not sure Halos have a true 7 percent playoff chance. More like 3 percent seems apt.

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Jeff Joiner

12 days ago

Reply to Jim Atkins

7% is really optimistic. There’s a much higher probability of losing 92 games than of winning 92 games.

I’d rank the White Sox chances above ours. Better off season, weaker division.

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Roy Hobbs

12 days ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Yeah, I don’t understand. The Angels have zero chance of making the playoffs. The 4 other teams in our division would all have to die in a plane crash.

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Angelz4ever

12 days ago

Reply to Jim Atkins

7/100, that’s better than I figured.

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FungoAle

12 days ago

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Nobody in the AL has a greater than 71% chance at the post season? Seems low. Maybe I am not following.

In the NL, while Atlanta should be better in 2026 than last year but don’t get how they are ahead of the Phillies, Cubs , Mets.

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Angelz4ever

12 days ago

Reply to Jim Atkins

Does 7% actually mean a snowballs chance in Hell?

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Mikeal1st

11 days ago

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99? Not 99.9 or 99.99? Not 100… Just because a meteor could hit the entire team?

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Jeff Joiner

12 days ago

Interesting note on Siri.

I called Kyren Paris agent last week hoping to set up an interview. He told me Paris left him last year for Scott Boras but that he had several free agents looking for deals including Jose Siri and if any of them signed I should call him back.

I remember saying Siri is a good candidate to land here but didn’t give it a ton of thought. Seems like this has been in the works for a bit.

Now to see if I can set something up with Siri.

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steelgolf

12 days ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Can’t you just walk into a room and call out “Hey Siri, set up Zoom/Teams call with Jose”?

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ryanfea

13 days ago

Angels announce Yoan Moncada deal and DFA Cody Laweryson. At this point it’s obvious the Angels have to keep Rendon on the 40 man for whatever reason. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/angels-designate-cody-laweryson-for-assignment.html

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cookmeister

13 days ago

Reply to ryanfea

ya there has to be some reason behind it that we don’t know about

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Biggiswrth

12 days ago

Reply to cookmeister

It has to be for insurance purposes and getting free money from them as long as he is on the active roster. He will go straight to the 60 day IL as soon as he’s eligible for it.

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RexFregosi

12 days ago

Reply to Biggiswrth

I’ve also heard the MLBPA has their reasons too and yes, next stop is the 60-day IL.

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cookmeister

12 days ago

Reply to Biggiswrth

most likely medical/insurance related

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

12 days ago

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I’m gonna laugh my ass off if they have to do this with him every winter that they are paying him. His ghost never sleeps….

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

12 days ago

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He’ll go on the 60-day IR list as a bookend with Ben Joyce.

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Jim Atkins

13 days ago

Anybody know the average cost of signings like Jose Siri? I guess he has a pretty good income from his Apple royalties.

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cookmeister

13 days ago

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average cost? Not sure what you mean.

It’s a minor league deal. If he makes the team he get’s $1.6 mil

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ryanfea

13 days ago

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Jose Siri will make 1.6 million if he makes the team per Jon Heyman

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Jeff Joiner

12 days ago

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Financial details on minor league deals are rarely released but I’ve read most guys like Siri get six digits guaranteed with the ability to make considerably more if they make MLB.

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ryanfea

13 days ago

Sports Business Journal reporting the Bally Sports/FanDuel Sports Network era is officially over for MLB. Angels expected to be covered through MLB and possibly other local carriers https://x.com/sbj/status/2018397724534550600?s=46

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Pineapple12

13 days ago

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Please please please partner with Victory+ like the Ducks

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ihearhowie3.0

12 days ago

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Victory+ has been a massive win as a Ducks fan but I cant imagine MLB would allow any team to do a free service. They will want to gatekeep and charge a subscription fee.

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hockey_duckie

12 days ago

Reply to ihearhowie3.0

The Texas Rangers signed a multi-year contract with Victory+ last January.

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cookmeister

12 days ago

Reply to Pineapple12

people complain about the lack of spending already

going to Victory+ would absolutely kill revenue streams

But then again, maybe that’ll cause an absolute “fire sale” that some fans want.

But it would also extend that lack of spending window that might cause fan favorites (Neto, for example) to be traded and/or leave via free agency

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2002heaven

12 days ago

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I already called for a fire sale, why, because this team will be bad till the end of this decade. The players that should be moved are Neto, Adell, and Soriano. Those are the only guys who are worth a damm that other teams would actually want.

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Pineapple12

13 days ago

Meckler cleared waivers and has been outrighted to SLC. Perry is playing 4D chess

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FungoAle

13 days ago

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4d chess or Jenga

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

12 days ago

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Funny stuff – 29 teams passed, it seems that only Perry wanted the guy….

I guess Perry is the smartest man in the room.

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2002heaven

11 days ago

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What room is that? This room maybe…
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PedroCerrano

13 days ago

I’ve been a fan for too long. IMO this team will have the worst starting nine since these guys:

C: Ellie Rodríguez
1B: Bruce Bochte
2B: Jerry Remy (traded in June)
3B: Dave Chalk
SS:Bobby Valentine/Mike Miley
LF: Mickey Rivers
CF: Morris Nettles
RF: Joe Lahoud
DH: Tommy Harper

The saving grace of 1975 was getting to watch Ryan and Tanana pitch in half of the games.

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FungoAle

13 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Whew, that starting nine looks like dookie. Good call. The 1975 California Angels ripped a total of 55 home runs that year. With modern hitting techniques such as elevation angels, that team might have hit 57 homers.

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PedroCerrano

13 days ago

Reply to FungoAle

I was twelve years old and completely baseball obsessed. It was a turd sandwich that set me up for the decades of disappointment to come, albeit with some good years sprinkled in.

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MarineLayer

13 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

I loved Bochte. I realize now he’s Schnauel with a better BA.

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tanana40

13 days ago

Reply to MarineLayer

He became an original Seattle Mariner.

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Roy Hobbs

12 days ago

Reply to MarineLayer

They were roughly the same player at 23. We’ll have to see how Schanuel ages. Bochte was better as he got older.

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tanana40

13 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Remy was with the Angels through the 1977 season.

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FungoAle

12 days ago

Reply to tanana40

Halos got the bad end in that Jerry Remy for Don Aase trade

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tanana40

12 days ago

Reply to FungoAle

Yep, Aase became a decent reliever but was never the starter that they had hoped for. The Angels had to move Remy to let Grich second base as they tried Grich at SS in 1977 and he ended up with a bad back if my aging memory is correct.

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jco

12 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

That season was the year of my birth. At least they stole a ton of bases to keep it exciting on the basepaths and they had a pretty good record on days that Tanana, Ryan, or Figueroa pitched.

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Jeff Joiner

12 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Thank goodness I was not yet born. That is really, really bad.

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Roy Hobbs

12 days ago

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Tickets were cheap and you could sit anywhere you wanted and still see all the great players on the other teams. And, you could watch Ryan pitch every time he pitched at home. It was actually way more fun than it is now.

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DaveChalk

12 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

Hey wait a minute! That was the first year my Dad took me to see the Angels as a little kid and kicked off my fandom. So you are saying it would be poetic to use 2026 as the bookend to my fandom and walk away?

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Roy Hobbs

12 days ago

Reply to PedroCerrano

I really liked Jerry Remy and Mickey Rivers.

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Marcotor

12 days ago

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Mickey Rivers, the Miami Greyhound! Anyone else there in 71 when he took a stab at Guinness greatness with an around the diamond time? he went 14 seconda and change, stumbling into home. Wasn’t really close to the 13.3 “World Record”. A silly stunt, but was he faaaast!

Later, he cemented his legendary status when he handed his “lucky home run in it” bat to Bucky Dent in a game against the Red Sox in 1978 that apparently was important.

One more usless bit of information: His final game in MLB was as a member of the Rangers September 30,1984 – Mike Witt’s perfect game.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

13 days ago

Perry has zero strategy to this season. Just fill the gaps with bums and expect a losing season. Great process arte, perry, and co, you guys are great.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

13 days ago

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I think that IS a strategy. If they actually play kids and maybe actually trade some guys then…. HOLY CRAP, it’s a tear down! Then yes. You see a giant pile of bums. Of course, the bummer is that we don’t have much of a farm, but hey, we couldn’t trade guys last year because we were balls deep all in on chasing being a team chasing the play offs sort of. Arte wanted it. Gubi wanted it. I’m sure Carpino wanted it. CtPG Guy wanted it. Perry is paid to tell us he wanted it too. If we had traded guys last year we would have been giving up, plus who would we have watched all of August and September?

At least we have NOT reloaded this off season. Let the Stevenson contract die. Get Rendon further off the books. Get Kikuchi off the books soon. Maybe this year we don’t have a crap draft. If they are deep in the tank trade a bunch of guys for prospects. There isn’t much point to buying talent right now other than faking effort, so I’m glad they aren’t.

But I think there is a direction. And it’s a tear down. And who knows? Maybe even a team sale. But the roster? It will be bums and kid bums for a while.

The good news, we will hopefully see more kids play this year, something I think Washington was kinda uncomfortable with.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

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FIRE SALE!!! I agree, this is the way we should go. We aren’t going crazy liek the Nats yet as we need to sell a few tickets with some names here, but we are prime for a huge trade deadline and then $5 seats in Aug-Sept!!!!

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cookmeister

13 days ago

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only part I’ll disagree with is Rendon

Should have just let the year ride out and have him fully off the books if you were not going to use that money

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YOUknowulovetheIE

13 days ago

Reply to cookmeister

Agreed. Especially if they weren’t going to spend it elsewhere. Maybe the angels tried to sign people and they don’t want to play for one of the worst run organizations in baseball?

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Biggiswrth

12 days ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

Nah it smells like Arte is on the way out and he’s trying to maximize the amount of revenue for 2026 as he’s projecting a lock out in 2027 (so no income) plus a huge decrease in media rights due to no TV conract.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

13 days ago

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I don’t believe there is a plan. Perry knows this is his last year as a GM, arte uses the wrong people to make baseball decisions, and even the angel give away days are ass.

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Roy Hobbs

12 days ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

It sickens me to think that Rendon will be around for another 5 years

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FungoAle

12 days ago

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I still don’t get why the Angels stretched that ugly contract. Curt of all, they are not trying to compete so beat to just swallow the whole pill now. Also, if the salary cap decision goes in favor of the owners, Angels would have to account for that POS in successive years. This organization….

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Jeff Joiner

12 days ago

Reply to FungoAle

Rendon’s luxury tax number after this year is zero. If MLB closes the deferred payment loophole that might change, but under the current system Rendon will impact cash flow but nothing else.

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FungoAle

12 days ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Ok, thanks for that and …pardon my typo’s

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Marcotor

12 days ago

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Well, Arte said the Angels were on track to lose “40 to 50 million dollars” in 2025, and with little hopes for 2026, lowering that number by any amount would seem prudent for any business.

Sure, he could back up a Brinks truck and do what most fans want, shoveling tens of millions into the franchise from his personal wealth, but he didn’t become a billionaire being stupid.

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Kevin

12 days ago

Reply to YOUknowulovetheIE

I think Perry’s strategy for the year is the same as stated in Moneyball for the manager: Put a product on the field this season is a way he can explain in job interviews next year. Stated otherwise, this is what we did and it isn’t my fault.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6989271/2026/02/02/mlb-offseason-grades-takeaways-2026-predictions/?campaign=16725887&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=30665099&redirected=1

And picked to finish last. “A fascinating offseason….” that’s being nice

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FungoAle

13 days ago

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Paywall issues. Last in MLB or AL or AL West?

Angels are in competition with the White Sox to finish last in the AL. The gap to finishing higher is large. Perry has 5th place in the AL West locked up with the A’s ascending.

MLB-wise, the Rockies will finish last with the Nats, White Sox and Halos rounding out the bottom four.

The Angels do qualify for the lotto this year but not sure if that is a benefit with Tim Mcllvaine and Minasian making the selections. It will be a good year to drink beer.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

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They only did division placing and of course, picked last in AL West. Only Hopium written was if our lottery tickets hit. But then we need to know what to do with them. Keep/sign or trade away for more.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

13 days ago

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This is where the “no farm” thing hurts. If we hit on a lotto guy like Siri and we had a farm that told us we were likely to be competitive soonish I’d keep him. The keepers not only need to be keepers but they need to be under team control for like 4 or 5 years in order to matter for us. The lotto within the lotto.

Our farm is so shitty that I’d trade just about ANYONE with enough value to get us position player prospects that are 50 grade.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

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I agree this is the way….

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Jeff Joiner

13 days ago

Angels are still stocked with players who K a ton. Siri adds to that pile.

No word on Meckler being snagged off waivers so hopefully he sticks with the organization. A minor league mix of Siri, Meckler, Teodosio, Lugo is not great but 4 lottery tickets are better than one.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

13 days ago

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I do like that this pile of ???? is all FAST. Man I hope we get to keep Meckler. It’s pathetic that this is a hope for me at this point.

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Senator_John_Blutarsky

13 days ago

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If they could only get on base, having speed would be an asset. The best we can hope for is that they “fail fast” so that the minions can identify and abandon non-viable products or strategies, thereby (hopefully) minimizing long-term costs.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

12 days ago

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YES! We kept Meckler. Dream small and your dreams can come true.

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FungoAle

12 days ago

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Meckler – Farhanian Trash Inc

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

Since we are still bargain hunting I’d love to be Romo’s 5th team this offseason. I think defensivly he’s amazing and he would give us more depth at the position.
For Siri, it makes sense for him. There is a need in CF and if he’s showing promise he makes sense to make the team.
I think Perry is going to 7/11 and buying all the different scratchers from them hoping that at least 1-2 of them should pay for the load.
For being in the last year of his contract, I will give him prop’s that we are set up for a 2028 clean slate for payroll, with a good amount of youth on the way. Let’s hope we can have them take a step forward in 2026.
I for one am happy that July-Sept tickets are going to be cheap and easy to get this year!

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HalosFanForLife

13 days ago

Reply to Biggiswrth

I saw him play in HS – best HS catcher defensively I’ve seen at that level. Elite at presenting (which will likely be going away), blocking and throwing. I really thought he’d be further along. But if you hit, you don’t sit.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

My son actually spent some time with him this past winter as he was in town (He’s a catcher too). We are good friends with his cousin and it was great to get some insight on what MLB guys do to train and get better. I know I’m being a HOMER trying to root to get him close to home again, but I do think he would bring value to the org.

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gitchogritchoffmypettis

13 days ago

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Our problem with Romo will be the same as everyone’s. We have two catchers on the roster. So Romo needs to pass through wavers to stay in our org. At that point, he keeps getting picked up by teams who want to try to pass him through wavers….

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HalosFanForLife

13 days ago

Reply to gitchogritchoffmypettis

It’s a dumb rule – and teams manipulate it. There should be some penalty – something with a some teeth. Can’t stand this rule.

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Biggiswrth

13 days ago

Reply to HalosFanForLife

He’s the guy that will stick on the team that loses a catcher in spring training, or he will clear waivers and be sent to AAA with the last remaining team who has him. He will be claimed again but, hopfully the halos can get in line for him

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steelgolf

13 days ago

Jose Siri, just a minor league deal, invite to spring training, can and has played center field, hit 40+ HR one season but with a preponderancy to strike out (Perry frothing at the mouth), has some speed but coming off of a broken leg. Yep, Angels keep trying to catch lightning.

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Kevin

13 days ago

Reply to steelgolf

Yo, Siri, tell me what is going on with the Angels? What’s the plan now that you are here?

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HalosFanForLife

13 days ago

Reply to steelgolf

Sometimes you find a gem at the the thrift store. But usually…