LA Angels Tuesday News Crash

A few days ago Gitch proposed 3 trades involving our largest trade pieces. If anyone is interested, since we have a new GM, where do we go from here. What should we do at the trade deadline this year. The fact is, that if we simply go into next year with the same roster, how does that move us forward from where we are. Even if we draft and develop better, nothing will change at the major league level for a number of years. Looking at the current MLB roster and with the knowledge we have regarding our current prospects, what’s the near term plan to improve and is there one.

The starting pitching is showing promise, even if we trade some. The bullpen needs a lot of work and there a number of position player holes. Who do you want to keep and who do you want to move. What we choose to do is tied with how long we believe it would take for us to be competitive. Considering how far below we are from recent payrolls and the money coming off the books at the end of the season we could have significant money to spend.

At this point, even though there are a few players I would like to keep, if we believe that success is a few years off, it might make sense to go the Gitch route and trade everything not nailed down. If you see a shorter path, who do we keep and who do we trade and where do we need upgrades.

Doing the same thing isn’t going to move the needle. We need to think outside the box.