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Angels News
CBS has a LOT of faith in the Angels as they project this team to get Murakami from Japan. No idea why but I would be for it.
Around Baseball
Pre-Arb bonus pool money has been announced. The Angels have 2 players who get extra, Neto and Soriano. Neto gets $431,322 and Soriano gets $324,925. This is due to them having an above replacement level WAR. I think The description is a bit unclear, as while it outlines the amounts by winning a major award, it doesn’t say what is used for the “The remaining money is allocated by a WAR formula:” Like, which one? BWAR? FWAR? A mix of both? Catchers hope it is the latter.
Red Sox trade for Sonny Gray, sending prospects to St. Louis, including Fitts. Which means the Betts trade tree continues to grow.
A-Roid has said that HOF voters are hypocrites as Selig is in the HOF and not him. While this is an obvious “Worst person you know makes a point” idea, the answer is to kick Selig out, not double down on an error.
Speaking of, the first public ballot for the 2026 MLB HOF class has been revealed. Jorge Morejón has named 5 players on his ballot.
Jake Fraley is off the board, signing with the Rays 1/3M. There goes the only player within Perry’s budget. /s
Kenta Maeda is also gone. To Japan. For 400 Million… yen. (2.5M USD give or take.)
Anything I missed? Post below for upvotes.
