Tyler Soderstrom got a seven year contract extension with the Athletics.
The minor league deals continue apace. Nick Margevidius got one with the Giants. Mark Kolozsvary got one with the Phillies. Luken Baker got one with the Diamondbacks.
Carson Ragsdale went to the Hanshin Tigers.
Former Angel Jim Edmons got full custody of his three children after Child Protective Services got involved. Their mother had been giving Ritalin to one of the sons without a prescription.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
Nothing will change in the Angels organization until Arte or his heirs sell the team. This team is utterly frozen in its ways. That being said, is there any word on the Rendon contract rework?
Will Robertson on the board. Waiver pick up opportunity for the Halos.
So, the question is now that Heaney is retired, will he still have a better 2026 WAR than some of the 2026 Halo pitchers?
It makes me a little sad that the best thing the Angels can do is trade everything with any value for prospects and I know they won’t do it. So the next best thing they can do is…. a big pile of mostly nothing. That’s boring. If I were kinda dumb at least I’d get excited/pissed if the Angels sign some guy. As it is, anyone they sign now, good or bad, is just a guy who they are going to pay for a few years while the team sucks.
With semi-actual NBA season starting now, soon to be followed by the actual NBA season that starts around Spring Training, and the NFL rounding out, it reminds me why people like those sports more. Teams can go from good to bad a lot faster because of payroll rules and fast infusions of players. It’s nice that teams like the Seahawks, Bears and Jaguars are suddenly worth paying attention to. The Broncos didn’t take twenty years to build up. Gives all those poor Raiders and Jets fans hope.
The A’s are doing things right and will be competitive when they make it to Vegas. The White Sox are sitting down in the fire and building a farm and roster. The Angels, even if they start working now, or even get lucky and have a collection of career years, won’t be an actual GOOD team for a while yet. Hell, they are not even a team on the build yet.
But here’s to doing not much of anything. Perry, just let it rot and trade what you can once Arte lets you. The best I can hope for is a smaller reload cause if Arte builds up a big reload then he’s gonna feel all invested and we’ll have to “go for it” again. Gross.
Could be worse. Oakland sports fans will be bummed if the Raiders are ever good again and the A’s become a contender. That’s a hard pill to swallow. But at least they won’t have built a stadium and shops and stuff and will likely have a small park/camp to walk around in while they ponder how good former Oakland teams are or where all the money the city saved on that stadium actually disappeared to…..
Having just flown out of Oakland airport yesterday, traveling from Marin via the stately Richmond Bridge, I can tell you that when you enter Oakland city limits there is even more graffiti on the sides of buildings and freeway walls then even last year, so the money sure isn’t going to “city beautification” .
Combat sports (MMA / Boxing) will set you free.
With the UFC moving to Paramount+ in January, the barrier to entry, particularly from a financial perspective, for many has lifted.
There are always new fighters on the come up and the sport is year round.
Yup. I watch a fair amount of boxing and MMA. I dig it. I like that a lot of the women’s fights are good. It’s the anti-WNBA or Athlete’s Unlimited. A lot of the time their lack of punching power just makes for a fight that is different but still fun to watch.
This in a nutshell is why the Angels just get apathy from me these days. They’re not stuck in mud, they’re stuck in concrete. The problem has a permanence to it that will not change until the whole thing has a bunker buster dropped on it by new blood.
In trying to make sure they were never the *worst* product in baseball by tearing it down with a rebuild, they ensured the club is one of the 5-8 worst for exponentially longer than a rebuild would have taken. Losing and scandals never bring about bold change. Just run it back the way Donald Sterling did with the Clippers. If they don’t care, I’m not going to care either.
Perry’s lying in bed waiting for agents to call him……
Or maybe he has no authority to sign anyone or spend any more money?
Impotency sounds correct….
LOL, where is the popcorn, Door Dashed Starbucks and beef jerky?
Also, the red phone from Arte is missing.
Or maybe Perry just gets laughed at when he calls
Or hung up on
Or his number is already blocked
Good morning Halo faithful!
Now, let’s see if the Halos can land a certain Japanese third baseman this week.
We have a very good chance to land Okamoto because he wants to come here. Only way to lose him is if Arte doesn’t blow off the cobwebs and creak open that dusty stiff wallet.
Your “very good chance” prediction isn’t consistent with your exception. There is a good chance Arte won’t blow off the cobwebs. Arte has spent in the past, yes, but the past few years display a reluctance to continue doing so (probably until Rendon is gone).
He wants to come to the Angels? Or the United States? Source?
I was going to ask the same thing. Other than the tired wild speculative false information sites – what credible source actually has Okamoto wanting to come to Anaheim?
Only thing I have seen is the standard “Angels are showing interest” talking heads bs.
TBW mentioned on his podcast there is mutual interest between the Angels and Okamoto.
Ah. That’s better than just “Angels among teams interested” bait.
Yeah but isn’t that just “I need something to talk about “ talk?
The Uniter States? The Source is him getting himself posted.
It may not be entirely logical to allocate this much money to Okamoto but, I hope the Angels sign him nonetheless. I’d like the Angels to brand themselves as the premier destination for East Asian talent moving forward – particularly from a business and marketing standpoint.
Except they aren’t (see Ohtani getting out as soon as he could). Sorry – no way that the Dodgers don’t have that distinction.
I’m a little surprised that Seattle doesn’t get a lot more Asian players.
Yes. Seattle would seem a logical destination. And no State taxes!
State of Washington is highly taxed. It just isn’t Income Taxes, yet. Current push for income tax on income over $1 million.
Yup. My friends that have moved there all say it’s cheap as long as you live in the boonies. If you live in a larger city it’s as expensive as LA tax wise.
Arte should be in as this is the type of guy that will pay for himself via the overseas marketing and local fanbase.
He is also a Boras client.
The Boras thing doesn’t help but the deadline due to posting takes away a lot of the theatrics and delays that the agent can use to move the needle. The deadline is coming and whatever is the best offer is what it is.
The one thing about this guy is that he isn’t honestly a great fit. There is lots of speculation that he might end up at 1B.
It is more of a case of take what we can get, is what I’m saying.
But why? For what reason? Just to have something? Just to hear idiot sportscasters mention the Angels name on a broadcast? This dude isn’t moving the needle so why do you want him?
