Scholarship table
I simply cited facts available to everybody.Sad to hear that your ballclub is singularly snakebitten. Maybe Moreno needs to invest in 4-leaf clovers and rabbit's feet as well as overpriced hitters.Angels have won as many postseason games in the last 10 years as Cam has won football games in the last 13 months, that much we can agree on.
Ther e are only two players I can think of that most Angels fans get on Arte for...Hamilton and Wells. Pujols was a gamble to try and win it all in the first few years...they had the best record in baseball and ran into the Royals who swept every team in the AL until losing in 7 in the WS. Albert is a model citizen, great clubhouse leader, community guy, etc.
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Brewers sign Brett Anderson - 1 yr, $5M. Makes me curious whether Stearns is also interested in Keuchel, given their relative similarities, or if Anderson just represented a good value opportunity.
Pujols has been worth 13.7 WAR in 8 years with the Angels. After 10 (given his trajectory) he will end up well south of 15. Pretty sure he was north of 15 in 2 good years in St Louis. Given his production and price (10/240 million) he was a horrible signing. The rest is BS - model citizens and good clubhouse guys aren't worth much if they can't run hit or field much. Without his albatross guaranteed contract he would have been non tendered years ago.
Any pitcher can turn out to be a stud, but IMHO this does not look like a "win while he have Yelich" rotation: 1) Woodruff2) Lauer3) Houser4) Anderson5) Lindblom
I’d be very surprised and disappointed if this is the rotation. With the payroll flexibility, I’m still thinking we’ve got a chance at a decent pitcher or taking on a contract in trade.
Corey Kluber to the Rangers for Delino DeShields and a minor league pitcher.
With rumors of them shopping Lindor, the Tribe appears to be in fire sale mode ... which would make it all the more tragic if the Sox don't do more this offseason to put themselves in contention. They should be in the wild card race simply by virtue of 57 games Cleveland, Detroit and KC.
Bumgarner to Arizona.
5-85 with 15 deferred. Meanwhile Rick Hahn is listening to the Chipmunks Christmas album in repeat.
The Sox are trying super hard.(Source: Rick Hahn)
Heard GarPax were called in to consult.
Ooooh boy. Hope Duke and UNC have strong seniors in the upcoming draft.
Looks like the Crew is trying to sign Garcia to play in right thus shifting Yeli to left and Braun to 1B. I don't really have an opinion on that but am interested in folks thoughts.
Avi was frustrating as a Sox player. Always seemed like he'd breakout and be a borderline star player, but that never really happened. He had a good 2017 season, and it didn't help that he had hype around him as the next Mags. He was fine in Tampa last year and I think he's fine for a season at $6ish mil, you could do worse.
He was never going to become a star. But if being counted on to be the 4th or 5th best hitter in the lineup is an option, he will be pretty good at that.