M's sign Espinosa

[totdprods]

Dipoto and those sloppy seconds.

[Ohtaniland]

Watch him get hot and single handily cost us 3rd place.

[Troll Daddy]

Getting picked up was going to happen ... let's see if he makes through the season. 

[DMVol]

Guy can pick it....he just can't hit a lick....

[Second Base]

Jerry did the same with O'Malley. He makes moves simply to make moves. He figured if he threw enough turds against the wall, he'd get a couple to stick. As far as I remember, none of the turds he ever threw against the wall stuck.

[disarcina]

good deal for them -- Halos pay the majority of his 2017 contract for the last two months of the season.

Also good for Halos because Halos were going to pay the entire amount of his 2017 contract and now it's the entire contract minus the MLB minimum for the last two months of the season.

OK deal for Espinosa - why?  Because he was going to get paid his 2017 contract even if he didn't play anywhere -- now he goes as a potential rental player to a team that's not in contention -- so unless DiPoto told Espinosa (and he may have -- 'we are going to give you a shot in ST to win the second base job next year -- (Don't they have a guy named Cano?) -- Espinosa is playing out the string of meaningless games when he could be getting paid for staying put where-ever home is and working out.

I thought Espinosa's best fit was with a contending NL team to be a rental player as a late inning defensive MIF who perhaps could PH and sacrifice a runner over.........

now he'll probably be spelling Robinson Cano who may DH a bit more down the stretch. Don't really see any future prospect of Espinosa being with Seattle in 2018.

[tdawg87]

My name's Jerry I'm a fantastic GM I'm smarter than anyone else I like to eat shit I like to make trade I have a really tiny dick REEEEEEE

[Vegas Halo Fan]

48 minutes ago, disarcina said:

I thought Espinosa's best fit was with a contending NL team to be a rental player as a late inning defensive MIF who perhaps could PH and sacrifice a runner over.........

This is what I figured would happen - that he would go to a contending NL team to be used as a late inning defensive replacement and a situational starter.

[tomsred]

May the strikeout be with him.

[disarcina]

VEGAS HALO FAN:

Today's LA TIMES (Sunday, July 23) has a story on the sport page front page about Las Vegas very suddenly becoming a 'major league' city with the new NHL team, the Raiders moving there, the NBA summer league being very successful this summer ---

and it mentions that the NFL (Raiders) is just a natural fit (one game a week) while the NHL and others may not be as much (although local season ticket sales for the new NHL team are strong and very impressive - the Times article said more tickets to individuals have been sold than the anticipated corporate sweep of all the good seats).

So -- my question is - NHL, NFL and the NBA (All Star game and summer league -- perhaps a team soon -- although UNLV seems to have the hoops market there and always has)

why not MLB -- like the Oakland A;s?

Build a baseball only retractable roof ball park (like Safeco in Seattle and like the BOB in Phoenix) and I have to believe the Las Vegas A;s would draw better than the Oakland A's (the A's had 9,400 attendance at a game last week in Oakland)........

The article mentioned the Professional Bull Riders events contracted for the Thomas & Mack for the next ten years but made NO mention of the PRCA contracting to keep the National Finals Rodeo there (at Thomas & Mack) for the next decade plus as well..........I was disappointed the Times failed to mention that - before the NHL and the NFL , NFR and professional boxing were the 'pro sports' mainstays in Vegas,

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, disarcina said:

good deal for them -- Halos pay the majority of his 2017 contract for the last two months of the season.

Also good for Halos because Halos were going to pay the entire amount of his 2017 contract and now it's the entire contract minus the MLB minimum for the last two months of the season.

OK deal for Espinosa - why?  Because he was going to get paid his 2017 contract even if he didn't play anywhere -- now he goes as a potential rental player to a team that's not in contention -- so unless DiPoto told Espinosa (and he may have -- 'we are going to give you a shot in ST to win the second base job next year -- (Don't they have a guy named Cano?) -- Espinosa is playing out the string of meaningless games when he could be getting paid for staying put where-ever home is and working out.

I thought Espinosa's best fit was with a contending NL team to be a rental player as a late inning defensive MIF who perhaps could PH and sacrifice a runner over.........

now he'll probably be spelling Robinson Cano who may DH a bit more down the stretch. Don't really see any future prospect of Espinosa being with Seattle in 2018.

Seattle not in contention ... I disagree 

FYI he's being brought in as a utility player

[AngelStew43]

He certainly isn't going to play 2B with Cano there, so where is he going to play?  Not enough AB's in Seattle for him to do anything more than what he was doing here, putting the strikeout record in jeopardy.

[disarcina]

Troll Daddy --  well, I guess you are right.  Right now the below ,500 Angels and Mariners , some 12 games back of AL West leading Houston, are 2.5 games out of the second wild card spot.

Just reminds me why I don't like this new format.

I wish they would have the two wild card teams do more of a College World Series type approach -- two out of three.

perhaps delay the series where the number four seed in each league plays the winner/ survivor of the wild card playoff........

[Tyler]

It's ok, we've got Baldoquin.

[Ohtaniland]

44 minutes ago, disarcina said:

Troll Daddy --  well, I guess you are right.  Right now the below ,500 Angels and Mariners , some 12 games back of AL West leading Houston, are 2.5 games out of the second wild card spot.

Just reminds me why I don't like this new format.

I wish they would have the two wild card teams do more of a College World Series type approach -- two out of three.

perhaps delay the series where the number four seed in each league plays the winner/ survivor of the wild card playoff........

Maybe we'll be an at large bid selection. 

[Tank]

here's hoping he doesn't go all napoli on us when we play seattle for the rest of the season.

[Second Base]

3 hours ago, disarcina said:

VEGAS HALO FAN:

Today's LA TIMES (Sunday, July 23) has a story on the sport page front page about Las Vegas very suddenly becoming a 'major league' city with the new NHL team, the Raiders moving there, the NBA summer league being very successful this summer ---

and it mentions that the NFL (Raiders) is just a natural fit (one game a week) while the NHL and others may not be as much (although local season ticket sales for the new NHL team are strong and very impressive - the Times article said more tickets to individuals have been sold than the anticipated corporate sweep of all the good seats).

So -- my question is - NHL, NFL and the NBA (All Star game and summer league -- perhaps a team soon -- although UNLV seems to have the hoops market there and always has)

why not MLB -- like the Oakland A;s?

Build a baseball only retractable roof ball park (like Safeco in Seattle and like the BOB in Phoenix) and I have to believe the Las Vegas A;s would draw better than the Oakland A's (the A's had 9,400 attendance at a game last week in Oakland)........

The article mentioned the Professional Bull Riders events contracted for the Thomas & Mack for the next ten years but made NO mention of the PRCA contracting to keep the National Finals Rodeo there (at Thomas & Mack) for the next decade plus as well..........I was disappointed the Times failed to mention that - before the NHL and the NFL , NFR and professional boxing were the 'pro sports' mainstays in Vegas,

Vegas is still firmly behind some other cities fir a major league team. Mexico City, Montreal, San Antonio, Portland, North Carolina has multiple options, there's even talk of teams in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico or Cuba someday. 

The A's look like they just took a major step forward in getting a new stadium, the Rays will likely leave Florida for Montreal soon. If MLB does expand, it'll probably be one domestic and one international site, most likely Mexico City and one of the Carolinas, but that won't be for another decade.

[maximus p]

In b4

300/400/500

lol bahahahaha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...or is it too late for that?

[gurn67]

I'm setting the over/under on home runs Espinosa will hit against the Angels this season at 2.5.

[arch stanton]

I'm setting it at .5 and taking the under

[Billy_Ball]

Pennington>Espinosa>Franklin

[eligrba]

Espinosa becoming Napoli will only confirm that the Angels are cursed.

[Taylor]

17 hours ago, CALZONE said:

Watch him get hot and single handily cost us 3rd place.

He'll continue to hit .150, but in the M's next series against the Angels, he'll go 6-for-12 with 3 HRs.

[Kenny]

I really wish he could've stuck around.  I love when local guys who grew up Angels fans are on the team.

Trumbo, come back.

[aznhockeyguy]

Jerry Dipoto, smartest guy in the room.