The Official 2022 Spring Training Hot Stove Thread

[Taylor]

9 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

How much money do we figure ohtanisan generates for Arturo ?

It's very baffling. Either Arte is out of touch and thinks Ohtani will choose to stay based on loyalty, or he hired some McKinsey type to calculate that riding out the last few years of Ohtani's contract would be like 5% more profitable than spending the money to keep him and extend him.

[UndertheHalo]

Just now, Taylor said:

It's very baffling. Either Arte is out of touch, or he hired some McKinsey type to calculate that riding out the last few years of Ohtani's contract would be like 5% more profitable than spending the money to keep him and extend him.

I read an article over the weekend that claimed that the Russians paid McKinsey like 60+ million to plan out their invasion of Ukraine.  I think the plan was pretty bad.  Arte should reconsider getting ohtanisan advice from them. 

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[Angelsfan1984]

Both hand and ottavino would have been nice fits in the pen 

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Doesn’t Gleybar Torres play SS?

IKF will play SS. He can’t hit but all his value comes from his plus defense at shortstop 

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

Fixed

 

9 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

sounds very pacific

 

 

[Dtwncbad]

I have not heard a single rumor about the Angels signing anyone or acquiring anyone.

The daily lockout news was more stimulating than this.

[Taylor]

14 minutes ago, True Grich said:

 

 

Worst kind of Craig. A same-thread Craig. 

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[Dtwncbad]

19 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

Can somebody at least dig up a rumor of some sort with a name attached?

Anything?

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Can somebody at least dig up a rumor of some sort with a name attached?

Anything?

No, but we can start a rumor. Just have the AngelsWin Twitter account tweet something like, "Sources close to the organization are reporting #Angels in talks with #Reds about young SP."

[Angelsfan1984]

Sources: Angels are the mystery team involved with unknown free agent. 

[Erstad Grit]

41 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

I take that trout statement as incredibly aggressive.  He's obviously not done lol

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[EdmontonAngelsFan]

13 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Sources: Angels are the mystery team involved with unknown free agent. 

I like this. Will read again.

[Blarg]

13 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

That seems kind of backwards. If he can't throw 110 innings why would you want to pay for a possible repeat or worse? 

[angelsnationtalk]

59 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

So does this mean he will be just as pissed as us if nothing else happens haha

Cuz you know it's true.

[Taylor]

22 minutes ago, Erstad Grit said:

I take that trout statement as incredibly aggressive.  He's obviously not done lol

"He's obviously not done ... if he knows what's good for him."

[Angelsfan1984]

9 minutes ago, Taylor said:

"He's obviously not done ... if he knows what's good for him."

Perry naga

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[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

Looks like Freeman and Olson will solve first base for two of the three teams mentioned.  I wonder which team ends up with neither.

[Angel Oracle]

Perry:  snorrrre, tic toc, tic toc

I heard that Story turned down a reasonable 5 years/$100 million because that team wanted him to move from SS.

Uhh Arte, Perry, that isn’t that bad of a deal to bring in a strong defense and solid enough hitting SS who can also make things happen on the bases?

Edited March 14, 2022 by Angel Oracle

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