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Post by jrgreene6 on Dec 7, 2020 18:11:25 GMT
Iglesias is a decent defensive shortstop but far from Simmons in all other categories. This points that they will spend the money elsewhere. Yeah. It looks like Bauer or bust. To me that guy is a major flake. He's almost as risky as Josh Hamilton was. Both with the local Redlegs. Coincidence? I think there’s something in that city water that makes people loopy. Thank God we live in the county AND have a water filtration system! GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 7, 2020 18:16:20 GMT
Angels acquire closer Raisel Iglesias from Reds www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/iglesra01.shtmlCincinnati Reds trade closer Raisel Iglesias to Los Angeles Angels for Noé Ramirez Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer 12 mins ago Cincinnati Enquirer logoCincinnati Reds trade closer Raisel Iglesias to Los Angeles Angels for Noé Ramirez Looking to shed payroll, the Cincinnati Reds traded closer Raisel Iglesias to the Los Angeles for relief pitcher Noé Ramirez and a player to be named later on Monday. Iglesias, who is owed $9.125 million next season, converted eight of his 10 save opportunities and finished the season with a 2.74 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 23 innings. He was dominant at the end of the season, yielding one earned run in his last 16 innings. Ramirez, who will turn 31 on Dec. 22, had a 3.00 ERA across 21 appearances last season. The right-handed reliever struck out 14 and walked nine in 21 innings. The trade was just another sign that the Reds are in cost-cutting mode this offseason and were looking to dump salary. They already released Archie Bradley, Brian Goodwin and Curt Casali at last week's MLB tender deadline, reducing their payroll by about $20 million when combining all the moves. Without Iglesias or Bradley in the bullpen, the Reds don't have a proven closer on their roster. Michael Lorenzen, Amir Garrett and Lucas Sims have been the team's primary late-inning options. www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramirno01.shtml |
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Post by Blunashun on Dec 7, 2020 18:16:56 GMT
Yeah. It looks like Bauer or bust. To me that guy is a major flake. He's almost as risky as Josh Hamilton was. Both with the local Redlegs. Coincidence? I think there’s something in that city water that makes people loopy. Thank God we live in the county AND have a water filtration system! GO DODGERS!!! Angels get another one now. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on Dec 7, 2020 18:18:39 GMT
Both with the local Redlegs. Coincidence? I think there’s something in that city water that makes people loopy. Thank God we live in the county AND have a water filtration system! GO DODGERS!!! Angels get another one now. All they need now is Julio to sing the National Anthem every night and they’ll have a full trio of Iglesias’. GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by El Pinguino on Mar 15, 2021 17:23:44 GMT
They literally got ZERO pitching which they desperately needed. At this point, im starting to feel sorry for Trout.
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 9, 2021 0:52:57 GMT
Ross Stripling gets to take part in the legend that is Mike Trout.
That one left an impact crater upon re-entry.
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Post by Blunashun on Apr 25, 2021 21:01:07 GMT
The Angels are leading the Astros 3-2. Angels pitchers have plunked Diaz twice & Alvarez once. Ohtani has hit his 7th homerun. It was a blast. A funny aside was Gurriel hitting a homer for the Stros & the Angels announcer saying it kinda looked like he knew what was coming.  |
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Post by jrgreene6 on May 6, 2021 18:22:32 GMT
Just like Moreno to release one of the best players of our time in the final year of his contract. I wonder how much of his salary he’ll still be responsible for?
One of the worst contracts ever awarded at the time which resulted in zero point zero titles.
Guessing some team will pick him up even with his age and declining abilities.
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Post by Blunashun on May 6, 2021 18:33:57 GMT
Just like Moreno to release one of the best players of our time in the final year of his contract. I wonder how much of his salary he’ll still be responsible for?One of the worst contracts ever awarded at the time which resulted in zero point zero titles. Guessing some team will pick him up even with his age and declining abilities. GO DODGERS!!! Albert Pujols 1b 10 years/$240M (2012-21) 10 years/$240M (2012-21) signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/8/11 12:$12M, 13:$16M, 14:$23M, 15:$24M, 16:$25M, 17:$26M, 18:$27M, 19:$28M, 20:$29M, 21:$30M
full no-trade protection milestone bonuses: $3M for 3,000 hits, $7M for 763 HRs up to $0.875M annually in award bonuses. $0.5M for MVP ($75,000 each for 2nd or 3rd in vote). $0.1M for WS MVP. $75,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $50,000 for All-Star perks: hotel suite on road, luxury suite for Pujols charity for 10 home games each season, right to buy luxury suite between first and third base for all home games 10-year, $10M personal-services contract begins once player contract expires
29 games have been played. That's 18% of the season. 82% of 30 million dollars is $24,300,000 Moreno owes Pujols for the rest of this season. I guess the personal services part of the deal starts next year. But you tack that on & Arte owes Albert $34,300,000. I would have him out in the parking lot washing my car. I wouldn't want to actually see him. There's no doubt Pujols lied about his age, & that he stopped roiding the moment he signed that contract. There was no need to anymore. Why risk getting caught & your wages garnished? Or your shot at the Hall of Fame tarnished? He deliberately ripped off the Angels & the alleged fans of Anaheim. |
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Post by jrgreene6 on May 6, 2021 19:45:57 GMT
LOVE that little 10 year, $10 mil “personal services” contract. A mil a year for what, exactly? Are these “services” to and for Albert? Does this include “escorts”, bar tabs, limos, private jets, etc.?
Or are these services Albert owes Moreno & the team? Personal appearances, shining Arte’s shoes, sweeping up peanut & sunflower seed shells, etc.?
Talk about your “lottery” contracts!
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Post by Blunashun on May 6, 2021 22:05:37 GMT
LOVE that little 10 year, $10 mil “personal services” contract. A mil a year for what, exactly? Are these “services” to and for Albert? Does this include “escorts”, bar tabs, limos, private jets, etc.? Or are these services Albert owes Moreno & the team? Personal appearances, shining Arte’s shoes, sweeping up peanut & sunflower seed shells, etc.?
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Post by Blunashun on May 7, 2021 14:54:14 GMT
Just looking at Albert's career. I saw a headline about him not reaching 700 homers. You have to be kidding. He's pushing 50 years of age, was batting .198 & was in the last year of his contract. He was 33 homers short. It wasn't happening.
So he wound up with a .298 career batting average. It was .328 in St. Louis. .256 in Anaheim. His SLG% was .617 in St. Louis. .447 in Anaheim. OB% was .420 in St. Louis. .311 down the 405 freeway. His OPS+ was 170 for the Cardinals. 108 for the Halos. He was getting older, you say? Yes. Much older than we realized. But the fact is the highest OPS+ he registered for the Angels was 138 his first year there. The lowest in St. Louis was 148, his last year there. Surely no one expected him to still be productive in the last year of that monstrous contract. That's probably true. But his last five years in an Angels uniform resulted in OPS+'s of 80, 91, 90, 77 & 73. James Loney's last five big league seasons saw 73, 117, 106, 91 & 89. Pujols wasn't even as good as James Loney. Albert's last ten years in St. Louis, he had more walks than strikeouts. All ten years in Anaheim his strikeouts exceeded his walks. Slower reactions? Definitely. But he still never hit 100 K's in a single season. No. This is more like opposing pitchers didn't fear him anymore. Combined with his batting average, his OB% was below .300 four out of his last five seasons.
Basically, Albert personified everything Moreno did wrong. He paid aging & or troubled stars over the personnel he already had. He was obsessed with taking advantage of our hatred of Frank McCourt & what he was doing to our beloved Dodgers. He saw the 'Battle of LA' as something real, never understanding that the Angels have their own frontrunning base of fans. The Angels had fans. Real fans. Older guys like me. Dad took us to those blasted Angels games often enough to where a few times I pretended to be sick to avoid them. But like a fungus, they grew on me. Orange County sports fans might have eventually done that to THEIR children too, if Arte had been a bit more loyal to guys like Torii Hunter. If they didn't see Zack Greinke drive north to Dodger Stadium after the Halos gave up Jean Segura for a couple months of Zack. I would rather have had three or four seasons of Kendrys Morales over a decade of watching a lying cheater like Pujols. I believe he said he prayed to God for guidance after Moreno backed up a Brinks truck. Where should I play, Lord? Oh shut up! We all know where you're going.
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Post by jrgreene6 on May 7, 2021 21:38:06 GMT
I’ve seen more than a few articles and “experts” grade him as the GOAT at first base. Seriously? Take away his 10 “roid” years in St. Louis and he’s not even a blip on the screen.
He’ll undoubtedly be a first ballot HOF because he never got caught doping, but I think we all know he was juicing in Archtown.
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Post by Blunashun on May 18, 2021 23:09:06 GMT
Mike Trout has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain, the Angels announced Tuesday.
His estimated return to play is six to eight weeks.
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Post by Blunashun on May 19, 2021 11:40:53 GMT
Samson: How Albert Pujols' comments add drama to his ending with the Angels
David Samson breaks down the latest in the Pujols situation
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David Samson opened Tuesday's episode of "Nothing Personal with David Samson" with "contradictions" as the word of the day. He notes that contradictions between what teams and players say happens all the time in sports.
"Contradictions happen a lot and the reason why they're reported on is it indicates some sort of dysfunction in the organization ... [Reporters] are looking for issues," he says. "The media every day have to come up with these stories and the [Albert] Pujols story has just been perfect for media conversations and articles."
Pujols is now a Los Angeles Dodger, and how he ended his time with the Los Angeles Angels, as well as why he left, has as many unknowns as ever.
"Albert Pujols finally spoke. And what he said was very concerning if you are [Angels manager] Joe Maddon," Samson said.
Pujols said he never asked the Angels to be an everyday player.
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Pujols said Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts have a plan for him, but he declined to elaborate. In Spanish, he said "that's between us."
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Pujols' Zoom call is over. The biggest takeaway: He disputed the Angels' reason for releasing him, saying he never demanded to play every day.
3:51 PM · May 17, 2021
Samson explains that the entire time the Angels have been saying Pujols wanted to be a full-time player. Very few Hall of Fame players coast off into the sunset, they either want to retire or be a starter.
The statement left the podcast host questioning why the Angels said what they did about the player, why Pujols would leave if he's happy to play the same role with anyone else and why the Angels would make it up when they're getting torched by the media for how they handled Pujols.
"The Pujols situation continues to be a mess and it was made worse by Pujols' quotes, by Friedman's quotes, because now we don't know squat about squat. The only thing that will tell, is time," Samson concludes.
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