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Tuesday, November 09, 2004 |
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ten years ago, the Angels were struggling to get respect and/or attendance. (Of course, 1994 was the season shortened by a strike, so the attendance numbers everywhere were reduced.)
But: reading this Wait Til Next Year comparison of top minor league shortstops (including Alberto Callaspo and Erick Aybar), I came across the following sentence: "what about the Dominican shortstops in the high-profile Red Sox and Angel organizations?"
A set of rings can do wonders for a team's perceived value.
That said, it's amazing what some people think will happen in the offseason. Brian Smith writes:
Arte Moreno will nearly surely sign either Nomar Garciaparra or Edgar Renteria. This officially puts Erick Aybar on the block, which is fine, considering some scouts like Brandon Wood better. I see Aybar sniffing an .800 OPS in his peak, with mostly a Cristian Guzman type career on the horizon. Actually, that’s a pretty sensational comparison.Huh? Collaspo, Aybar, and Wood behind them, and Arte's gonna pick up the fragile, aging Nomar? Given the club's kissed both Troys goodbye, the team's shown a willingness to forego expensive and fragile free agents when similar talent exists within the organization's farm system. Tell you what, Brian: I'll eat my 2002 Angels World Series Champions hat if Nomar ends up in an Angels uni.
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