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Monday, November 13, 2006 |
Roster Notes
- The Padres plan on making a run at J.D. Drew.
- "The first person to call me when the deal was announced was Bill Stoneman," said Aramis Ramirez' agent Paul Kinzer, "and he was pretty disappointed." The Angels will allegely haul off after Alfonso Soriano and Gary Matthews, Jr., or even Barry Zito in one of the harebrained schemes that would put them in competition with the zillion other clubs that need starting pitching, so the Angels could then unload one of their young pitchers for a bat. Ugh.
- The Angels, among other teams, are hoping to post ridiculous bids in order to lock up good players immediately.
- Scott Boras, speaking privately, said he could see J.D. Drew playing centerfield for the Angels, just after Drew told Bill Plunkett of the Register that he planned to stay around with the Dodgers. Oh, now wouldn't that be rich.
- Bill Stoneman, on last offseason's lack of a Plan B once they failed to sign Paul Konerko:
"We've got Plan A, B, C, D and E," Stoneman said, referring to free agency and trades. "We've got five ways of doing what we want to get done. There's a lot of stuff we could be tackling. There won't be much time wasted."
Comments:
So the Angels couldn't use a left handed hitting outfielder who gets on base, hits for power, and defends his position well? Of course Drew would be overpaid, and he has a reputation for being fragile, but at this point he's the best fit for the line up, considering what's left on the free agent market. Signing Sarge Jr. is just a plain bad idea, Soriano a worse idea. And while I'm not as bullish on him as you are, you make a good point about Zito: To get into a bidding war with virtually every rich team in baseball just for the right to trade one of our pitchers for a hitter is an idea that should be put to bed. Adding power while subtracting young pitching is not how to win a championship. I hope Stoneman doesn't cave and feel like he has to make a "huge splash" and land a shiny new free agent. There are other ways to build a winning ball club.
# posted by 
: 11/13/2006 01:35:00 PM
: 11/13/2006 01:35:00 PM
I could live with Soriano IF he were a centerfielder. All of the Angels' options this offseason look to be of the "lesser evil" category:
* Drew is fragile (and IMO selfish)
* Soriano has weak plate discipline and has never played center before
* Sarge, Jr. is old and just had a career year at the wrong time
I hate, hate, hate the idea of signing Barry Zito just so the Angels can move one of their pitchers. I expect I'll be disappointed no matter what they do.
* Drew is fragile (and IMO selfish)
* Soriano has weak plate discipline and has never played center before
* Sarge, Jr. is old and just had a career year at the wrong time
I hate, hate, hate the idea of signing Barry Zito just so the Angels can move one of their pitchers. I expect I'll be disappointed no matter what they do.
I'm still scratching my head over why Ramirez would allow the Cubs' exclusive negotiating rights window to close, only to sign with them hours (minutes?) later without actually seeing what he could do on the open market. I can only conclude that he really didn't want to leave Chicago. Surely he could have squeezed an extra million/year out of the Angels, and played on a team that has a decent chance of playing more than 162 games/year (not to mention the playoff share).
Very odd.
Very odd.
# posted by : 11/13/2006 04:03:00 PM
: 11/13/2006 04:03:00 PM
Fair enough, Rob. So what would you do if you were Bill Stoneman? What options does he really have to improve the team?
# posted by : 11/13/2006 05:10:00 PM
: 11/13/2006 05:10:00 PMNewer› ‹Older
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