SB Nation User Blog: Los Angeles de Anaheim

This is Why We Can't Make Trades!

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:23:27 -0000

Per MLBTraderumors:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/angels-balk-at.html

In order for us to get Holliday, the Rockies were asking us for Adenhart, Howie, AND a Santana/Saunders. Rockies are out of their minds and are obviously not serious about trading him. Do they even realize that 2 of those 3 items aren't even prospects anymore?

Remember this when you complain about Stoneman/Reagins not getting trades done. Other teams don't treat us seriously and they try to buy our farm off for chump change.

Rockies can keep Holliday and shove it!

Saturday Game Thread

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:10:54 -0000

Lackey takes the mound against Marcum tonight.

GAME TIME!!!!

Don't know where the official thread is, but this will be the gameday thread for now.

Lineup

Willits, LF

Kendrick, 2B

Anderson, DH

Guerrero, RF

Hunter, CF

Kotchman, 1B

Izturis, SS

Mathis, C

Quinlan, 3B

Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos! Go Halos!

D-Mac to the Marlins

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:25:38 -0000

It's official, per rotoworld... no dollar amount (probably near-minimum), but it's a 1-year deal. He'll be fighting Jose Castillo and Jorge Cantu for 3rd base.

I sure was hoping he'd hold out and get invited to Spring Training.

D-Mac, sorry to see you go. Good luck at your new home. Hope you hit those 30 HR's someday.

News: Angels Sign 3B

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:22:43 -0000

Forget about Cabrera, our problems have been solved.

Newark Bears Professional Baseball Club announced today that third baseman Corey Smith, who played a key role in the team's 2007 Atlantic League Championship, has been signed by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Smith will report to minor league spring training camp in early March and is likely targeted to play at Double-A Arkansas this season.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3571342

Signing this guy can't hurt. Even though he's a professional minor leaguer at this point, he still has some potential. He was a 1st rounder from the Indians in 2000.

Nevertheless, I want DMac back on our roster.

Twins/Rays Blockbuster and Johan

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:34:16 -0000

Looks like this deal is technically not final, but:

Per mlbtraderumors, Twins have dealt Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett, and Eduardo Morlan to the Rays for Delmon Young, Brendon Harris, and Jason Pridie.

This will definitely have some ramifications for Johan Santana, but will probably just mean that the Twins want more MLB-ready pitching.

If they still trade Johan, mlbtraderumors suggests that this makes a deal with the Yanks, Red Sox, Mets, Mariners, and Cubs less likely, while he feels that Angels, Dodgers and Reds still have the pieces the Twins might want.

Trade KRod, Get MCab

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:52:15 -0000

First of all, most people are down on Krod these days. I am one of those. After the Rivera 3/45 and Cordero 4/46 signings, Krod is going to demand too much money for a closer. He'll probably be looking for 15+ over 4-5 years or more. It's obvious Krod cares about the money, because he walked out of an extension with us after the Rivera signing and has repeatedly said he loves pitching in Yankee Stadium. Shields and Speier are capable of closing, and we can find another quality middle relief pitcher.

So trade Krod to a 3rd team who then trades one or two stud prospect/players to FLA. This allows us to trade a small piece or two to FLA without losing HK or BWood, or maybe even Adenhart. Besides, FLA doesn't really need a 2B.

Then we have MCab, HK, and Wood, while only losing Krod, who I believe is very replaceable, as much as I hate to see him go.

Poll

What should we do?

Use Krod with a 3rd team to land MCab.

46 votes

Avoid MCab altogether.

4 votes

Trade for MCab.

34 votes

84 votes | Poll has closed

Oliver... Lefty Specialist?

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:35:22 -0000

I'm tired of hearing about all of these "lefty specialists" every year. It seems like people assume that an average left-handed pitcher with no great pitches is suddenly a lefty-specialist, able to tear through any left handed batter.

Case in point: Darren Oliver.

Why did he suck the first half and suddenly have a great second half? Oliver was used primarily against lefties during the first half. When he sucked it up, he started pitching full innings (mopup, etc.) Once he pitched full innings, he got his groove back, and suddenly he became worthy of a 7th inning job.

Some stats:

2007 R/L splits

WHIP SLG OBP ERA BAA IP
Left 1.86 .542 .373 7.56 .319 16.2
Right 1.04 .246 .271 2.27 .192 35.2

Pre All-Star R/L splits

WHIP SLG OBP ERA BAA IP
Left 2.60 .720 .448 12.60 .420 10.0
Right 1.22 .238 .315 2.00 .222 18.0

Post All-Star R/L splits

WHIP SLG OBP ERA BAA IP
Left 0.75 .136 .200 0.00 .091 6.2
Right 0.85 .274 .224 2.55 .161 17.2

Conclusion:

Oliver sucked when he was primarily facing left-handed batters. When he sucked in the first half, it was because he got hammered by lefties. But even then, he still pitched well against righties. Now that he has been pitching full innings, his numbers have greatly improved, especially against lefties.

Oliver is not a lefty-specialist. He is a left-handed pitcher who probably pitches a little better against left-handed batters and should pitch full innings.

Poll

Oliver...?

Garbage

1 votes

Extremely Lucky

4 votes

Lefty-Specialist

2 votes

Left-handed pitcher

41 votes

48 votes | Poll has closed

New Fantasy Baseball League

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:01:19 -0000

Hey everybody, I know we talked about this a couple weeks ago, and I know a few people have already joined leagues. But I'm gonna start another league for any interested rookies. As long as you don't consider yourself stinkin' awesome, you're eligible to play in this league.

I'm using ESPN -- if you're used to Yahoo, ESPN's layout is a little different, but they've got a lot more features, PLUS free live scoring.

So if you're an Angel fan and want to join a fantasy league, then shoot me an e-mail at:
d a n i e l 2 0 2 3 @ y a h o o . c o m and give me your e-mail address.

Aybar for Crede?

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:15:42 -0000

mlbtraderumors.com is suggesting the White Sox might need a new SS with Uribe's issues. They are suggesting (via Gammons) that the Sox might be interested in swapping Crede for Aybar.

We don't have a lot of use for Aybar, but I'd hope we could squeeze a little better than Crede for him.

Not sure if I like this idea... Plus it just adds more players at 1B/3B.

Of course, Gammons IS an idiot, so this might not be true...

Poll

Swap Aybar for Crede?

Yes

96 votes

No

18 votes

114 votes | Poll has closed

Garcia for Santana?

Los Angeles de Anaheim — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:40:44 -0000

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/deluca/139850,CST-SPT-deluca17.article

Someone reporting the idea that Angels swap Garcia for Santana. This just doesn't make any sense to me... The article cited something about Garcia's performance in Angel Stadium, but I don't see that as a valid reason to trade a starting pitcher who has worked for us.

Maybe someone can clue me in...?