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The One Where We Discuss The Hot Stove, Crawford’s Future And Sheff’s Annual Flirtation With Rays
4 days ago by
Rays Index
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Let’s start today with several Hot Stove goodies from Joe Smith…
Andrew Friedman is looking at right-handed and left-handed relievers and has a target list of free agents and trade targets depending on how the market plays out.
Smith lists lefties Joe Beimel, Will Ohman...
Read My Lips, No New Free-Agents!!!
7 days ago by
Halos Heaven
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The void that will be created with the departures of John Lackey, Chone Figgins, Darren Oliver, and Vladimir Guerrero will be felt long after they sign new contracts with their new teams. Lackey is a true number one Ace, Figgins is a true lead off hitter and has great defensive...
The State of the Rockies: A Sane Free Agency Preview
7 days ago by
Purple Row
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the siren of the MLB free agency period once again beckons, luring unsuspecting baseball fans into wrecking their ships against the sharp jagged rocks--in this case dreams of big-ticket free agents for even the smallest markets, ill-conceived...
Ten Burning Free Agent Questions (Part I)
7 days ago by
Jorge Says No
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With free agency beginning at midnight, Jorge Says No! will examine ten burning free agent questions. We will break down the 10 questions into 3 parts because quite frankly, my extended responses became far more extended then I initially intended them to be. 1. Where will the money...
Shore up the Pen
8 days ago by
Halos Heaven
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Alright, so I know most of the discussion so far about the offseason has involved our free agents (John Lackey, Chone Figgins, Vladimir Guerrero, and Darren Oliver), big hitting free agents (Jason Bay & Matt Holliday), and trades (anyone remember a discussion about Curtis Granderson...
Angels Notes: Guerrero, Lackey, Oliver
9 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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MLB.com's Lyle Spencer answered a pile of fans' questions about the Angels' free agents, possible new signings and trade options. Here are some of the highlights...
Spencer "has his doubts" that Los Angeles will re-sign any of its big three free agents...
Tony Reagins Speaks, Media Hints at Angels Front Office Tension
10 days ago by
Halos Heaven
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by M. Spencer Green - AP
Del Ninja (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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General Manager Tony Reagins commented on all the trade rumors out there in the LA TIMES - just...
Angels GM says focus is not on outfielder Matt Holliday
10 days ago by
Los Angeles Times ? Sports...
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Tony Reagins says re-signing John Lackey and Chone Figgins remain the top priorities. Vladimir Guerrero and Darren Oliver are also still in play.
General Manager Tony Reagins on Monday shot down a Foxsports.com report that the Angels are one of three teams, along with the Yankees...
Trade Market: Lefty Relievers
11 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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The free agent market features plenty of lefty relievers, with Joe Beimel, John Grabow, and Darren Oliver among the "bigger" names. How about the trade market?
Arthur Rhodes, Reds. The Reds could trim $2MM from the payroll by trading Rhodes. The 40-year...
Happy birthday, J.D. Smart
15 days ago by
Lone Star Ball
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Happy birthday to J.D. Smart, who turns 37 today.
Smart is an Austin native and former UT pitcher who was drafted by the Expos in the 4th round of the 1995 draft. He saw some time in the pen for the Expos in 1999, but without much success, and after becoming a minor league...
Two-a-Days: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
16 days ago by
Fragile Freddy's
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97- 65, 10 Games Ahead, Won ALDS 3-0 (Boston), Lost ALCS 4-2 (New York)Positional MVP – Kendry Morales - .306/.355/.569 – After watching Mark Teixeira leave via free agency Arte Moreno saw his Cuban investment pay off as the highly touted Morales exploded. The switch-hitter became...
Fun With The Elias Rankings
17 days ago by
Lookout Landing
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"The 2008-09 player rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, are used to compare players and to determine compensation for free agent signings. The rankings combine stats" something something something last two years something everybody knows these are a total joke...
Where Darren Oliver = Matt Holliday Happens
The official Elias free agent compensation rankings were released earlier today. For those unaware, these rankings essentially determine the draft compensation (if any) a player’s previous team will recover based on a few criteria. For one, the former team must offer the player arbitration...
Darren Oliver: Should He Stay or Should He Go?
27 days ago by
Halos Heaven
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by Ross D. Franklin - AP
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I think it is unanimous among Angels fans that the senior citizen of recent Halo squad, reliever Darren Oliver deserves a generous one-year contract from the team for 2010...
Discussion: Angels Face Big Decisions
October 26, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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Yes, the return flight from New York has barely touched down, but the Angels are already facing a large number of difficult decisions, and the writers who cover them have wasted no time in evaluating them.MLB.com's Lyle Spencer rates the various chances that 2009's Angels hitting...
I Will Survive (Bad Management): Angels 7, Yankees 6
October 24, 2009 by
6-4-2: Double Play Blog
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The dubious umpiring continued in this series — this time it was strike calls. The Yankee fans, I understand, were upset about one in the sequence to Mark Teixeira early in the game, and then Lackey got riled about one to Jorge Posada in the seventh. Well, here's Teix (pitch...
Their Time Is Now
By Eric DentonAngelswin.com Senior ColumnistIt's pretty simple to describe what the Angels have to do this weekend in New York. Have fun, play smart and win. Of course it wont be that easy, nothing worth doing ever is. However this is the Angels time to shine and perhaps they have...
Scioscia Probably Cost the Angels John Lackey in Free Agency
October 23, 2009 by
Larry Brown
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One of the most controversial moments from Game 5 in Anaheim on Thursday night came when manager Mike Scioscia removed starter John Lackey from the game in the 7th. Considering Darren Oliver came on in relief and gave up a 3-run double to Mark Teixeira on his first pitch and a game...
ALCS Game Five Recap
October 23, 2009 by
Fragile Freddy's
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The Angels live to fight another day after an exciting 7-6 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday night. This was the third truly memorable game in what so far has been an interesting series.The Yankees threatened early and appeared to have loaded the bases with no outs but a 3-2 pitch...
ALCS: That Game Was Ridiculous
October 23, 2009 by
Babes Love Baseball
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Holy smokes, now that was a poorly-managed ball game.The Los Angeles Angels kept their World Series dreams alive for one more night, coming away with a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the ALCS Thursday night in what turned out to be a helluva baseball game.After striking...
Yankees-Angelzzzz.... zzz... zzz... zzz...
October 23, 2009 by
Five Tool Tool
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Here's what happens to you, Dear Reader, after A Certain Age: you start to fall asleep on games. This happened to me last night with the Angles-Yankees, which eliminated the chance to crank off a list of snarky goodness over how the game was a classic case of two managers seeing...
It's all about the leverage (or why Mariano should have pitched the 7th)
October 23, 2009 by
This Purist Bleeds Pinstripes
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Leverage is a funny word. A loaded word, if you will.For one thing, it's more or less responsible for the financial collapse of America.In baseball parlance, leverage refers to an on-field situation--the inning, number of outs, score, pitch count, etc--and how likely the result...
Let's examine why Scioscia took out Lackey
October 23, 2009 by
Halos Heaven
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I actually supported Mike Scioscia's decision to Remove John Lackey the time, although I'll admit to cursing him a few moments later. However, here is why I think Scioscia made that move and why I originally agreed with the move.
1. The tying Yankees runner is at the plate...
Angels Win In Spite Of Boob
October 22, 2009 by
A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe...
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It's a good thing for you the Angels won. Had they not, my rage may have broken your computer.My lawd, Scioscia, what the capital F? Seriously, dude. I know Darren Oliver was a Yankee killer in, like, '02, but you're going with him (and therefore his bullpen buds) when...
Bad Managing Beats Bad Managing! Angels 7, Yankees 6
October 22, 2009 by
Athletics Nation
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67MARQUEZ may be along with a recap, but I wanted to duck in by saying that next time I'm inclined to rag on Bob Geren (and I expect it will be around early April) remind me that even the managers I think are good seem to make the strangest decisions sometimes.
With John...
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