my insane dream free agent signings

by jtkelly86 on Oct 31, 2006 1:00 PM PST Comment 29 comments

This is my dream, i know we only have about 30 million to spend, so i am definitely dreaming, but this is my fantasy angel offseason.

1. Sign Jason Schmidt -
This guy is going to be 33 on opening day, he had a decent year last year, posting 11-9 record, 3.59 ERA, and 180 K's in 213 innings, while issuing 80 walks. Having a Lackey-Schmidt-Santana-Escobar-Colon rotation would be a great thing. (Saunders should be dealt)

2. Barry Bonds -
The guy will hit. And with him protecting Vlad, vlad's batting average will destroy. I'm sick of people thinking Vlad needs to be full time DH already, he played 156 games last year and hit .329 so stop being so scared. It's not like he's made of glass...

3. Package Rivera and Saunders for Carl Crawford, stick him in CF.

If we made these acqusitions, we'd still be left with a hole at third, but i don't want to see McPherson leave and hit another walk off home run against Kansas City, if he's traded it'll probably be in the LCS...

1b and 3b are still left empty in my opinon, i am dumbstruck.

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Guerrero "breaking"

isn't so much the concern, as his total ineptitude at playing the position is. His ability to get injured out there is part of the problem, his inability to catch is a larger part.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Oct 31, 2006 2:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Have you heard

of Jered Weaver???

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Oct 31, 2006 2:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

insane as in BELLVUE

A lot of other teams will value Schmidt much more than us, and when was the last time an NL to AL pitcher turned out OK?
I'm all for getting Barry, as long as we have a clause that says if he goes to jail, we don't have to pay him. LH power plus walks is what we are most deficient in.
I wouldn't mind getting CC, but why not just put him in LF? Just because someone plays LF well, they might do OK in CF, but not likely to be good.

by elricsi on Oct 31, 2006 3:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

How about

Josh Becke...wait, no. Um...Randy Johns...no, that's no good. Hmmm...Guillermo Mot...nope. Uh...uh...Kevin Bro...no, that's crap. Geez...uh...oh, I know! Kent Bottenfield! There, take that!

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Oct 31, 2006 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

well,

Beckett and Johnson both won more games than the biggest angels winner, they didn't have great fantasy years, but I'll take wins for my team. . .so to that you can add Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla. . . and Schilling has pitched fine in the A.L.

A bad day at the ballpark is better than the best day at work

by SoCalSoxFan on Nov 1, 2006 9:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

WINS

Escobar would have been a 20 game winner in '06 with those offenses.

by Rev Halofan on Nov 1, 2006 10:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wins - a useless statistic on their own.

Every team wins fifty, and every team loses fifty--it's what you do with the rest that counts.

by cardinalwraith on Nov 1, 2006 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

Wins are a good statistic for a career, as run support mostly evens out, and they adjust for park and league environment.

But anyway my point is that every pitcher that goes from NL to AL seems to add at least a run to their ERA. So if they were great in the NL, they might be passable in the AL.

by elricsi on Nov 1, 2006 12:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wins?

Who cares? Their ERAs and home runs allowed shot through the roof. Wins? How about the 5.01ERA that on any other team would have you go about 8-14? Everyone can look like a winner with the right offense.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Nov 1, 2006 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Bonds wants $14m per

No thanks

by Ajax on Oct 31, 2006 4:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

OK

And I have a laminated list of 5 chicks I want to bang, but I'm not getting that either.

by elricsi on Oct 31, 2006 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Only 5?

nfm

by Ajax on Nov 1, 2006 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The man has standards, damnit.

Every team wins fifty, and every team loses fifty--it's what you do with the rest that counts.

by cardinalwraith on Nov 1, 2006 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

sorry

i forgot about dream weaver, i'd try to fish to get something for colon because he'll probably top out at 92 next year.

I'd put crawford in CF because anderson would be occupying LF because i'd have bonds at DH. I'd sell my soul for 14 million to get barry bonds for one year while some younger players develop for 2008.

"I love this british shit!" -Lou Brown

by jtkelly86 on Oct 31, 2006 4:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Saunders + Rivera = Crawford is bad math

by Higz on Oct 31, 2006 4:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i disagree

saunders is gonna be nothing more than another washburn, although he wash was decent, he also had the luxury of a ton of run support, and you saw how that worked for him in seattle. Rivera- he had a great year today but he's reaching 30 and yeah, he grounds into plenty of double plays, no matter how much it's been contested on here, he does it, it's ugly.

"I love this british shit!" -Lou Brown

by jtkelly86 on Oct 31, 2006 5:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

reaching 30?

he turns 29 in July, but hey, bury him with a nice tombstone if you must.

by Rev Halofan on Oct 31, 2006 5:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

HERE LIES JUAN RIVERA

1978 - 2006

Last Words:

G.I.D.P.

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Oct 31, 2006 5:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

...And

did a double-point to the camera

by Hutch (someone took my name) on Oct 31, 2006 7:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i disagree with your disagreement

Crawford is fine, but he's not worth Juan Rivera + anything. He's young, this is true, but Rivera has a bit more power than he does. His other tool, speed, is something we have quite a bit of in Figgy and Willits.

Not to say that Crawford is bad, he would be a nice addition, but there's no need to break the bank to trade for him.

Every team wins fifty, and every team loses fifty--it's what you do with the rest that counts.

by cardinalwraith on Oct 31, 2006 10:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You're nuts

If you won't trade Rivera and "anybody" for a 4 tool player who is only 25 years old and won't turn 26 until late next season.

Crawford's OPS progression has been thus: +10, +90, +19, + 30. His HR's: 5, 11, 15, 18. On top of that he averages 55 stolen bases a year. This guy would be a perennial All-Star on a winning team and is 2 years away from BEGINNING his prime. His ceiling is WAY higher than Johnny Rivers. He;s an elite player. Juan Rivera is a good average, above average power guy with a great arm, but not a game changer like Crawford.

He's also signed cheap for another 2 years. Now is the time to get him and lock him up multi-year until he's 30/31.

His superior range in LF might make a Soriano in CF viable as well. At the very least he would make Figgy expendable. Maybe we could package him with Mathis and Saunders for Wells. Then we'd have an ELITE defensive AND offensive outfield.

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Oct 31, 2006 10:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dumb as a box of hair

We have five legitimate starters, forming probably the best rotation in the American League. Plus Bartolo Colon. And we don't have to spend anything at all to get it. Why the hell do you need to enter a bidding war for a starter's decline phase?
Your three players at the corner outfield spots & DH include a guy in his 40s, another with degenerative arthritis, and a third with balky knees. None of them plays good defense anymore. The Angels, if you recall, had some trouble with the ol' D last year. Also, they have a flyball staff.
Rocco Baldelli has been hurt most of the last two seasons, and still Carl Crawford played only 8 games in CF (53 total for his career). If he was a viable center fielder, don'tcha suppose they woulda tried that out already?
You just managed to spend $30 million without fixing the problem at 3B, while making the outfield defense worse. Congratulations!

by mattwelch on Oct 31, 2006 9:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Concur

The key word was "Insane".

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Oct 31, 2006 10:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

well

i'm sorry...i was inebriated at the time...

"I love this british shit!" -Lou Brown

by jtkelly86 on Oct 31, 2006 11:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Meh

Wasn't that bad, just...misguided, perhaps. Not that I wouldn't have made the same mistake...

Light Up That Halo!

by Clutch on Oct 31, 2006 11:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i like juan rivera

if he gets full-time ABs, i think he will mash. no science, just a hunch. we need some power, for sure, but i think rivera will be surprisingly badass, too.

by yeswecan on Nov 1, 2006 2:03 AM PST reply actions 0 recs