Replaceable?

Some points of contention:

-Why is GMJ the second hardest person to replace on this list? As far as I'm concerned, we have a Darin Erstad clone in Reggie Willits with a fine glove and plus speed and good to great bat speed. Bunting needs work, but with his determination, he should pass up JoMo's supernatural bunting skillset soon.

-We have literal doubles on the team. Sometimes triples. Tommy Murphy and Reggie Willits, despite Willits' recent breakout rookie bat, are almost identical fielders and are slap hitters, but Murphy having more pop in his bat, while Willits has more average. Aybar, Maicer, Chone. All are literally the exact same player. Kotchman and Morales are eerily similar, with Kotchman clearly beating Morales's leather, more on that later.

-Maicer had 14 errors in 101 games, 13 at 3rd base. Extrapolated to 162 games on the season, that's approximately 22-23 errors. He is not a good to great glove so much as he is a defensive liability in fundamentals. Keep in mind that Chone played nearly every game last season at 6 positions and only had 2 more errors (1 at 2nd, 10 at 3rd, 5 in CF).

-Napoli as valued as he is. He is simply a stinkfest, minus his rapport with pitchers. He has power, but it's sparse and it appears MLB pitchers have learned to avoid where he can utilize said power. He has TERRIBLE bat speed, though he has an excellent eye, so he balances his OBP a bit that way. His arm is garbage, as his 4 for 24 caught stealing percentage of .143 would indicate. Granted, he's a second year who surpassed our biggest catching prospect of Mathis who is adjusting to the league, but is there ANY indication that he actually is adjusting at all? He appears to be staying consistently bad, but not getting worse or better. In all this, I think "4th most unreleasable roster position player" is far too generous.

-Where does Morales fit on this team? We have better in house DH options, honestly. He needs to play as a position player, but Kotchman excels past him with his leather, and it appears they're about the same with their lumber. Is there any way to convert him to a 3b? Is he too slow?

-I like Aybar, a lot, but I don't see any place for him on the team. Can we package him and a young prospect pitcher for a big bat? Can we do that with Maicer instead?

Also, some other points I can't really bring up, though I do have contention with them as well are apparently.

1. GA is a DH in the making. His old cranky legs and groin are going to be persistent problems, though it appears his back problems have minimized. He is more irreplaceable than 4th, but he needs a new role. His role entirely depends on whether one believes his bat will return or if he's in for a career ending slump. Obviously rev thinks the latter, while I maintain my faith in the former. Call me a loyalist, but I'd rather see GA retire an Angel than in another uniform somewhere else in the league.
2. GMJ is bound for exactly one of two options: he will excel and be worth every single penny of 50 million we give him, or he will expose himself as the steroid/HGH pumping fraud people believed him to be prior to the season. I obviously hope for the former, but believe our hopes are floating right now.
3. Howie Kendrick, Brandon Wood, and Casey Kotchman are the future faces of the Angels franchise, in terms of position playing anyway. To me, they are just as irreplaceable as Vladdy as they provide us what distinguishes us from the Bronx Bombers or BoSox: young, homegrown talent instead of purchased talent. However, this list can (And possibly will) change. For instance last year Jeff Mathis was on it as well.

"AT least Quinlan can get on base Figgins can't even do that and you can't steal bases when you're striking out like stupid Figgy!!!"

She was RAGING!!!

While one could argue that Quinlan's bat is below average, you could also argue that we've never really given Q the opportunity to prove whether he can or not. When was the last time Q got the kind of consistent playing time Shea Hillenbrand or Steve Finley have gotten? Not once since 2004, and we all know what he did then.

His bat might be "replaceable" in the sense that we never use him except against lefties, but there's hardly enought evidence to call him below-average IMO.

Call this statistic production per game:

Vlad is 1.46 career
Glaus is 1.35 career
Garrett is 1.22 career
Rivera is 1.18 career
Nap is 1.16 career (0.95 this year)
Katrina is 1.12 career
Erstad is 1.12 career
Matthews is 1.08 career
Q is 1.06 career
OC is 1.02 career
Figgy is 1.02 career
Willits is 0.99 career
Maicer 0.97 career
Kotch is 0.95 career
Kendry is 0.94 career
Kendrick is 0.87 career

I imagine Kendry and Kendrick don't have enough ABs to merit a statistical comparison but it's interesting to me how we magnify what a player is doing lately. Obviously Vladdy is nails but Garrett is a lot more productive than you realize.