Try to sign him to a 3 year contract, with a club option for the 4th year.

Sign him to a 3 year deal before next season is over under the condition that he becomes a full-time DH.

Patiently wait for him to enter the Hall as a Halo.

I’m tired of this old, arthritic, unintelligent play. He’s lucky he doesn’t play in New York, otherwise he would get ripped to shreds with his AROD-esque postseason numbers.

One RBI in his last 64 postseason at-bats? I would say the Vladimir experiment has been a failure. He cleans up against crappy pitching, but when it counts, he is no Manny. At least he makes up for it with great baserunning. Oh wait…

This team needs smarter baseball players. I would consider picking up his option with one caveat: he has to learn to speak English.

I like Vladdy and all, but he’s one of the main reasons the Angels disappear every October. I would’ve rather seen the Rangers win the West this year because they could’ve made it interesting, but with our cleanup hitting’s terrible pitch selection and base-running, you have to consider the possibility that maybe he isn’t the linchpin of your offense anymore. Pick him up because he’ll still hit .300 with 25 dingers, but acknowledge that he’s on the decline and perhaps someone is wiling to pay him more in 2010 and let him test free agency.

He’s worth 10-12 million right now, but in 2010, 11, 12? At this rate, not that much. As his physical skills start to deteriorate (and scouts all over have been shouting this since the start of the season), elements like a good batting eye come into play, and Vladdy just doesn’t have one.

…then you sign Tex to whatever Arte is willing to pay! Vlad actually had decent plate discipline in the 4 postseason games this year. Vlad seemed to thrive batting behind Tex now let him prove that over 162 games in 2009. If some of the Tex discipline rubs off, Vlad will become a better player! If not, give him the heave ho after 2009 cuz he is going nowhere but down…if we re-sign him after that he will only drag this team down with him!

1. Sign Tex!

2. I want to see what a contract drive might do for incentive for Vlad?!

3. How about arthroscopic surgery to clean up some of that cartilage damage in those knees?!

Convince him to get his knees worked on.

Resign for another 3-4 + option year while he’s rehabbing.

   Definitely pick up the option! Imagine the lineup without him, If you think we had offensive woes before, we’d start looking like the A’s.
    Just watch and see how he will have several more years of elite production.

I can’t tell you how many fat wheelhouse pitches Vladdy let go by as part of his “discipline” in the postseason. He seems to commit to a pitch while the pitcher is winding up.

True, he did better at staying away from bad balls in strikeout counts and therefore never looked atrocious, but he could’ve killed those first-pitch strikes, especially from Lester.

After that You have to see what happens with signing Teixeira. Then look at where the budget will be, and sign him to extension based on that.

Also, tell him to go get surgery done on his knees now, that way, he will extend his playing career by a few years.

Dave Smith mentioned buying out Vlad’s option and pursuing Manny. Grant it, you have to say outrageous things to get people to tune in, but that blew my mind.

But…

What if we lose out on the Teixera pursuit we sign Manny. Give Vlad a heavily incentive based contract and go after Manny. Our line up could look like this…

3B Figgins
2B Kendrick
LF Manny
DH Vlad
CF Hunter
1B Morales
C Naps
RF GMJ
SS Aybar/Izturis/Wood

i dont think that really needs to be discussed. he’s vlad and he’s gonna keep putting up great numbers. other good hitters around him only increase his numbers.

otherwise, knee surgery knee surgery knee surgery. talk about him dh’ing, but the surgery needs to be the priority. if he commits to it, i say extend him on the spot (4-5 years). this man is going to cooperstown and i want him there with angel red.

the more excitement will come if you ask about Garret Anderson…or did I miss that one already? ;)

Been a rough week and a half.

Vlad just had the best postseason of his career. He OPSed 1.100!! You know why he had no RBI’s? Figgins and Garret were never on base in front of him. You can’t blame that on Vlad.

Pick up the option. If he gets the knee surgery, sign him to a 3 year extension. If he doesn’t, I’m thinking we need to let him go. I could foresee him going downhill pretty quickly if he doesn’t get his knees healthy. I love Vlad and want to see him stay an Angel, but if he’s not healthy, he’s not going to be worth the money he’s going to want in 2011 – 2012.

Big Daddy Vladi is still Big Daddy Vladi unless he tells us otherwise.

That being said he next years GIDPs are as bad as this…I would hate for his legacy to be that.

but i dont sign vladdy to any extension until his knees are checked, first and foremost, and 2nd are treated as needed. give the knees plenty of time to heal and see how he performs at 100 %.

but the man needs to get his knees cleaned out. IF he does, i say re-sign him.

but let’s wait til around the All-Star Break and see what he’s doing before we break the bank on him

Vlad’s slugging percentages with the Angels:

2004: .598
2005: .565
2006: .552
2007: .547
2008: .521

Picking up his option is a no brainer….pick it up yesterday….

Insist on getting his knees scoped and cleaned out. Once that is done and he is cleared by Dr’s Yocum and Limpisvasti sign him to a three-four year extension He is still someone to build a line up around.

If he opts to not get his knees scoped, pick up his option and wait and see. See how he perfroms in a contract year with bum knees! I am not comfortable in signing him long term until we have some assurance of his health….

If the Angels sign him, he will eventually become the first Angel in the Hall of Fame.