Another weak postseason performance. We don’t need that going forward.

anything or bring anything to the team. Another playoff blunder which is something we do not need any more. No future upside, he is at his peak so I say let him go.

but nothing terribly above average, it seems.

i say let him walk too… give him a chance to play full time somewhere else.

It’s unfortunate that he broke his leg right after his best season with the Angels because it took away a season and a half in which he could have established himself as the player he was expected to be. Hopefully he can find a job where he is not blocked by an insane amount of outfielders again.

I say…Adios JUAN

Weren’t most HHers ecstatic when Juan finally beat out Matthews for a spot? And didn’t he start off hot? He slumped toward the end, and Matthews coincidentally heated up, but Juan showed he’s still got it. He will be the biggest bargain free agent out there. If we can trade GMJr, we won’t have a surplus of OF’s anymore. And if we are going to lose Tex, we’ve got to keep all the power we can. In that case, keep Juan.

BENCH GMJ and start him in LF.

his money goes to teix

I think what we do with Rivera completely depends on what we do with Anderson, Vlad and Teixeira. GMJ is here for at least one more year, there’s no getting around that. But I think Morales is ready to step in to Rivera’s role if we get Teix or someone else to play first. If we cut Tex, Vlad and Anderson loose, which I don’t see happening, then we should re-sign Rivera.

Barring that, we should let him go. I feel bad that he never really got an opportunity to start again after that good year he had, but that’s the way things go. Thanks for the hard work Juan.

seems to be the real question. I know GMJ is around for another year but I think shopping him (Matthews) around and see what we can get would be a good idea. I say sign Juan but 2 years at max.The dude had some serious clutch games. I think using Juan as a 4th outfielder and occasional DH is a possibility. For a bench player hes yields a pretty big stick. Plus, who can forget the inning at second base!!

No doubt, we have way too many outfielders and one or two has to go. I’d pick Juan over Willits.

I say keep him but nothing too big or long.

but if he stays, he needs to be the opening day starter over gmj

if only for the matter of keeping GMJ on the bench. but my brain says let him go and have the extra $$ for Tex. If we resign Tex and let GA and Rivera walk our OF could be Figgy, Torii, and Kmo in RF. Get wood at 3B and im starting Izzy at short. Howie and Tex round out the IF .. Naps plays 120+ games. Get the power bats in there everyday esp. the young ones (Wood, Kendry)

save the money for Tex or Manny. if it’s Tex, put GMJ in LF, i have a feeling he’s gonna have a great season to make up for this year’s suckage. if it’s Manny, hopefully GMJ waives the clause. if it’s manny and tex…wow, never mind.

The thing is, a lot of teams have expressed interest in him, and could help him reach his full potential. He’s going to get a full time starting position somewhere and will get the consistent ABs he needs to prove his value… but it will be too late (for us) as we watch him excel on another team. If it weren’t for Juice and his big gray cloud of a contract that keeps following us around, JR would be a great fit for us.

This guy could be a full time stud. Sign him!

I say someone offers him way more than we do and he goes on to be a big contributer for them.

If he plays everyday he should produce around 25 homers and drive in 90 plus runs. Unfortunately, the Angels will likely give GMJ yet another opportunity to play everyday because of his contract and will probably resign GA to play everyday for sentimental reasons.

I like Juan Rivera and think he’s a .280/25 kind of hitter, but I’d prefer moving Figgy over to left and Wood to third, and with Willits already as a fourth outfielder, Rivera is better off elsewhere. Also, he reminds me of GA, something of a rhythm hitter, woh needs to play daily to get into that groove, and the Angels don’t have the AB for him unless they don’t want to give Wood, who had a solid September, the experience he needs to take the next step.

And sign him early to lock him up. Offer him 2 years for a total of $8M. Other teams are going to go after him as he is a cheap piece of the puzzle with alot of upside.

The only way this works is if management gives him a fair chance to win a starting OF job this spring. I would like to see only one of GA (assuming they bring back GA) or Vlad in the OF at any given time, meaning one will be at DH. That means the third OF spot at this point would be a battle between GMJ/Rivera/Willits/ Morales (prob take morales out as he will be at 1b) /Evans (or use his as trade bait). Whoever performs the best during the spring get the job for 150 At bats and then if a change is needed pull the trigger. If Juan doesn’t win the job, start shopping him, and try and get .60c on the dollar.

Dont offer him too much, he has injury issues but when healthy he is a beast and really tough to keep out of the lineup.

2-3 years at no more then $3mil per. If he doesn’t want to take it, let him walk,