Angels WHAT TO DO: Darren Oliver

WHAT TO DO sounds too demanding and definite like, if you don’t decide now or with extreme urgency, something bad may happen. Can we just be a little more laid back about it please?

Oh yeah, keep Darren Oliver, he is good and I feel comfortable with him. He has a usually dependable arm. 38 is not old, it is prime, so don’t worry yeswecan and Darren, you all have a lot of good years left.

4-5 mil? hes a good arm out of the pen, and if worst came to worst (hopefully it never will) he used to start back in the day…so yeah.

and we dont have any other leftys out there in the pen anyways, so we need to hold on to some.

No reason to think he will slip a ton next year. We need a good lefty, a reliable reliever, and Oliver has been better than most in our pen (or most pens) all season.

By all means, sign him up again.

oh wait…i mean 1 year/2 mil

whatever it takes to outbid everyone else…

so long as that is 2yr/4mil or below.

So if the Angels offer him arbitration, another team will probably be unwilling to give up a first round draft pick to sign him since he’s 38 years old.

Angels should offer him a one year deal in the range of $3M – $4M with an option year to avoid arbitration.

shouldn’t take more than 2-4 mil.

He’s been a steady presence out of the ’pen; bring him back for 1-2 years, $2-4 mill per. I like the idea of incentives, like innings pitched.

he was nails all year, and we’ll need a lefty unless we go and sign fuentes. If not he is a solid option.

also, can we have a what to do with: Mickey Hatcher. I think he has gots to go.

Keep him!!!

If you can get him for one year, $2-3 per. He’s been very good for us.

After years of bouncing from starter to the pen and back to starter he has finally settled in as a reliable LHP out of the pen.

In the last 3 years he has not started a game and shown the ability to pitch out of the pen with success. He has appeared in 160gms going 14-3 with a 3.64 ERA 60BB/159K’s WHIP 1.18

I say sign the guy and do it quickly as he is the only LHP out of the pen and he has a few good years left in the arm. He has been solid and there will be a bunch of clubs looking to acquire a set up lefty for the pen. Give him the 2yr deal for $7.5-8m and a 3rd year option that kicks in should he appear in 110 games.

much like the last one.

if he resigns, wonderful. he was absolutely nails this year

Then offer a one year deal if he rejects it. If someone else signs him smile and take the draft picks.

Situational Lefty, very consistent. Ageless Wonder.

to resign him. Give him a raise from his last deal, but not to big of a raise.

in which case, sign fuentes. Maybe even sign fuentes even if we do sign oliver.
CL-Dondo/Shields/Fuentes
SU-One of the other 2
Short-The other one
Also-Jepsen, oliver and…Oday?

He’s got an old-skool fireman’s ’tude.

Not too many people come to Anaheim to revitalize their careers. Something in the OC air sits well with Olly, so let’s not fight it..

He’s been solid for about a year and a half and seems really comfortable in Anaheim.