Give him the 3 mil, offer something around 5 mil for 1 year. Retire his number in 2 years.

Take the 6 mil saved and put it in the “Sign Tex” petty cash drawer

Try to renegotiate a new, significantly reduced contract (if he’ll take it). GA can still contribute in a rotational DH/LF role.

If GA still sees himself as a $14m per year player, good luck to him elsewhere.

As much as he has a beautiful swing, Mr. Hustle he is not… This team needs more hustle and less “entitlement” thinking.

No one’s mentioned who replaces him in LF. Can we include that in the discussion?

And for shits, I think we don’t make any decision until Teix makes his. Domino effect.

I love GA and his style of play but it is time to move on and give a younger guy the chance. 2009 is the year of CHANGE, and the Angels could use a heaping helping of that.

for his age/production, especially considering we have the cement block of a contract that is GMJ.

with the money we have from taking off GA, KRod, Judy, we should be major players for some impact additions this offseason. we’ll see what happens.

Hope Tony Reagins is ready to eat out at Del Taco a lot this winter.

and see what the FA market holds. Or if they can negotiate a “hometown” deal, then by all means go for it. I would love to see GA finish his career in an Angel uniform. I am sure he is more than willing to take a huge paycut in order to stay. The bigger questions is whether the Angels even make him an offer…..here’s to hoping they do. Reality is more likely that they don’t.

probably my favorite player since I was ten but we got to buy him out. Perhaps he’ll sign for less but I doubt it. I remember having the same gut wrenching thoughts when Ersty and Percy left but you know what, both of those were good moves that ended up helping the team. It’s just part of the game I guess…

If he wants to go year-to-year on a heavily reduced rate, he can end his career as an Angel, starting as a platoon player, and with dignity. I’d actually like to see that, since we’ve got bupkus for outfielders. But if he wants to earn money or security, sayonara, old friend.

new offer? yes.

1 year, 7 million, club option for ’10 with 3 million buyout.

but .285 15 85 is worth way more than 1 million, and a lowball offer like that is so far below what he has re-earned, it would be an unprofessional slap in the face. I don’t care how much you joke around him being lazy. He has a stellar, accurate arm (in LF) and is a godsend in LF at Angel Stadium.

Don’t underestimate depth with the amount of injuries we have EVERY year. Relying on Sosh to impeccably rotate players in and out may not work next year, or any other year like it has in the last three.

Like I said this morning in my fan post, bringing him back doesn’t necessarily mean he is still the starter. He is at the point in his career where he needs to mentally prepare himself for a reduced role, for any team he signs with. With this in mind, it becomes a no brainer.

Only at a discount rate.
I would like to see him retire as an Angel.
So if we buy him out and give him less money (which I think he would take-what else does he need to prove by going to another team)
And let him fill in as needed.Insurance
And maybe put Morales/Reviera in Left and Tex on 1st
HGH should just be cut so there is no temptation on playing him and chalk it up to a bad call on Stoneman

GA wants to retire an Angel, and i’m pretty sure he knows he wont get 14mm anywhere. He holds more club batting records than any other Angel if I am not mistaken. He came up as an Angel, and despite all the haters, I think he is one of the best players this team has ever had.

Buyout at 3mm and offer a respectable deal, say 2/12 for him to be the starting LF, or one of the DH platoon. Don’t relegate him to the bench, inconsistent at bats are his foe.

but i think we have to let him go.

hit your ass on the way out GA.

My old knickname for him was HOM (Human Out Maker). I’ve been waiting for him to go away for a while, but he redeemed himself a bit the last two years. I thought he was completely done in 2006. Luckily, it got a little better for him.

Unfortunately, we don’t have much in the way of other options, but GA won’t be on the next good Angels team, so why keep him around for sentimentality.

Adios.

Only after we sign the neccessary players needed. If this can be done, I’m not sure on the the time tables here.

especially if you can sign tex. we can move morales to one of the outfield spots move vlad to DH and have torii, morales, gmj and willts in the out field

3 years/12-15 million.

But not at $14 million. It’s imperative that we sign Tex (or at least Adam Dunn, as frustrating as he’ll be to watch strikeout).

I agree with some other posters – GA knows he’s not going to make $14 million anywhere plus his family is here and he doesn’t seem like a guy who cares about the cash all that much. Buy him out, offer him a 3 year deal at $6 – 7 million per year to finish his career here and take a run at 3k hits/ 300 HR’s. That’s a better offer than he’ll get anywhere else, especially years-wise.

I love GA. He’s one player where I’m going to suspend the “this is a business” logic. I want him to retire as an Angel.

I LOVE YOU G.A.!!!!!

But there’s no way in the world that his $14 million option can be picked up. I would like to see a one year deal with perhaps a couple years worth of options added on. And it’s got to be for about half of that $14 million number.

Remember, shortly after he signed the big contract it came out that he was hurt. He seemed fine before he signed, however. Hence, I think the Angels need to be extra careful with him now because of his age. He’s saying the right things about how he now likes to DH. But, I think the Angels should be interested in him year-to-year.

negotiate for a lower deal. we need some depth in the of and the guy can still at least semi-produce. Anywhere in the 4-6 mill range would be good. Year to year deal. I’m fairly sure the guy wants to retire an angel. I remember seeing him and tim salmon back in palm springs when I was fairly young; I think he likes this organization and will take a hometown deal to stay and retire here.

Try to renegotiate. Keep him in the club for a lower price. Retire him as an Angel.

He’s the last of my favorite angels but its his time to go. If they can resign him for the money he is worth on the open market

I’m stealing this concept. Thanks for the idea.

No way do they exercise the club option! They will buy him out. My favorite all time Angel is still Erstad and it killed me when they let him go, but I understand that it was the right thing to do. Hopefully they will both retire as Angels!

I like the idea of a 2 year, $10M incentive laden contract. I know many of you think he is lazy or doesn’t give his all, but I suspect that is quite far from the truth! Besides, I really love the nickname Blue Smoke! Can’t lose him now!

Maybe offer him a 1 year deal for 6 million with a bunch of incentives and put him on the bench as a back up OF/DH that can come in to play when the inevitable yearly Angels injuries occur. If he wants to play everyday in a place like Kansas City and get a longer contract, let him walk. I rather have K Mo or Juan Rivera (if they sign him) starting in the OF and getting the bulk of the playing time than GA.

I didnt really like you so I dont have an emotional attachment. You were a good productive player though so I respect you for that. BUT it is time for our YOUNG players to devolope and prove to the world of MLB that we do have a good Farm System.

I would choose Rivera in a Heartbeat over Anderson……….If Rivera is not signed I like the Idea of moving Figgins to LF and starting Wood at SS.

Garret is a good player and he can still help this this team just not at 14 million. Maybe more like 5 million and we have a deal. I couldn’t image any other team paying him more than that so if he wants to play next season thats his best option.

my personal fav angel of all time… i wouldnt pay him 14 mil… i agree with most of the posts here, buy him out and try to get him for 1 yr. 5 mil-ish sort of deal. whatever happens GA you are the man and ALL here appreciate what you did for the franchise.

How are you going to replace .290 and 80+ rbi’s. Give a young guy a chance? Take a chance on another GMJ? What are you going to pay this guy? Give me a break.

Buy him out and resign him for 12 mil/2 yr. It’s a steal.

Garret Anderson is Mr. Angel nowadays, and he’s still got an outside shot at 3K hits and a HoF bid. Buy him out, of course, but bring him back. His defense is still solid and he’s getting better at being just a bat. He’s obviously losing his edge against left-handers, as evidenced by his pathetic offensive “performance” in Game 4, but you don’t just wave goodbye to a .293 season average when it comes with 15 homers and some solid clutch hitting.

It would stink to look out and see GA being lazy for another team, but if he won’t take some sort of pay cut then away you go.

He should end his career as an Angel but not for $14m. I say sign him for $3m base and load it up with some sort of incentives. Being he gets $3m and the $3m buyout that moves him into the $6m for the year. That saves the club $8m and its more then a fair deal in my opinion. Not sure you will get that from another for $6m. I do believe the club needs left handed pop in the lineup though. So something needs to be done with that as well.

And if you can resign him on the cheap, do it. Use the money you save toward signing Teixeira to a deal.

I’m done with Garrett. His best days are behind him. I wish he’d see it and retire, but I’m sure he’ll go somewhere and die a slow death on the bench. I just hope it isn’t on ours, or in left field. Mike loves to pencil in “vets” so keeping him off the team might be the only way to keep him out of Mike’s lineup.

OK, not really. But it’s definitely time for GA to hang ‘em up. Despite the fact that he appears to be aging backwards, his talent has been on the decline for several years. I’d love to see him retire as an Angel, but not for $14 million more.

I dont think he is worth the 14 mil that he would make in the option but the guy still has been producing. He is only one year removed from leading the league in RBIs after the All star break. I think he can still do some good on the team but not for 14 mil.

Leave him hanging, and explore other opportunities before making him a $7mil/1 yr deal.

If someone else signs him oh well.

That’s a no-brainer.

The question is, what else? We need to keep in mind that Juan Rivera is also a free agent. Frankly, I do not want to see Reggie Willits or GMJr. as the starting LF. I expect that in 2009, GA would still do better than either of those guys.

And while I’m open to the idea of Morales in LF, the reality is that it’s unlikely the Halos will be able or willing to be the top bidder for Teixeira, who will take the richest contract offer on the market no matter where it comes from (Boras won’t allow anything else).

That being said, I’d offer him another year at around $7 million, with another $7 mil./$1 mil buyout for 2010.

Otherwise, he gets a laurel, and hardy handshake.

But we need a better bat in the corner outfield.

I say you buy out his option for $3M.

I believe GA is going to want to play for 2-3 more years, I also think Ga who is a family man will not be willing to move his family or will want to be living in another city away from his family for 6 months out of the year. He has 3 kids that he probably doesn’t want to uproot and is very comfortable living the good life in Shady Canyon:

Proof:
Angels Insider: Where is your favorite place to be?
Garret Anderson: At home with my family.

Option 1:
2 years at $15M
$7M in 2009 and $8M in 2010

Option 2:
1 Year @ $7.5M
2010 Club Option @ $8.5M

This is a win-win for GA and the team. He and Vlad can alternate at DH and offer us some depth in the outfield. GA has been good in the second half of the last two seasons and to keep him around for somewhere around $7M a year is a good deal for a guy like GA….

at $6M-$8M per year.