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.

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.

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.