unless we can pull something off like the tex trade where we give away a good player at the position of the incoming player and another throw-in prospect.

Seems like something one of our two immediate former GMs might have pulled off (Bavasi more likely than Stoneman, but still), but I don’t see Reagins falling for that. ESPECIALLY after what the Marlins tried to get from us for Cabrera last offseason.

Fielder’s an interesting choice, though—I still say resign Tex, NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES.

PLEASE, Tony.

I want the draft picks if we lose our big guys (ie not sign major free agents) but thatd be counterintuitive to then trade our good prospects we already have for these guys.

to say the least, tony is in a pickle

Fielder is way out of shape and was sapped of a lot of his power this year. Also, Uggla strikes out a TON and pulled a Howie Kendrick in the All-Star game this year and never mentally recovered and it affected him the rest of the season.

We either sign Tex or we don’t sign anybody. We need draft picks. We’ll still compete in ‘09, and by the time the A’s are supposedly good in 2010, we’ll have some prospects to start trotting onto the field in Salt Lake and Anaheim.

The dude can hit, yea he strikes out a lot but he can hit. It was the national league too, but over figgins I would take him. I do not know who we’d give up. possibly adenhart and another player. Def. no to Prince to fat and a bad clubhouse guy.

aybar and adenhart to minnesota for liriano. maybe that’s a fantasy armchair proposal, but I think it works for both teams. throw in willits, and I’d take on Peavy’s salary.

at some point in the offseason. The Angels will not go into Opening Day with six players (Figgins, Aybar, Izturis, Wood, Kendrick, Rodriguez) for three positions, plus a pair of backups.

1. Sign Teixeira.
2. Trade Figgins for a starting pitcher. Someone like Washington’s John Lannan for example…young, cheap, potential. Would probably have to add some cash since Figgins will most likely get a raise in arbitration. Brandon Wood plays 3B.
3. Trade Aybar for a good set-up guy, preferably left handed.
4. If Teix can’t be signed, sign Rafael Furcal if cheap enough ($13M-$15M) to bat lead-off, but for no more than 2 years (doubt he’d do that, but who knows)

I like Izturis, maybe even more than I like Kendrick because he has better knowledge of the strike zone. So I’d also see about dealing Kendrick…but only if the deal was “over-whelming”.

.685 ops
60 walks v. 80 strikeouts
decent on base percentage, but stolen base success rate of 70 %
I’ve always thought with Figgins starting at anywhere other than 2b, the team would struggle on offense.

He is worse defensively than Kendrick and we all saw how much that effed us this post season. I say get Holliday. He is a great young hitter and could be the heir to Valddy whenever he is on the outs.

Say…none of the above

I am tired of sloppy defense

I read all of these good trade/FA scenarios and can’t help thinking about how just how much balls Jr’s contract sucks. Torii’s deal was to make up for it, probably no Holliday because of it, and perhaps not enough left over to give Tex what he wants.

just sayin’