Mercifully, The Ibanez Rumors Can Now End!

by GarretSaysSuckIt on Dec 12, 2008 8:50 AM PST Comment 27 comments

Thank goodness! Raul Ibanez has signed with the Phils. Ibanez is a decent, yet aging, hitter but he was hardly worthy of the Angels' attention. Now that Reagins has been torn away from this option, perhaps he can pursue a more impactful free agent. I would have cringed had the Angels replaced GA with Ibanez. I want a significant, not marginal, improvement over GA. Now, Tony, let's move on to Manny or Dunn or Burrell.

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thank goodness

we dodged a bullet on this one.

legen... wait for it... dary

by thebigA on Dec 12, 2008 8:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

And...

He will no longer mash in our ballpark within the Division – win, win.

by Wytelitning on Dec 12, 2008 9:18 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

It drove me crazy how well he always seemed to hit the Angels (throughout his career).

Now, put Chris Pritchett at first, Bobby Rose at second, Pete Coachmen at third, and let's go win.

by GarretSaysSuckIt on Dec 12, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

also good news because he was Type A

and Dunn and Burrell (god forbid) are not

by ihearhowie2.0 on Dec 12, 2008 9:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Fucked up system that considers Ibanez better than Dunn.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 12, 2008 9:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not necessarily

Dunn and Burrel are also Type A. The reason the won’t cost a draft pick is because their teams didn’t offer arbitration at the risk of having to keep them on a 1 year contract for more than they were willing to spend.

by krush40 on Dec 12, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I know how the arbitration process works

I just took Howie’s word for it that they weren’t Type-A.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Dec 12, 2008 10:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

my bad, i mis-worded that

i knew they were type A but meant that they wouldnt cost the Type A draft pick

by ihearhowie2.0 on Dec 12, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The guy was a bigger butcher in the field than the Green River Killer

Manny was Willie Mays in comparison

You ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?

by PieceOfAase on Dec 12, 2008 9:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

haha

nice

by ihearhowie2.0 on Dec 12, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

that makes me beyond happy!

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Dec 12, 2008 10:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Manny for left field. No more than two years though.

Recipient of the 2008 "The Iron Man" award from scottnak of Halos Heaven!

by 44FAN on Dec 12, 2008 10:52 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Now that we've avoided this mistake, I vote for Tex and Dunn.

Don’t sign anyone who will cost a draft pick.

by snowhor on Dec 12, 2008 10:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hallelujah!

Thank you baby Jesus!

Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!

by Angel Hawker on Dec 12, 2008 11:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

the beauty of the Ninja

this was a slick move saying Raul was our priority….i have a feeling something big is in the works.

by SCHalo on Dec 12, 2008 11:22 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

how do you figure?

i think they actually were interested in him to be honest

by ihearhowie2.0 on Dec 12, 2008 11:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think it was to make Boras think we aren't a player for Manny.

Teixeira............Everything else can wait.

by hauldog on Dec 12, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

bingo

i still think Manny is in the plan….just MY opinion.

by SCHalo on Dec 12, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No, Manny! Bad Manny!

Big relief. No Raul. Yay. Still………

I can’t believe how many people are willing to sacrifice clubhouse chemistry and, y’know, dignity in their desire of Manny. Anybody who refuses to play because they’re not happy…or worse, ’cause their agent told them not to…has no business being on my team.

The Angels are a class act. Let’s keep it that way.

I don't know...I'm makin' this up as I go.

by ArkAngel on Dec 12, 2008 11:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

let me perfectly clear here

i am against signing manny. But not because of his clubhouse chemistry. It is because he cant field, and will cost alot of money. But if we lost out on Tex I think i could be okay with singing Dunn and then manny for 2-45 or 3-60. anything more i a no go for me. The only problem would be that our OF D would suck. If torii gets hurt we could be faced with an OF of Willits/GMJ/Evans in CF, and Dunn/Manny in LF and Vlad in RF. Thats pretty bad defensively (with KMO at first).

Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere

by anaheim angels on Dec 13, 2008 1:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs