12/14/09 what a bad day for halo fans

by angelspopbottles on Dec 14, 2009 7:30 PM PST

Ummmm so I wake up this morning and see that the team I hate the most has gotten John Lackey. I was pissed so I said hopefully the Angels are able to pick up Roy Halladay. A couple of hours later Halladay is gone to the Phillies, and I said lets go after Cliff Lee now right??? Wrong again. Cliff Lee is actually part of a 3 team deal and he is going to Seattle. Then I see the Angels spent their money on Hideki Matsui. What is going on here?? I do not think Matsui will do good at Anaheim, because he is not playing in a little league field anymore.

Here are some options that will get me happy...

Option #1: Trade Juan Rivera for Derek Lowe, and then Sign Matt Holliday 6 yr/105 mil

Option #2: Trade Juan Rivera for Derek Lowe, and then Sign Jason Bay 5yr/90 mil

Option#3: Let either Palmer/Reckling/OSully/Bell/Etc do the job

Option#4: Sign Ben Sheets

Option#5: Chien Ming Wang?????

Option #6: Let Time Decide

Option #7: Other

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What should the Angels do?

Trade Rivera for Lowe, Pick up Matt Holliday

23 votes

Trade Rivera for Lowe, Pick up Jason Bay

43 votes

Let Palmer/Reckling/OSully/Bell/Etc. do the job

15 votes

Sign Ben Sheets

23 votes

Chieng Ming Wang

15 votes

Let Time Decide

18 votes

Other (Leave Comment)

12 votes

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If we can get him cheap

Then Sheets makes alot of sense right now.

by ryanfea on Dec 14, 2009 7:34 PM PST reply actions

Terrible day and I share your pain

But we were like this a year ago when we failed to sign Tex, then we signed someone we didn’t know would produce (Abreu). Things turned out fine though.

I know that this year is different now that Texas and Seattle are building pretty good teams but I have faith we’ll make it once again.

As for the options, I’m going with Ben Sheets. Lets take that chance at 1 yr/ 3-5 mil

by TheAntiSox on Dec 14, 2009 7:37 PM PST reply actions

Lowe sucks.

Play Wood already. Willits sucks.

by hauldog on Dec 14, 2009 7:42 PM PST reply actions

Kinda.

But if they insist Atlanta takes Matthews off our hands, I think I’m in.

by dmhead on Dec 14, 2009 8:08 PM PST up reply actions

Arte Should

Get back into Holliday chase

by Applets on Dec 14, 2009 7:45 PM PST reply actions

when shit hit the fan today the first voice i heard in my head was...

fdr, “today is a day that will live in infamy.”

by thejd on Dec 14, 2009 7:52 PM PST reply actions

I was thinking more along the lines of

“Oh, the humanity!”

by rspencer on Dec 14, 2009 9:24 PM PST up reply actions

I just didn't see this day coming

Yesterday everything still seemed possible. No signs that anything was even close to getting done. And then today we just got blindsided. Damn.

OK, I'm finally over losing Tex. Thanks Kendry.

by 10 27 02 on Dec 14, 2009 8:19 PM PST reply actions

Lowe's contract is not a good one...

While I agree that Derek Lowe may be able to help the Angels theres no way in hell you trade an excellent contract like the one we have with Riveria for an albatross like the one Derek Lowe brings to the table…

The losses of Figgy and Lackey, while regretable, were expected. Neither the Mariners nor the Red Sox’s will be happy with those contracts two years from now. We managed to avoid taking on a bad contract by letting them walk, and got draft pick compensation in return. Lets not celebrate avoiding one (or two) mistakes by making one in return…

by Jietoh on Dec 16, 2009 11:11 AM PST reply actions