Jason Bay May Sign with Angels

maybe less than average defense in the outfield, but you got Torii in Center who can cover some of the field.

Get him in Halo red pronto.

I can’t imagine us signing two big contracts.

Do it! Do it now! Just for good measure do it again. Unless it is for Vernon Wells.

Or does he wear it when he goes to Toronto?

I would be fine with that.

Line-up:
RF Granderson
DH Abreu
CF Hunter
LF Bay
1B Morales
3B Izturis/Kendrick
C Napoli/Mathis
3B Wood
SS Aybar

Rotation:
Halladay
Weaver
Kazmir
Saunders
Santana

Bullpen:
Palmer
Oliver (?)
Bulger
Arredondo
Jepsen
Shields
Fuentes (?)

We would still need a veteran bullpen arm in there.

he’s worth that…he also seems to hit well at the big A, at least in the 2008 playoffs he did. do it.

and if we can get GMJ out, i say do that as well.

I just don’t think this type of money should be spent on an outfielder when we already have a grip of cash spent on the easiest positions, next to 1B, to fill in the majors. I’m concerned that we’ll have a few too many 30-somethings out there.

I would rather see the money spent to re-sign Lackey or extend Halladay, should we be able to acquire him. If we get an outfielder (I’ll leave the Granderson rumors aside), I hope it is because the Angels overwhelmed the Rays for Carl Crawford.

Please trade GMJ. I still think that the Royals and their Gil Meche contract could be the potential trading partner if we add cash and a prospect.

Bay fitting into the Angels system, same with Granderson. I haven’t read any stats or anything, but we’re slowly becoming a patient hitting ball club that still small-balls when the time comes.

Seems to be like the Tigers and the Red Sox are just long ball hitting teams.

Don’t like the headline, Rev. Seems weak. Maybe something like “Angels Meet with Bay” or something more reflective of the news.

I would.

If the Angels are going after a FA outfielder, I wonder what it would take to sign Johnny Damon. Would he take a 2-year deal? I might prefer a short-term commitment to him over a long-term deal to Bay. Damon would immediately replace Figgins at the top of the order, and wouldn’t cost a draft pick as compensation.

2009 Splits (BA/OBP/SLG)
Home: .273/.406/.531 (15 HRs)
Away: .262/.362/.542 (21 HRs)

Career Splits
Home: .282/.387/.507 (79 HRs)
Away: .278/.366/.532 (106 HRs)

(split stats available at baseball-reference.com)

He is not a Fenway fabrication. He can hit.
But he can’t field. His UZR numbers (available at fangraphs.com) were bad in 2008 and 2009. He’s a similar player to Adam Dunn, except he’s not that bad in the OF and hits for a better average, although Bay’s K rate was a somewhat alarming 30.5% in 2009.

Bottom line: The Red Sox correctly priced his contract at $60 million for 4 years.

because if he were, I’m sure I would have seen some discussion of it here.

We will see whats up then.

Best possible scenario is that Tony wows his reps and agree to a preliminary agreement by days end.

Although its up to Arte to either play it safe and bid low, or just go for the gold like they did with Hunter.

But, if we trade Rivera it needs to be for someone other than Granderson. We don’t need a platoon outfielder. If we are able to move Rivera for say pitching help then we may be able to still sign Vlad as a DH.

I think we can sign Bay AND still go after Halladay or Lackey, and Reagins said something to that effect. we’ll have to be creative and move some players, but I think if that’s what Arte wants to do, we’ll do it.

However, I wouldn’t sign Bay for $18MM/yr. If we could get away with around $16.5, I’d do it.

Rumors are flying that Rivera will probably be traded, so Bay will have a place to play. Rivera is good and affordable, so he could net us a good player.

…that he believes a Bay deal could happen this week, with the Angels and the Red Sox being the most likely destinations.

On trading Juan Rivera!!!!!!! He’s worth twice the contract he has and we’re getting the benefit of that. If we do have a trading partner for GMJ, then we’ve probably got enough cash to do what we need to.

35 starts
216 innings
169 Ks
67 BBs
2.71 ERA

Who is this pitcher? It’s Washard (the combined stats of Washburn and Bedard with the Ms in 2009). Neither are likely to return to the Ms. Thus going after Lackey makes sense for the Ms.

At this point you have to figure the Angels are in on everyone available, and probably even asking questions about players who aren’t.

Jason Bay would be an interesting signing. The guy can hit, no doubt. But man, that’s going to be an old and highly paid outfield in 2010-11, and perhaps even further. Torii, Bobby, and Gary will all be on the wrong side of 35, with Bay not far behind. Easily the worst outfield defense in baseball. I would stick with Rivera because his ridiculously team-friendly contract could open up better options in the future. He’s also competent both with the bat and the glove. If Wood comes through, Bay would look like a very expensive luxury.

I’m willing to roll the dice on 2010, but betting on 2014 is too rich for my taste right now. Try to sign Guerrero for cheap, give Wood a shot, let Kendry carry the load, whatever. Bay could be an interesting acquisition, but I’d rather see more exciting outfield prospects in the system than another big contract guy to catch flyballs.