would be on the 25 man roster because they were out of options. however i didn’t know that thompson was also. does someone have a link to where this is stated?? now assuming that to be correct i could see them going with thompson over wilson if they dont want to carry 3 catchers but i pretty much think that evens is a lock.

i also dont think we go after any of the agents you mentioned above

1. It was BS?
2. Way too early to take him seriously?
3. He just mentioned that as a move to suggest that Wood may not be the opening day starter?
4. Izturis may alternate with Wood at 3rd, HK at 2nd***, and occasionally spell Aybar, so that he can be the leadoff hitter most of the time/some of the time?
5. “Forgetabout it?”

…but I’d hope they will sign one more decent, reliable SP…a Garland type pitcher.

My best guess is the FO will wait like they did last year (when they signed Abreu) to see how he market shakes out. I don’t want to go through a full season with Bell, SOS, and/or Palmer as the only backups in the event of injury or injuries.

Thus giving us 22 spots with Thompson, Evans, and Wilson making the club. I do have a feeling that Napoli or Mathis might be dealt this offseason though to give Wilson a shot.

Keep Thompson, Wilson, and Sandoval on the MLB roster. Trade GMJ for Buca Di Beppo gift certificates or release him to free a spot. Seriously, Sandoval must make the roster. Izzy and Kendrick are too fragile, and Aybar plays a high stress position (how Cal Ripken made it every game for seasons is beyond comprehension).

As much as I like Terry Evans, like they told that Jewish carpenter, there is no room at this inn.

If we get one of those three we are then done. I think one of those three would be a good pickup and help shape up the rotation and again get us into the playoffs.

Let’s go Ninja! Get ’Er Done!

is it sort of an understood thing that my brother AF above may dispense with capital letters, basic punctuation and grammar in everything that he writes? Sort of like, well, one guy can run with ta sort of reckless Hunter Thompson-meets-Faulkner style and the rest of us behave ourselves linguistically? I mean, I’m fine with that if you all are fine with that—it’s been your blog long before I even started reading it (4/09), but…well, I’d be glad to offer some some basic grammar rules if that would be helpful; that’s kind of what I have to do all the time anyway…

dude is horrible. I think WIlson and Thompson make the team. Evans, is okay but when you already have Reggie Willits and, yes, GMJjr, then why keep Evans?

Don’t worry fan members.

We go with 11 pitchers, with a late F.A. pickup (Ben Sheets?) holding down the 5th rotation spot. Palmer makes the Opening Day team because some other pitcher gets hurt. Budde & Evans either get traded for a sack of cheeseburgers or cut. If the latter, they’ll immediately get picked up by AL West teams.

Bench is Mathis-Izturis-Wilson-Willits-Matthews, since no one in their right mind will take GMJ’s salary off our hands, and he is yet more valuable than Evans or Willits. When any infielder goes on the DL, Sandoval gets the call.

A few Angels trying on the 1B glove during the spring. Howie Kendrick has done it before, and could be moved over in a pinch. Brandon Wood, Bobby Wilson, and Juan Rivera each have a perfect fielding percentage at first (ok, they’ve played like 10 innings between the 3 of them).

Mike Napoli needs to start getting some work in at first. Might be a good career move for him. If there are a plethora of DH candidates and they carry 3 catchers, why not make Naps the C/1B/DH guy?

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=4806004

then what? ;)
(I like both teams equally, but Chargers are redhot right now))

the only thing ‘tough’ about the final roster spots this year is the fact that we are so thin compared to the previous decade, none of the options to fill those last roster spots are really appealing.

With that in mind:
- we keep GMJ.
- Wilson has made enough progress, Scios loves catchers, he is young enough, and and getting him some more MLB ABs will help us down the line in a potential trade of any of the three C’s.
- and we’ll take Thompson, but hopefully some youngun’ with more potential will just earn himself a roster spot in ST

I think we’re done with FAs, but there always could be an unexpected trade by the Ninja, especially dumping GMJ, though I wouldn’t be too surprised nor upset if we signed some one like Washburn or Garland for that 5th starter.