Werth Signing Ups Angels Ante

Crawfords will be too…..great.

I kind of liked you before today.

We can’t go about it by gutting our system, we need to look at teams with lots of money tied into a player that we could take off their hands. The price for CC is ridiculous, I’d rather give that kind of money to Cliff Lee and trade a pitcher that’s under team control. I’d hate to see him go, but Ervin Santana is owed 8 million next year, 11.2 in 2012, plus a 13 million option with a 1 million buyout for 2013.

Considering the numbers he put up last year, he might be a viable trade chip packaged with Napoli and a prospect if we want to land a top position player and a pitching prospect in the high minors.

Any thoughts on who would make a realistic package for us to send for a bat?

On first read I thought the Angels had signed Worth. Bummer.

the satisfaction of playing on a world class team like the angels in California Weather is not worth a discount?

1. Brad Hawpe, but most hysterically, #9 = Juan Rivera! LINKIE

Could you imagine being the Nat’s and having Werth pulling a Juarning Track 2010 season next year? I would laugh SOO hard…whilst Werth laughs all the way to the bank! Juarning Track is now gonna want a new contract for just less than Jayson numbers. hahahahahahaha

“Werth’s signing will cause agents to stick contract proposals up the Angels’ ante.”

The reaction around baseball looks like a collective WTF. Maybe agents will get more aggressive, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that teams are going to respond. The Nationals claim they have to overpay because they suck. Soon it might be the other way around, and other people probably know this.

A big Boras client never signs this early. The Winter Meetings haven’t even started yet. No one knows the free agent market better than Boras, and he must have been absolutely overwhelmed to skip out on his traditional posturing moves. Take the cash now, before the buyer comes to his senses. Smart man.

They gave up Dunn, who essentially did the same thing Werth is doing and that didnt help them. Yeah Werth is a better defender and a better average but not 126 million better. Now we get to pay the price for it. CC or Beltre might not be Angels now.

I’m very leery of players signing mega contracts that call for them to change roles. They are going to expect Werth to be the leader of the ballclub, which is something he never had to do with Philly. With Torii Hunter, he was the unquestioned top dog with the Twins, so his transition was smooth. Could Werth be a Paul Molitor type of player that blossoms in his 30’s? The Nats will have 7 years to find out.

or how about we trade for__________Naw, more than likely we sign________wait, maybe we go after_______. Somebody wake me up when something actually happens! Something of significance.

I wouldn’t be opposed to having him as a stopgap until Mike Trout is ready. Tony would be smart to look for a trade rather than committing 8 years to Crawford.

You couldn’t have written a better script going into next week. Oh the urgency and hand wringing. They should televise this ish.

With all that money coming off the books next off season you think the Angels will try for Joey Votto if the Reds can’t extend him?

…steps up to his press conference, donning his new Washington Nationals apparel, and look straight into the camera and says, “this really isn’t about the money, I wanted to play here…”?

 the dollar isn’t werth what it used to be

Possibly Trumbo + 1-2 pitching prospects could get it done?

1) The Red Sox get one of the best hitters in the league (I would take him over Tex) for nothing. Literally nothing. The three prospects the Sox gave up are not even high ceiling guys. It was a complete and utter fleecing. The lineup for the Angels looks like a fucking Mickey Mouse lineup while our biggest rival over the last decade gets a 3 slot hitter for basically Trumbo, Recking, and Douchebag #3.

2) The Nationals take the Sawk #1 OF target and blow the hell out of the off season by giving one of the most overrated players ever an enormo contract. Once Lee signs with whoever every single team is going to have a circle jerk on Crawford and give him 20+ million a year for far too long.

3) This team cant hit for shit, it wont sign anyone of importance this offseason, while everyone we are competing with get significantly better. Does anyone else feel like punching a baby?

…just because one front office makes a fool of itself (i.e. Nats) it doesn’t therefore require every other front office to jump off the same financial cliff like lemmings. The Nats are idiots, let them revel in it now and pay for it later.

Yes, Werth has done very well, but he has also gone to a team that had to overpay to get him, by such a comically large amount that even Boras was compelled to drop his usual negotiating tactics. That doesn’t set a precedent, it creates a punchline that we can all enjoy for the next 7 years.

is a number reserved for power patience guys.

I would not give that kind of money to Crawford. Texeira’s contract does not look too bad right now.

A Gon is rumored to be getting 161 over 8 from the Sux. He is a beast. A legitimate game changer. Crawford is not IMO.

Konerko is available again.