Tuesday Halolinks: Stupid Trade Rumor, and I Mean STUPID

Thank you, SBNation, although we’ll see if it was worth the wait.

has the worst four seem fastball I have ever seen for someone that young/expensive.

He is going to get lit up like a Christmas tree

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I wonder what the article hits on

How shitty do you have to be to be cut by the Dodgers?

There’s no way a GM who loves OBP will sign Navarro. Even if Conger is a trade chip, Wilson should out produce Navarro as the backup catcher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIUeoBrqjHk

Damn it, keep the cell phone out of Tony’s hands so he isn’t calling these people with his assinine ideas.

Yes, their first priority is to make moves (or not make moves) that improve the team. And I hate it when players make demands (especially after they’ve signed a free agent contract or an extension beyond their arb years).

But I do think that working with a player to find him the best possible situation shows respect. Maybe that eventually involves a trade, maybe it doesn’t. I don’t think they “owe” him a trade. They should care what he wants, though, because every employer should care about their employees. It makes for a better place to work. And it can’t hurt the organization’s reputation among free agents.

Say what you want about his WHIP or K-Rate, at no point in his career did K-Rod ever blow 10 saves in a season. His highest ever is 7.

Mathis’ cERA in 2011 was 3.28 and Navarro’s was 3.47, so you know Sosh would’ve rather have kept Mathis.

As for Abreu, he may believe he’s entitled to play everyday, but I don’t think so. The only things he still does well are take a walk and steal a few bags. Well, okay, I guess 30 doubles is still decent too. Those things would be valuable off the bench for the Angels. I could see him being a frequent pinch hitter leading off innings when we are down a run or two late in games. But he doesn’t have the defensive quickness to play the OF regularly anymore, and he doesn’t have the power to be a full time DH. What does he expect to do everyday? Would he rather play everyday for a losing team, or win a ring on the Angels bench?

…according to the Beyond the Box Score ratings.

Four slots worse than Hank Conger.

So he hits as poorly as Jeff Mathis, and is demonstrably atrocious at doing what he’s paid to do — catch — in a pitcher’s park no less.

ANd you know how Sosh loved him some Mathis.

since bazzaro world is in effect

if he the Rangers had Jeff Mathis and his CERA to catch him.

I really don’t know how to use the app. I can’t even find HalosHeaven on it? Is there no boots just articles?

I think it’s gonna have to wait till late in Spring Training or early in the season to see how some of these players are doing.

-how does Trumbo look at 3b?
-can K-Mo contribute or is Bobby going to be be the lefty in the lineup?
-does Trout do well enough to earn playing time at the big-league level?
-what can we get for Izzy or Callaspo if some team becomes desperate for an infielder?
etc…

To bid an enormously high amount for Darvish, perhaps 65mm but give him a lowball offer like league minimum. That way he would most likely return to Japan, the Angels are out $0 and the rangers are Yu-less.

To bid an enormously high amount for Darvish, perhaps 65mm but give him a lowball offer like league minimum. That way he would most likely return to Japan, the Angels are out $0 and the rangers are Yu-less.

But Conger has the better upside.

Wilson is out of options.

It makes total sense if they DFA or trade Wilson.

Navarro could then be sent to AAA as an emergency catcher, and then Scioscia would have more flexibility to have an extra bench player or extra pitcher mid-season.

Regarding Abreu: Don’t trade him at all. The Angels just signed the best player in the game, which put everyone else in the lineup back to their normal roles, and with reaplcing Mathis with Ianetta, and Morales possibly coming back, this offense is suddenly very deep.

Even if Morales doesn’t return, this lineup is still deep enough to have Abreu DHing everyday. Pujols, Trumbo, Hunter, and Wells will all give us 20+ HR and plenty of RBI’s so I think Abreu’s role is well defined as a run creator for the Angels in 2012.