Wednesday Halolinks: Can Angel Fans Embrace A Red Sox?

But putting his on base skills ahead of Albert would be lethal. Or he would be a hell of a #5 hitter (assuming Morales comes back).

—Bursitis in a hip.

That is the living definition of a “chronic injury”, which doesn’t bode well for someone who would be playing the second-most physically demanding position (after catcher). The sports hernia can be dealt with pretty decisively through the surgery he’s had in the offseason, but the bursitis is just something waiting to flare up in the middle of the pennant drive.

Lord knows we don’t really have the option to move him to 1B when his hip acts up.

Another one of these guys who thinks Bourgos is available (a good fit for Washington), but apparently not Abreu. Apparently Trout has center field rapped up and we’ve got the corners covered by Wells and Hunter.

I’m sure it’s hard to keep track of every team, but if you can’t do it, don’t pretend.

Though Youk is still up there for me. If we could get him here, I’d be okay with it.

Far superior to Trumbo, no doubt, but not much more likely to stick around at 3B moving forward

Don’t need that me first BS in the clubhouse. Plus I think he will not come cheap.

And yes, I know he’s actually Jewish.

However his D is too poor at third, which, when paired with his inability to stay on the field is just not worth it. Callaspo is fine for now.

the flop sweat.

If I had any PhotoShop chops or a place to host the image, I’d put a Red Sox hat on Nappa from Dragon Ball Z and a scouter eyepiece on Youkilis and ask you to compare. It’s over 9000!

We’ve already taken on too much unwanted trash from the AL East over the past several years.

Youk and the Red Sux can go f**k themselves

It would be harder to support the FO that acquired him though. Acquiring Youk to protect Pujols would be tantamount to acquiring a ruptured condom to go mess with some strange.

If the Angels are serious about putting Pujols in the three hole and acquiring someone to protect him in the four slot if Morales looks like he won’t be back to form, they need to give up some talent and get a younger hitter who can play positional defense at third or in the outfield corners and can also get through a full season with about 15 or fewer off days. Youk is too old, too old, and too much of a liability at third to fill the role.

We should put together a package of a young player or two, or one and some prospects, and an offloading of Abreu and a load of cash to go and acquire Evan Longoria from the Rays. Yes, Friedman makes things expensive, but Longoria is 26, a native of the area, has a decent OBP, plays Gold Glove level defense, and is a 30 home run guy. We need a 3B and the Rays need an upgrade at 1B. Of course then they would also need an upgrade at 3B, so it’d have to be made worth their while.

He’d be a pain to extract from TB, but his prime would help to cushion Pujols’ expected decline.

If the AP signing means we are building to win NOW, then getting a big time upgrade at 3B sooner than later is a more burning priority than is keeping Trumbo and/or Morales/Bourjos/Conger if Mike Trout is the budding superstar we want to keep in an heir apparent position in the outfield.

He always seemed to me like a guy you think is an a-hole when he’s on another team, but a grinder when he’s on your own. Two or three years ago, I would have been fine with the Angels bringing him on.

is one sorry excuse for a journalist. as a massachusetts resident, it pains me to read his wildly speculative commentary in the sunday newspaper week after week after week. he is absolutely in love with mark trumbo’s sub-.300 OBP to the point where he’d probably give us youkilis for trumbo straight-up though, so maybe we should petition boston ownership to hire his ass.