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6 minutes ago, T R U said:

Boy Pujols was really not good at all in LA, compared to what they thought they were paying for

They paid 240 million $ for 5 WAR over 10 years. Including -3 WAR in the past 5 years. People rip on Rick Hahn for bad FA signings, but those are at least somewhat cheap signings. Pujols basically handcuffed the Angels over the past 5 years.

Imagine paying $45 million per WAR over a decade. Yikes.

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34 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

The Sox usually feed Bob good info, it's just that we don't like it when we hear it.

 

now, when he editorializes stuff, that's a different story

Yeah, If Nightengale says its not happening, that's basically direct from JR.

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48 minutes ago, chw42 said:

They paid 240 million $ for 5 WAR over 10 years. Including -3 WAR in the past 5 years. People rip on Rick Hahn for bad FA signings, but those are at least somewhat cheap signings. Pujols basically handcuffed the Angels over the past 5 years.

Imagine paying $45 million per WAR over a decade. Yikes.

The Angels and 27 other teams (Sox 29th, Miami 30th), have a better record than GM Rick Hahn’s White Sox. Miami’s Kim Ng is working to pass the Sox. She is much more qualified than JR’s crony FO.

At least Anaheim is trying by spending, and hiring managers with recent post season experience. Compare against the White Sox who went with the manager who became the last to intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

The Angels owner interceded to offer that contract in part to market the team. 

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55 minutes ago, chw42 said:

They paid 240 million $ for 5 WAR over 10 years. Including -3 WAR in the past 5 years. People rip on Rick Hahn for bad FA signings, but those are at least somewhat cheap signings. Pujols basically handcuffed the Angels over the past 5 years.

Imagine paying $45 million per WAR over a decade. Yikes.

Cue greg to say virtually all multi year big money deals turn out bad for the team. Pitchers ... arms falling off the modern pitchers who usually need TommyJohn at some point. Hitters generally aren't as good as they appear when signed to the amazing deals. 

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9 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Cue greg to say virtually all multi year big money deals turn out bad for the team. Pitchers ... arms falling off the modern pitchers who usually need TommyJohn at some point. Hitters generally aren't as good as they appear when signed to the amazing deals. 

Most contacts are in the team's favor for the beginning,  the players favor in the end,  and kind of in the middle for a month or two one summer. 

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11 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

The Angels and 27 other teams (Sox 29th, Miami 30th), have a better record than GM Rick Hahn’s White Sox. Miami’s Kim Ng is working to pass the Sox. She is much more qualified than JR’s crony FO.

At least Anaheim is trying by spending, and hiring managers with recent post season experience. Compare against the White Sox who went with the manager who became the last to intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

The Angels owner interceded to offer that contract in part to market the team. 

But he was executive of the year!*

 

*voted by the executives with better records. 

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20 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Cue greg to say virtually all multi year big money deals turn out bad for the team. Pitchers ... arms falling off the modern pitchers who usually need TommyJohn at some point. Hitters generally aren't as good as they appear when signed to the amazing deals. 

There are also rumors that pujols is 3-4 years older than his birth certificate

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36 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

The Angels and 27 other teams (Sox 29th, Miami 30th), have a better record than GM Rick Hahn’s White Sox. Miami’s Kim Ng is working to pass the Sox. She is much more qualified than JR’s crony FO.

At least Anaheim is trying by spending, and hiring managers with recent post season experience. Compare against the White Sox who went with the manager who became the last to intentionally walk Albert Pujols.

The Angels owner interceded to offer that contract in part to market the team. 

My comment wasn't there to try and cover for Hahn's failures in FA. It's more to show just how bad of a contract it was for the Angels. I would take Moreno as owner over JR any day of the week, but they've mismanaged the hell out of Trout's prime years. 

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38 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Cue greg to say virtually all multi year big money deals turn out bad for the team. Pitchers ... arms falling off the modern pitchers who usually need TommyJohn at some point. Hitters generally aren't as good as they appear when signed to the amazing deals. 

I think the Angels knew the deal was gonna be bad towards the end, a lot of the teams signing guys to big deals bite the bullet cause they think/know that they'll get value in the front-end portion of the deal. But Pujols basically had one good season for them before falling off a cliff. 

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14 minutes ago, Dominikk85 said:

There are also rumors that pujols is 3-4 years older than his birth certificate

Never heard that one before (#josecontrerassayshi), but if I’m remembering right wasn’t there a few whispers of PEDs as he walked out the door in St Louis?  

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1 hour ago, T R U said:

Boy Pujols was really not good at all in LA, compared to what they thought they were paying for

That's why I agree with those who don't want decade-long contracts given out.  How many years did the Angels get a top producer?  He hasn't been exceptional for 4 years or more.

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15 minutes ago, RTC said:

Never heard that one before (#josecontrerassayshi), but if I’m remembering right wasn’t there a few whispers of PEDs as he walked out the door in St Louis?  

He was a star who played for Tony LaRussa. What star who has played for Tony LaRussa ever didn't have those whispers?

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1 hour ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

He was a star who played for Tony LaRussa. What star who has played for Tony LaRussa ever didn't have those whispers?

So could that be the answer to why Mercedes' is suddenly playing so well at 28? 

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