Yeah, me too. I hate Trout but man he is a hell of a player. I can't until I'm 80 and I can be like 80 year olds are today with Mickey Mantle (Damn millennials and their superstars. They'll never compare to the great Mick!!!")
Definitely not Albert's best year, but with the issues the Angels and him have had.. It's was not awful either. Was he happy with it? I doubt it.. He's a competitor. But he does a lot of things not on a stat sheet for that team, including a young guy like Trout.
Kind of makes you wonder what Stanton could fetch in a trade scenario.
You act like the Angels have an infinite amount of money to spend on players. That 165 million could be put to much better use, as could Hamilton and Wilson's money owed.I'm not saying he was good. I'm just saying you can't throw out HRs and RBIs
When Albert came into the league. Mark McGwire and some other vets were in STL. It molded him into a better hitter/player, but the thing about AP is his work ethic. You would have to carry #5 off the field to make him sit. He's played a lot of games the past 13-14 years. And a lot of those games he had nagging injuries.
But for a team like the Angels making that much money? Average salary of $25 million is well worth his presence and leadership even with average stats. What some others on here can't understand is that the Angels will have a lot more money to spend even with his contract.
That $25 million contract on Minnesota is totally different and a game changer.
Funny story about my draft. I had the fourth pick, which according to ESPN, would net me Bryce Harper as the highest player possible. Now I'm not too big on Harper repeating his monster 2015 stats, so I was going to slide all the way down to Stanton, who was projected as the eighth pick, and take him with the fourth. This was all assuming Trout, Goldy, and Kershaw would be off the boards in the first three picks. Lo and behold, this guy in my draft named Cedrique took Stanton with the third pick, so I got Goldschmidt
Funny story about my draft. I had the fourth pick, which according to ESPN, would net me Bryce Harper as the highest player possible. Now I'm not too big on Harper repeating his monster 2015 stats, so I was going to slide all the way down to Stanton, who was projected as the eighth pick, and take him with the fourth. This was all assuming Trout, Goldy, and Kershaw would be off the boards in the first three picks. Lo and behold, this guy in my draft named Cedrique took Stanton with the third pick, so I got Goldschmidt
Well it depends on the team. To the Royals, the Kennedy signing is questionable but almost comprehendible. If the Phillies, Braves, or Twins signed him, it would make no fucking sense
No regrets? So you'd do again? Also, you sound a little too surprised that an aging players who caught the majority of his career is going to decline, especially in your new ballpark.
It's OK. I had to sit through four fucking seasons and the Phillies FO fucking everything upYeah that's true as well. My thinking was Royals in this scenario especially with that bullpen being able to allow the guy to only have to go 6 max each time.
If he went to the Twins he'd suck forsure. Hughes was probably the only good signing we've had....then we went and gave him more money
