Lardbucket wrote:The Angels are eating all but about 7 million of the 83 million bucks Hamilton is owed.
They really wanted him gone. This is very low-risk for Texas.
How does Artie Moreno keep his job? His mistake with Hamilton is probably the worst acquisition in the history of the game. Was well known that Hamilton was a huge risk because of drugs and the team still gave him tens of millions of dollars. And some of you think Cashman is a bad GM?
Moreno will probably take a lot of flak in the court of public opinion over this. So I think this might not look too favorable for LAA.
And Cashman is a horrible GM. What has he done? He hasn't built a Champion, someone else did that, NYY's farm consistently ranks near the bottom of mlb, NYY's new stadium consistently loses money which means we have to endure retirement tours, the ONE superstar....ONE he drafted bolted when he hit free agency, over a billion dollars spent with the biggest collapse in baseball history and only one ring, Arod's asterisks, kind of funny how they also ruled the Mitchell Report.
So no, Machado. Brian Cashman is a horrible GM. Take away his revenue to play with and he's even with Amarro. The fucking Cubs are in a better position for the future than NY. The Cubs.
Lardbucket wrote:The Angels are eating all but about 7 million of the 83 million bucks Hamilton is owed.
They really wanted him gone. This is very low-risk for Texas.
How does Artie Moreno keep his job? His mistake with Hamilton is probably the worst acquisition in the history of the game. Was well known that Hamilton was a huge risk because of drugs and the team still gave him tens of millions of dollars. And some of you think Cashman is a bad GM?
Lardbucket wrote:The Angels are eating all but about 7 million of the 83 million bucks Hamilton is owed.
They really wanted him gone. This is very low-risk for Texas.
How does Artie Moreno keep his job? His mistake with Hamilton is probably the worst acquisition in the history of the game. Was well known that Hamilton was a huge risk because of drugs and the team still gave him tens of millions of dollars. And some of you think Cashman is a bad GM?
Lol! Morenos the owner Einstein. This is no different than the A Roid signing for the Yankees, or the Ryan Howard signing for the Phillies, or the Prince Fielder for the Rangers, all were pretty bad.
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Lardbucket wrote:The Angels are eating all but about 7 million of the 83 million bucks Hamilton is owed.
They really wanted him gone. This is very low-risk for Texas.
How does Artie Moreno keep his job? His mistake with Hamilton is probably the worst acquisition in the history of the game. Was well known that Hamilton was a huge risk because of drugs and the team still gave him tens of millions of dollars. And some of you think Cashman is a bad GM?
Lol! Morenos the owner Einstein. This is no different than the A Roid signing for the Yankees, or the Ryan Howard signing for the Phillies, or the Prince Fielder for the Rangers, all were pretty bad.
All are very bad but I think Hamilton is by far the worse signing. Substance abuse. A well known fact and the team still gave him all this money to play baseball. Ridiculous!
Hamilton relapsed. C'mon, even Stevie Wonder saw that coming.
Machado wrote:
All are very bad but I think Hamilton is by far the worse signing. Substance abuse. A well known fact and the team still gave him all this money to play baseball. Ridiculous!
Hamilton relapsed. C'mon, even Stevie Wonder saw that coming.
Hamilton was also coming off 2 VG seasons(1 MVP), on paper, Moreno did nothing different than any other owner did/would do in his situation, he was trying to build a championship team. I still say the Pujols deal(& others I mentioned) was the worst for the Angels & trumps this deal easily.
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Hamilton was a bad signing because he can't stay healthy, and seemingly doesn't really have his heart in it. I do believe Pujols was a worse signing though.
killeverything wrote:Hamilton was a bad signing because he can't stay healthy, and seemingly doesn't really have his heart in it. I do believe Pujols was a worse signing though.
Homer Bailey placed on 15 day DL.
Brandon McCarthy out for season with torn UCL.
Hamilton was a bad signing because the Rangers had an immense support system in place for him, to keep him on the straight and narrow. The need for that support system was amplified after that incident with the kid and his father, which Hamilton was indirectly involved in, but could understandably be a trigger for a person with substance/mental issues.
Both Hamilton and the Angels should have known, short of bringing over the entire support system, that it was not going to work outside of the protective bubble.
killeverything wrote:Hamilton was a bad signing because he can't stay healthy, and seemingly doesn't really have his heart in it. I do believe Pujols was a worse signing though.
Homer Bailey placed on 15 day DL.
Brandon McCarthy out for season with torn UCL.
Hamilton was a bad signing because the Rangers had an immense support system in place for him, to keep him on the straight and narrow. The need for that support system was amplified after that incident with the kid and his father, which Hamilton was indirectly involved in, but could understandably be a trigger for a person with substance/mental issues.
Both Hamilton and the Angels should have known, short of bringing over the entire support system, that it was not going to work outside of the protective bubble.
Unfortunately Hamilton has his priorities out of order. What he should be doing is worrying about getting healthy. He should not be worrying about how many Home Runs he is going to hit and if his average will be over .300. Health should be his number once concern. If Hamilton was serious about getting healthy he would walk away from the game & never look back.
killeverything wrote:Hamilton was a bad signing because he can't stay healthy, and seemingly doesn't really have his heart in it. I do believe Pujols was a worse signing though.
Pujols will prove to be a far worse, though somewhat more understandable, signing than Hamilton. When the Angels signed Pujols I expected a few years of really good Pujols, followed by 3-4 years of good Pujols, followed by a sharp decline. All we've gotten so far is the sharp decline. Once again this year we had the spring training fluff pieces about how good he feels and how in shape he is, and now he's having his worst April ever. Six more years on the contract after this year.
Arte paid the money to get Hamilton off the team, so at least that aspect of the contract is done. No more dealing with Hamilton making excuses for his poor performance. No more drama on the field and in the clubhouse. Moreno thought it was worth it.
Wainwright tore his achilles leaving the batter's box and Scherzer injured
his thumb swinging the bat. Is it time for the NL to adopt the DH rule to protect their pitchers from suffering more injuries while batting?
I say yes. About time to change the rule in the NL and protect the pitchers. There are already susceptible to arm injuries and UCL injuries, why add to that when the overwhelming majority of them are piss poor hitters?
"If you look at it from the macro side, who'd people rather see hit -- Big Papi or me?" Scherzer said. "Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper? Both leagues need to be on the same set of rules."
Machado wrote:Wainwright tore his achilles leaving the batter's box and Scherzer injured
his thumb swinging the bat. Is it time for the NL to adopt the DH rule to protect their pitchers from suffering more injuries while batting?
I say yes. About time to change the rule in the NL and protect the pitchers. There are already susceptible to arm injuries and UCL injuries, why add to that when the overwhelming majority of them are piss poor hitters?
"If you look at it from the macro side, who'd people rather see hit -- Big Papi or me?" Scherzer said. "Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper? Both leagues need to be on the same set of rules."
Fuck Max Scherzer and fuck the DH. Some pitchers actually hit pretty well.
Machado wrote:Wainwright tore his achilles leaving the batter's box and Scherzer injured
his thumb swinging the bat. Is it time for the NL to adopt the DH rule to protect their pitchers from suffering more injuries while batting?
I say yes. About time to change the rule in the NL and protect the pitchers. There are already susceptible to arm injuries and UCL injuries, why add to that when the overwhelming majority of them are piss poor hitters?
"If you look at it from the macro side, who'd people rather see hit -- Big Papi or me?" Scherzer said. "Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper? Both leagues need to be on the same set of rules."
While I get his point, I disagree. I've always enjoyed the NL game more due to the lack of the DH. The "chess game" between managers is part of the beauty of the game that is lost in the AL. The double switch, the tough call on if you should pinch hit for your pitcher on the bottom of the sixth in a 0-0 game, etc.
I swear, not only did I love my Expos in the 80s and 90s, I loved watching guys like Felipe Alou and Buck Rodgers manage.
Machado wrote:Wainwright tore his achilles leaving the batter's box and Scherzer injured
his thumb swinging the bat. Is it time for the NL to adopt the DH rule to protect their pitchers from suffering more injuries while batting?
I say yes. About time to change the rule in the NL and protect the pitchers. There are already susceptible to arm injuries and UCL injuries, why add to that when the overwhelming majority of them are piss poor hitters?
"If you look at it from the macro side, who'd people rather see hit -- Big Papi or me?" Scherzer said. "Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper? Both leagues need to be on the same set of rules."
While I get his point, I disagree. I've always enjoyed the NL game more due to the lack of the DH. The "chess game" between managers is part of the beauty of the game that is lost in the AL. The double switch, the tough call on if you should pinch hit for your pitcher on the bottom of the sixth in a 0-0 game, etc.
I swear, not only did I love my Expos in the 80s and 90s, I loved watching guys like Felipe Alou and Buck Rodgers manage.
Madison Baumgarner has a problem with the comments made by
Scherzer
"He knew the rules. Whatever much he signed for -- what did he get, again? -- he didn't have a problem signing his name," said Bumgarner, referring to Scherzer's $210 million, seven-year free-agent deal he signed with the Nationals in the offseason. "He didn't have a problem with hitting then. I'm sure he had his pick of anywhere he wanted to go."
killeverything wrote:
Masahiro Tanaka to DL with forearm strain and tendonotis in wrist.
A lot of speculation about this injury. Could be the 1st step towards TJ surgery. Forearm strain has led to TJ quite often. Odd to think he has tendinitis of the wrist. Not quite sure the team is being very forthcoming about Tanaka's health right now.
Thanks for posting. Had not heard of this incident until now. Very cool to see a pitcher barking at a hitter. Guerrero was out of line.
But if this were the 80's, both benches would have cleared and a good old baseball brawl would have commenced.
TawnyVonJagger wrote:Ichiro hits a 3 run dong! That happened!
ICHIROOOOOOOOO!!!!
Mad respect for the man. Glad he chose my team.
I hope he reaches 3k in America.
Albert Pujols left game against Oakland with apparent hamstring injury running to first. If Hamilton can heat up he can pick up some slack if Albert hits the DL. Wait.
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