free agents

The business of Baseball free agency is often a reactionary  tale. One move triggers the next, a big free agent signing creates the foundation for the rest and so on and so on. So with the Nationals breaking the bank for Jayson Werth and his beard and the Red Sox dealing to acquire Adrian Gonzalez  from Sand Diego. Where does that leave the Angels in the current Hot Stove  climate and their pursuit of Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre? The Gonzalez trade  helps the Angels  immensely in  the pursuit of Beltre,  but the Werth signing makes Crawford becoming an Angel not only less likely [...]

Can you picture it? Arte Moreno burst into Tony Reagins office yelling  ”RE-MIX”! He then breaks out into his own rendition of the classic Christmas Carol “Deck The Halls”  Tis the season to spend money  Fa la la la la, la la la la. OK so maybe that’s not exactly how it will go down but  Halo fans should pray that  the scenario is something similar. Here we sit on December 1st about a week away from the start of the winter meetings and to date the Angels have done nothing! Here is a list, a Holiday wish list if you will [...]

Sparky Anderson was loved by many. With his passing last week,  Baseball lost a great ambassador to the game and an all  time great baseball man. For Halo fans we most closely remember Sparky for his time in the booth as an Angels Color Commentator in the late 90′s. During those broadcasts it felt like you were getting a  baseball101 from one of the best professors of all time.   You will truly be missed Sparky! In a somewhat surprising development  Angels bench coach Ron Roenicke was named Manager of The Milwaukee Brewers last week.  Roenicke joins Joe Maddon, and Bud Black as former [...]

Among the reasons given in defense of the front office over what many, including myself, have deemed a rather disappointing off-season is that the budget didn’t allow us to add a player like Matt Holliday lest we be unable to sign players like Howie Kendrick or Eric Aybar in the future. While I understand the reasoning behind this, I believe there is a part of the equation people are leaving out, on both sides: Spending the money WISELY. The debacle that was our CF for years is the perfect example of how not spending money wisely can come back to [...]