Halo Hangout » Jason Bay http://halohangout.com A Los Angeles Angels Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Should the Angels Buy Out Vernon Wells? http://halohangout.com/2012/11/07/should-the-angels-buy-out-vernon-wells/ http://halohangout.com/2012/11/07/should-the-angels-buy-out-vernon-wells/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:58:31 +0000 Jason Evans http://halohangout.com/?p=5003 News came out today that the New York Mets and Jason Bay reached a deal that will pay him what he’s owed for the remainder of his contract over a few years and allows him to now be a free agent. Bay has not performed to what the Mets thought he could be and it is probably best for both parties that the sever ties and move on. Should the Angels consider doing the same kind of thing with Vernon Wells? (more…)

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Unfortunately, the major story of the Angels’ off-season was the subtractions from a team that already was unable to make it past the Yankees in the ALCS. Players like Jose Arredondo and Dustin Moseley are not significant losses, but their departure is also not going to do much to help a bullpen that last year ranked 11th in the AL in ERA and 6th in FIP. On top of that, the man who may’ve been the rock of that pen, leading it in innings pitched, tied for 1st in ERA, and 3rd in FIP has departed as well. It wouldn’t be fair to say the Angels bullpen has been decimated by these moves (Moseley wasn’t terribly effective, and Arredondo is on the shelf this season with Tommy John surgery), but losing Oliver definitely hurts a group that was already far removed from their dominant ways only a few years ago.

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