Arenado, not that I want him...

[TURBO]

Why on earth would he choose the Angels as a team he'd like to be traded to?  5 teams that will be in the hunt for the playoffs and the Angels?  

 

A source told MLB.com’s John Denton that Nolan Arenado has six teams on his list of preferred trade destinations: the Angels, Dodgers, Mets, Padres, Phillies and Red Sox.

The Yankees are rather surprisingly missing from the list, though that probably doesn’t rule them out as a possibility. It’s currently unclear if any suitor is as interested in Arenado as the Cardinals are in moving on from him. He’s said he’d be willing to shift to first to aid a deal, but that just doesn’t make much sense; most of his value comes from his defense at third base.

 

2h ago

Source: MLB.com

[tmwiese55]

2 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Why on earth would he choose the Angels as a team he'd like to be traded to?  5 teams that will be in the hunt for the playoffs and the Angels?  

 

A source told MLB.com’s John Denton that Nolan Arenado has six teams on his list of preferred trade destinations: the Angels, Dodgers, Mets, Padres, Phillies and Red Sox.

The Yankees are rather surprisingly missing from the list, though that probably doesn’t rule them out as a possibility. It’s currently unclear if any suitor is as interested in Arenado as the Cardinals are in moving on from him. He’s said he’d be willing to shift to first to aid a deal, but that just doesn’t make much sense; most of his value comes from his defense at third base.

 

2h ago

Source: MLB.com

He's from LA.     

[TURBO]

4 hours ago, tmwiese55 said:

He's from LA.     

So being from LA just makes him want to go there to die?  No shot at playoffs, a horribly ran organization, and that is where he'd like to end up?  I hope he goes there, serves him right.

[tmwiese55]

16 minutes ago, TURBO said:

So being from LA just makes him want to go there to die?  No shot at playoffs, a horribly ran organization, and that is where he'd like to end up?  I hope he goes there, serves him right.

Yea it would, these guys are normal humans with lives and families too. Not just robots to play baseball.  Seems he's married to a local person too so both their families are probably both there and likely have kids and maybe planning on more.   And LA is a great place to live/be, especially if you're rich like him. 

[Playing Catch]

18 hours ago, TURBO said:

I hope he goes there, serves him right.

We need more of this around here.

In seriousness, though, I too, would like to have Arenado on the Brewers.

[tmwiese55]

2 hours ago, Playing Catch said:

We need more of this around here.

In seriousness, though, I too, would like to have Arenado on the Brewers.

Yea we all realize this a long shot due money, the Cardinals, and his no trade.  He actually would make a lot of sense for what MKE needs and the contract isn't bonkers if I read it correctly since its only 3 years, but it is a bit complicated with the deferrals and all that so would have to work that out to make sure it isn't brutal.   Elite D at the position we most need, we value that D a ton, still an average hitter last year. Was above avg the year before, and had an 890 the year before, so its not an absolute that he can't bounce back a bit this year in a better environment, and due to the contract shouldn't require tons of trade capital,

It of course would come down to the contract, prospects but a lot does make sense with it. Financially, you'd have the one year overlap with Hoskins which is tough, but then he's essentially just taking Hoskins spot and that general cheap older vet contract we've been doing for years (usually in the 8 mil world than hoskins though). And who knows, Hoskins could be in the deal to balance the contracts a bit.   Still, its not gonna happen and I'd assume they can find a less known person to do similar for much cheaper like they usually do

[bigred]

On 12/11/2024 at 2:37 PM, TURBO said:

So being from LA just makes him want to go there to die?  No shot at playoffs, a horribly ran organization, and that is where he'd like to end up?  I hope he goes there, serves him right.

Maybe he's come to the conclusion that being close to home is more important than a WS, to him? 🤷‍♂️

[Underachiever]

16 hours ago, bigred said:

Maybe he's come to the conclusion that being close to home is more important than a WS, to him? 🤷‍♂️

Maybe he feels with Rendon on the team, he will never be criticized as long as he gets over that very low bar of performance. With Rendon playing his usual 30 games, Arenado can play the other 130, and they can count as one roster spot. The Angels can say they have a $70 million salary on the books, just like the Dodgers, only at third base. Call him Rendonado.