Angels at Brewers; Wednesday, September 17 @ 6:40 p.m.: Brandon Woodruff (3.32 ERA, 3.26 FIP) vs. José Soriano (4.13 ERA, 3.71 FIP)

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, HarryDoyle said:

Why does Trout stick around with the Angels?

As Don Olhmeyer once said, the answer to all your questions is money.

[BarremlensTSSC]

1 minute ago, LouisEly said:

I did that to a kid my very first tee-ball practice.  Right between the eyes, busted him open.  Never wanted to pitch after that.

A few years later when I was 11 or 12 my coach asked me to because we had no other pitchers available.  Was not comfortable at all the first inning (walked the first five batters).  Ended up throwing a complete game with 9 Ks in 5 innings.

Hey, uh, the Brewers need some bullpen depth.  How's your change up?

[LouisEly]

Lose some velocity, pick up a cutter.  Woody has transformed himself marvelously.

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, LouisEly said:

Lose some velocity, pick up a cutter.  Woody has transformed himself marvelously.

He really has. He knows how to work the batters, and he hits his spots with good pitches. An excellent veteran pitcher.

[edfunderburk]

2 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Why does Trout stick around with the Angels?

Guaranteed contract for five more years at $40M per season 

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, RobertCrawley said:

He really has. He knows how to work the batters, and he hits his spots with good pitches. An excellent veteran pitcher.

Three years $60M … who says yes?

[RobertCrawley]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Three years $60M … who says yes?

Can't afford him.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Three years $60M … who says yes?

The Cubs.

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Guaranteed contract for five more years at $40M per season 

But why did he sign the contract in the first place?

[BarremlensTSSC]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Guaranteed contract for five more years at $40M per season 

And now his numbers are such that it's unlikely anyone would take that contract on in a trade.

[yourout]

20 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

That'll do.

Magic inning...

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

The Cubs.

I sure hope not.

[RobertCrawley]

Angels doing what the Angels do.  Single run homer.

[HarryDoyle]

No 9-0 score tonight.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

And now his numbers are such that it's unlikely anyone would take that contract on in a trade.

Yeah, no way.

[RobertCrawley]

3 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

But why did he sign the contract in the first place?

$.  I think there was some talk about how the Angels were going to invest in players, but that never really happened.

[BarremlensTSSC]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

I sure hope not.

Me too, but it's kind of their MO at this point.  

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

But why did he sign the contract in the first place?

Probably because he was offered $432M 

[LouisEly]

4 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

But why did he sign the contract in the first place?

When you have a lot of money in Southern California, life can be really, really enjoyable.

[HarryDoyle]

2 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

$.  I think there was some talk about how the Angels were going to invest in players, but that never really happened.

So he doesn't care about winning then.

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

I sure hope not.

I can’t imagine … that would be unbearable … makes me cringe

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, LouisEly said:

When you have a lot of money in Southern California, life can be really, really enjoyable.

That's for sure.

[dlk9s]

5 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

But why did he sign the contract in the first place?

Because it was for 12 years, $426.5 million.

[BarremlensTSSC]

4 minutes ago, RobertCrawley said:

$

True.  Also I'm pretty sure he signed it in 2019 when they still had 4 years of control with Ohtani.  Hard to argue when it's that kind of $ and you've got help like Ohtani.

[RobertCrawley]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

So he doesn't care about winning then.

It's just my memory of the discussions going on when it was time for his big contract. I think the Angels made sounds about who they were going to create a good team around him.