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Thursday, July 07, 2005Deadline approaches25 days before the trade deadline. Let the rampant speculation begi... er... continue! ESPN's Sean McAdam on trade deadline buyers, with the Angels listed as one such club:
The Angels have been suspiciously quiet. Traditionally, GM Bill Stoneman hasn't been one to take a lot of risks. Their pitching is ranked second in the league in ERA -- though, like everybody else, they wouldn't mind upgrading the rotation. More likely, the Angels will look to fill in around the edges and improve their depth.Sean McAdam - by day, mild-mannered columnist for ESPN.com. But as night falls he becomes: Captain Obvious! I still can't quite figure why the Halos feature on his list, as McAdam himself acknowledges that there's been very little chatter coming out of Bill Stoneman's office. He interprets that as being "suspicious." I would tend to take that at face value, knowing that there's really not much the Angels can do other than add "around the edges," and even that makes little sense when you're having trouble finding playing time for guys like Rivera, DaVanon, and Izturis. More from the Register: The Angels farm system is more loaded than ever with young players other teams covet, but General Manager Bill Stoneman never has viewed that as a reason to trade for a key veteran.So we're all in agreement - nothing big from the Angels. I wouldn't mind grabbing another 6-7 inning guy for the 'pen, but there are no holes on this club (well, no repairable holes, at least). It would almost make more sense for the Angels to be sellers at this point, with such amazing depth in the outfield. Perhaps deal Jeff DaVanon for something of future value? Comments:Trade away Washburn right now while he appears to have value. His 3.06 era is nice and small but his 1.41 WHIP and .290 BAA and the worst K/9 of career all suck. Trade this guy away before his ERA starts to resemble those stats Trenchtown - Good points on Washburn. They have no plan (I hope) to resign Washburn next year, so why not package him with a prospect to pick up a good young arm or bat. I like that thinking... Because they barely have 5 starting pitchers in the lineup as it is. Until Escobar is back, they can't even think about letting Washburn go. |
