Angels sign Shohei Ohtani

[Angels4Ever]

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[vladdy#27]

Let's resurrect this page! Angels 2018 Champs

Such a great move for this organization!

I was so wrong on Dipoto, he nearly killed our franchise, and is now doing the same thing to the Mariners. Imagine if we had hired Eppler instead of Dipoto

[zookman65]

As a Rangers fan I am envious as we were one of the teams in the sweepstakes. I have always been a Trout fan since the first time I saw him play in person on a biz trip to So Cal. Ohtani plus Trout makes you guys the team to watch in the AL West. Good luck..

[johnny ny]

As a Rangers fan I am envious as we were one of the teams in the sweepstakes. I have always been a Trout fan since the first time I saw him play in person on a biz trip to So Cal. Ohtani plus Trout makes you guys the team to watch in the AL West. Good luck..

otani has a damaged ucl in pitching arm...

[vladdy#27]

otani has a damaged ucl in pitching arm...

Ya it's only a grade 1 strain though which is typical for basically any pitcher if they were to get an MRI. He's not going to need surgery, unless it gets worse.

[Eg714]

Does anyone think that Ohtani puts up better numbers than cron this year?

[Eg714]

Struck out 8/12. Pretty awesome even if it’s just spring.

[kj_maestro]

How filthy were some of those pitches? He has best pitcher in the league type stuff.

[Eg714]

Bro that slider was crazy. They dudes gonna be an ace for us.

[vladdy#27]

Does anyone think that Ohtani puts up better numbers than cron this year?

It's definitely possible, I give it a 20% chance of happening. I think Cron will do good if he can stay healthy and get a full season of AB's. Something like .280/.330/.475 with 25 HR

I don't think Ohtani will get very many AB's though. If he put up a line similar to Cron's rookie year (with more patience) I'd be happy.

AB 250 HR 10-15 Avg .250 OBP .325 SLG .450

with a pitching line up

IP 175 ERA 3.30 K/9 9.5 BB/9 3.5

[Eg714]

That’s a successful year I’ll take that. Man it feels good to have a front end starter. We’re gonna need him come playoffs.

[kj_maestro]

I think Othani for sure has a better year, Cron is streaky and I think that’s the reason why he’s never gotten consistent AB chances. Never know what you’re getting from the dude. But yeah it’s an amazing feeling having a pitcher with stuff like this. Makes you fly to the TV to watch and it’s nice feeling like you have a chance to dominate any lineup, especially with our defense set up the way it is

[kj_maestro]

I actually think Othani ends up positing a sub 3.00 ERA. I think he adjusts to the league better than the league adjusts to him and he gets better as the season goes after a good but not amazing start

[Eg714]

I’m not sure about a sub 3 in his first year but would be stoked. If I had to guess it would be more like 3.60 ish which would still be amazing. He has nasty stuff he just needs better control.

[ciaban]

Such a great move for this organization!

I was so wrong on Dipoto, he nearly killed our franchise, and is now doing the same thing to the Mariners. Imagine if we had hired Eppler instead of Dipoto

I was right there with you.
I'm not going to blame Trader Jerry for the Pujols deal, that's on Arte, and I still like the Trumbo/Skaggs trade. But there wasn't a lot of success by Jerry.