Bye Bye Tony!

It seems like just yesterday I was defending Tony Reagins.  It was a day or two later and stumbled across the Fire Tony Reagins website and unaffiliated facebook page.  Well your wishes came true.  Tony claims this decision was mutual, for him to step into a different role with the Angel Franchise, which is great for Tony.  He is always been labeled a "good guy" and a "great story" considering he started as an intern with the organization nearly 20 years ago.  But make no mistake about it.  Since Arte has taking over ownership, he has prided himself as an owner who wants to win.  Arte at one point said he wanted to be the New York Yankees of the West.  In order to compete you need to have superstars.  Superstars out on the field and superstars in the front office.  Reagins did a lot of amazing things while in his tenure in Anaheim.  But the Act of Attrition aka trading Mike Napoli to acquire Vernon Wells was just to heinous.  As the lore grows and people actually forget that Napoli was traded to Toronto and not Texas, this trade will go down as the worst trade in Angels History, of course until someone messes a trade up worse.  And it doesn't help that Napoli is still hitting the cover off the ball in Arlington. 

But lets take a minute to celebrate some of the Great moves Reagins made.  Although it was a three-month rental, Mark Teixera was a steal.  Had the Halos been able to go above the threshold the Yankees offered, perhaps the Halos would be in playoff contention the past two years.  Getting Dan Haren was also a steal.  I miss ole Joe Saunders and who knows what kind of pitcher Tyler Skaggs turns into, but the move really solidified the Halo Rotation in 2011, which was for the most part, outstanding. 

In close, safe journeys TR.  Thank you for your positive contributions to this team.  But I'm certainly looking forward to what's next for the Halos.

Go Angels!

Hidden Gems in the Angels Minor League System - Interesting Post from Halos Heaven

Hidden Gems in the Angels Minor League System

By Halowood

There are so many players in the Angels Minor League system that Baseball America and baseball prospectus have no idea about, but scouts are all over these kids. The Angels have the top two scouts in all of baseball in terms of seeing potential where others don't. Most specifically Eddie Bane and Tom Kotchman, and those guys know exactly who we have.

He goes on to talk about prospects Carlos Ramirez, Fabio Martinez, Tyler Skaggs, and Garret Richards. I don't know much about prospects who aren't in Triple A, so its interesting to read someones take who seemingly does.