happy for Shapiro and Atkins

Richard Conway smiling upon his work

Shohei just shooting 118 EV out the gate, because, like, I don't know man, it's annoyingly good

Aroldis sandbagging?

Ray Montgomery surprised me with his baseball prowess and decision-making in a positive, but the results speak for themselves as does the bulk of his decision-making; may not ever be a big-league manager again but he's more a baseball man than I thought

Skubal on Saturday, Crochet on Sunday... Sox and Tigers and Bears and stuff, oh my...

Matthew Stafford, known mostly for being a high school classmate of Clayton Kershaw, is attending Clayton Kershaw's final regular season start; Stafford is believed to be in town for work related items

You may be an open book [social media], but I'm a bit more complicated than that. The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma. ... social media is a dark place, and it sucks...

Anthony Rizzo has all the accolades of being forever remembered as a star without the Hall of Fame label, incredible career, incredible dude

as Cal League playoffs begin, a quintet of Angels kids will have an opportunity to play in three professional championship series in the span of 13 months: - Yokelvin Reyes - Ubaldo Soto - Brayan Vergara - Marlon Quintero - Hayden Alvarez

this Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good, eh?

I, like you, came over here today to see if there was anything different that the other blue bird stuff -- guess not, see you all soon

I once again return to the other bluebird app with a concept, not sure what it would be called and how to average out evolving offensive traits but may encapsulate offensive production from simplicity: (TB+BB+HBP)+(SB-CS)+(SH+SF)-(K)-(GISPx2) = (offensive production?) -- idk, thinking out loud

Day in the Life of TBW: *feels confident after finishing work request* *checks maximum word count* *notices he is 500+ words over count* *screams internally attempting to refrain from profanity at self* on a semi-related note: Corona HS is loaded and worth a lot of words to talk about

deja vu, veja du, vuja de

Thrice waxed lyrical poetry once when they sang: RED, I'M SEEING RED I'M SEEING RED I'M SEEING RED I'M SEEING RED I'M SEEING RED

Albert Morel got big boy dollars for Angels incoming int'l pitchers at $400K -- loose arm/wrist with delivery to project starter chances and more incoming velo (sits upper 8's), soft cut/slide piece could be something with more intent, far distanced follow arm who'll spend DSL year as 17-year-old

if you pitch in the Dodgers system, it may be time to look at real estate in Oklahoma

as I do yearly updates, I progressively see more grey hair and bags under the eyes -- I'm now older than 97% of the players in the Angels organization (only six dudes older)

Blue Jays already $27K+ up on what Dodgers can max out on, this is all in the hands of Roki Sasaki and Wasserman

Shapiro and Atkins gunning for it, good on 'em

Gabriel Davalillo tops Angels 2025 int'l signing class, buying the bat here with balanced average-or-better offensive tools but he's got enough glove/arm to make a living behind the dish -- athleticism needs to stick as he adds to phys as does focus on defense if swing holes create plate struggles

2025 International Signing Period begins tomorrow, here is an important personal note I share yearly

go sports team

I had my Roki Sasaki money on the Rangers, but I don't bet, so I only lose internal pride

Dodgers fully circling second base who can hit from the left side in some capacity -- Gavin Lux, Tommy Edman, Hye-Seong Kim, where do they all fit?

I think dream Hye-Seong Kim outcome is Andrés Giménez -- footwork puts him on Sports Center Top 10 but transfer/arm make spasmodic pinches at short at best; bat is still "show me" stage where Giménez had enough hit to do it on strong side platoon letting defense carry full time duties

Angels grab Chuckie Robinson from White Sox for cash, much needed catching depth added though lack of bat leaves him depth/emergency only reserve, Davis Daniel DFA'd

Tomoyuki Sugano nearly came stateside in 2020, glad to see him get chance half decade later -- mostly a command craftsman who will eat innings at backend of competitive rotation but enough tricks in the bag to make him a really good investment at 13 bills

Yilver de Paula getting a plug on Baseball America's recent international update from @benbadler.bsky.social -- chance at plus tools at premium home away from plate; switch-hitter has enough bat to run prospect clout out of the gate as Angels second biggest ticket in class (near seven-digit bonus)

Angels 2025 int'l signing class will see infielders at the top with the highest bonus grass defender coming in Dominican Junior Surial -- smaller, athletic CFer who needs strength gains but has hit, run and field very well as an amateur; will spend all of 2025 as 16-year-old

once upon a time, not that long ago: I was the low man on Kyle Tucker I still thought he'd be impactful but not a superstar. I believe the kids refer to this as: "YOU IDIOT!"

Kyle Tucker is averaging 6.5 bWAR and 35 HR per 162 games over the last four years, put a 4+ win season last year in just 78 games -- that's, uhh, really good, like really, really good

California League realignment coming in 2026 as expected; Mariners to San Bernardino, Dodgers to Ontario, Angels to Rancho Cucamonga (most likely)

Angels top 10 prospects released by @baseballamerica.com today -- wrote up the reports and will be chatting about the system at 11:00am PT at BA, tag along if you desire www.baseballamerica.com/stories/los-...

White Sox fleeced Boston

Josh Hartle in the hands of Cleveland's pitching development has the potential for some dangerous upside

Cardinals and Mariners moving from outside 13 to top five picks, big winners; Marlins and Rockies drop to picks 4 and 7, big losers

unofficial 2025 MLB Draft order, lux-tax penalties not included: 1. WSH 2. LAA 3. SEA 4. COL 5. STL 6. PIT 7. MIA 8. TOR 9. CIN 10. CHW 11. OAK 12. TEX 13. SFG 14. TBR 15. BOS 16. MIN 17. CHC 18. ARZ 19. BAL 20. MIL 21. HOU 22. ATL 23. KCR 24. DET 25. SDP 26. PHI 27. CLE 28. NYM 29. NYY 30. LAD

namesake trade rumors, pop up on occasion from November-August

reflecting back on 2017/18, I fought @jeffmlbdraft.bsky.social pretty hard on ranking Victor Robles ahead of Juan Soto on the Nationals list at FOX/Scout, Robles has had a steady bench career and Soto has had a slightly better career as some would say... prospect evaluation can be challenging, eh?

Boras is a hard working man, but wanted to open up his plans during winter meetings and just get that "largest contract in pro sports" stuff out of the way

Juan Soto gets largest contract in pro sports

I've had a lot of debates recently about Jace LaViolette -- LHH that size with such quiet hands will draw immediate comps to Kyle Tucker on the high end and Max Kepler on the low end; winning national title will bring more to star power opinion, kid looks the part with the performance on top already

Tyler O'Neill is going to enjoy hitting at Camden Yards

idea for "Golden-Bat Rule": you can substitute any hitter into the lineup at any time during the game, so long as he didn't start and is coming off the bench... you can call it something unique and interesting like, I don't know, "pinch hitter" or something... you're welcome, Robbie

Hye-Seong Kim coming stateside with some fun middle infield tools, arm might be light but feet will play, bat also light and coming off regression in KBO (talent split between A+/AA/AAA due to depth) -- no relation and probably lazy to compare but could give similar production to Ha-Seong Kim

12 months of prep, three months of writing, 11,374 words filed -- time to take an extended nap into December (don't sign anyone, Perry)

Yusei Kikuchi deal is official, three years at $21M annually

Gabriel Davalillo (VZ catcher) is anticipated to be Angels big int'l bonus baby this January; hard to find that kind of rotational force and hands through zone for a backstop at his age which make Francisco Alvarez comps seem valid; some in org believe he has higher offensive upside than Joswa Lugo