Angels Sign GM Tony Reagins To Extension

Now Tony needs to start wheeling and dealing.

those 95+ wins were mostly stonemans I would have waited til after this offseason to give him an extension hes not like billy beane competing for so long on a low budget we have the what 3rd highest payroll and an owner that doesnt mind spending money...I blame reagins for not getting Miguel Cabrerra and his FA signings were no brainers calls Hunters Agent what do you want to play for us they laugh and say 18 mil a year Reagins says ok meet me at del taco now torii is making 2 mil a year less than Tex and thats with the yankees doing their pay whatever to get em cuz they have a multi billion dollar tv deal

Listen reagins you have really tough assignments first its Lackey.Guerreruo,Bay,Figgins,Cliff Lee,and/or holliday.

Hunter is crapped on for no good reason by UZR. PM still has him above average in the field, and he is a better offensive player than at any time in his career. It was a slight overpay, but not egregious. It was pretty obvious that Stoneman screwed up with the GMJ deal the year before.

As for Abreu, the first Abreu signing was a thing of genius, and the second one is right along with his value. I don't get why bj doesn't like him.

"As for not getting Cabrera ... the rumors at the time were Kendrick + Weaver + Santana. On top of that you needed to shell out $20m/year. AND he happens to play the same position as our best offensive player - Kendry Morales. We really could use a big bat in our lineup but it's hard to fault Reagins for not meeting those demands."

Actually, Cabrera was still considered a 3B then, but the point is made. The team didn't need Cabrera at that point, well as much as any team doesn't "need" a player with that kind of talent, and the cost was way too high.

I agree. Reagins deserves an extension. Stoneman was terrible. He never wanted to make a move so when Reagins took over and made moves, everyone looked at him as a weirdo. He's done well and unlike Stoneman, I think he has a plan or reasons for all his moves.

He inherited a pretty good system in which Tony ran for years. The problem with Stoneman is he always held on to prospects too long and we the Angels never got what they could have for prospects. We had too many prospects that weren't able to break into the MLB line-ups that Stoneman should have trade for more players if they weren't going to play.

They do need to sign a big bat, I agree. (Holliday)

A decent pitcher (Lackey's gone and not gonna be worth the money. Why not gamble a bit and sign Chapman. He's not going to replace Lackey, but he should be decent.

Let Figgy go and let Wood play, or if you sign Figgy, then you have to Trade would for a pitcher.

Last but not least, do what ever you can to get rid of GMJ even if we have to eat some of his contract and get a player or prospects in return.

Reagins has done a great job. Period. For those of us who thought Stoneman was a bit too cautious, Reagins has been the a refreshing change.

jolivarez, I'm not sure I understand your concern of Reagins trading Marek and Kotchman for Texiera. What was the problem with that trade? The Angels were trying hard to better their team for the playoffs. They won 100 games that year. It just didn't work out in playoffs, but it wasn't Texiera's fault.

The Angels thought they knew what they had in Morales, even if it wasn't immediately apparent to us fans. In fact, Scioscia has said that if Morales flopped, it'd be the biggest miss by their organization since he's been there.

In terms of Hunter, I was as happy as I could be when he signed him. It took guts to make that signing considering they just signed GMJ to a terrible, long-term contract. Thanks Stoneman.

Hopefully the Angels were smart and locked up Reagins as long as they locked up Scioscia.

Reagins has been one of the most underrated GMs in the game IMO.

I don't necessarily think he's aggressive, and he can make questionable moves that looked questionable from the getgo (Hunter, Fuentes, the second Abreu contract), but he's accumulated a solid body of work, including letting key players go (K-Rod, Teixeira).

And, of course, he's a great scout, as evidenced by the Angels' young core, most of which he drafted.

And, considering that a 1/2 year rental of Holliday, an inferior player to Teix, got in a bad economy, its hard to argue with the Teixeira deal even if the Angels would've won the division anyway (it was a major boost in the playoffs; the failure is blamed on certain other key players underperforming)

Had he made the Cabrera trade and given the subsequent extension (mandated by the volume of package given up), it would've been potentially franchise crippling (it could be for Detroit).

Now, if he gives Lackey AJ Burnett money, or signs Figgins to more than a 2 year deal and sells low on Wood, I might have to rescind my opinion.

Melonis rex,

It doesnt work that way Reagins didnt wait for everyone else to be signed to get Abreu cheaper the price goes up for each player once another is signed because teams have less options now Abreu could have said nah youll pay me more because you dont have anyone else left that you can sign...but he didnt cuz nobody wanted to sign him..its a great signing dont get me wrong but it wasnt planned that way and it wasnt great strategy that got it for us it fell into our laps which is great for us Im just saying that signing doesnt show his prowess as a GM to me the really good gms are people like billy beane who put out competitive clubs with no payroll year after year or the twins gm or even the Marlins gm they make great moves but the ownership just wont let them build Reagins doesnt have that problem

Mr. Thundah77...
what you just said, is one of the most insanely idiotic things, i have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything - that could be considered a rational thought.... everyone in this post, is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.

ps. learn to use punctuation. sorry to flame, but i find it incredibly hard to take you serious after your insanely incorrect, 5000 word long sentences.