The Nationals have traded middle infielder Danny Espinosa to the Angels for minor league right-handers Austin Adams and Kyle McGowin, per an announcement from Washington.
[RELATED: Updated Nationals & Angels Depth Charts]
The Nats’ decision to move on from Espinosa came shortly after Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post reported the 29-year-old’s displeasure with the club’s acquisition of outfielder Adam Eaton. In trading a haul to the White Sox for Eaton, the Nationals picked up a player who should be their long-term answer in center field, thereby sending Trea Turner to shortstop. With Daniel Murphy entrenched at second base, Espinosa would have had to take on a bench role in 2017 had Washington kept him.
Now on his way out of D.C., Espinosa will head back to his native California and join an Angels team that, prior to Saturday, was in dire need of a second baseman to pair with shortstop Andrelton Simmons. Before settling on Espinosa, the Angels made recent inquiries to the Padres, Cardinals and Phillies about their second base options. Espinosa will also reunite with a former teammate in third baseman Yunel Escobar, whom the Nationals traded to the Angels exactly one year ago.
A lifetime .226/.302/.388 hitter in 2,972 plate appearances, Espinosa is fresh off a season in which he slashed .209/.306/.378 with a career-best 24 home runs in 601 PAs. The majority of the switch-hitting Espinosa’s offensive success has come versus left-handed pitchers, against whom he has posted a .257/.327/.454 career line in 736 trips to the plate. But he has provided most of his value via the field, having amassed 25 Defensive Runs Saved and an Ultimate Zone Rating of 27.0 in 4,400-plus innings as a second baseman. With Espinosa and Simmons, one of the majors’ foremost defenders, the Angels should have an enviable double-play combination for at least next season. Espinosa will make an estimated $5.3MM through arbitration in 2017, his final year under team control.
Of the two pitchers the Halos sent to the Nationals, McGowin is the more notable. The 25-year-old ranked as the Angels’ 20th-best prospect, per MLBpipeline.com, which credits the 2013 fifth-round pick for his three-pitch mix and suggests that he has back-end starter upside. The 25-year-old hasn’t generated great results during his minor league career, though, and just finished a season in which he recorded a 6.11 ERA, 7.58 K/9 and 3.58 BB/9 over 116 1/3 innings in his first taste of Triple-A action.
Adams, also 25 (and not to be confused with the Indians righty), was impressive in relief for the Angels’ Double-A affiliate in Arkansas in 2016. Although he issued too many walks (5.28 per nine), the 2012 eighth-round pick offset that somewhat with a sky-high K/9 (13.28). All told, he registered a 3.05 ERA across 41 1/3 frames. In assessing Adams in 2015, former FanGraphs prospect analyst Kiley McDaniel complimented his above-average fastball and plus slider, though he also noted Adams’ lack of control.
Josh Norris of Baseball America was the first to report the trade and the two-prospect return (Twitter links). Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Boom!
let the homer comments start to roll in lo, stick to baseball tonight dummies haha. why come on here and talk smack if you really think hes awful lol. The Angels now have the best up the middle defense in all of baseball. Billy Eppler has been doing a great job of filling in some holes without breaking the bank or giving up draft picks. Maybin in left and now espinosa at 2b AWESOME! Now lets go get Hammel, revere, and a few bullpen pieces and this team is ready to compete. Nothing flashy but it’ll get the job done,
The Miami Marlins probably still have the best up the middle defense in baseball with Hechavarria and Gordon. Reds’ Phillips and Cozart also close, although Phillips has declined some.
Russell & Baez
No way. Crawford and Panik!! Gold glove duo. That ones obvious.
Giants
There are clearly a lot of good ones. But given that Russell is among the top defensive short stops … and Baez is by far the best defensive 2B, is give it to them. Seriously guys – Baez finished third in DRS last year, one behind the league leader. He did it in 700 less innings. It was absurd.
You right
Baez is not “by far the best defensive 2B”. I know he played more innings but Pedroia put up better DRS and UZR figured
Russell and Baez are better in every way. The Marlins probably wouldn’t be in the top 10
Ok but what everybody is forgetting is it wouldn’t take much defensively on the 2nd base side due to how good Simmons is. You take how good Baez is over everybody else and then times it by 1000 and then you got Simmons defensive ranking at his position. That guy is the best defensive player at any position I ever saw.
Kinsler and Iglesias. Lots of talent up the middle currently.
He had 1 more DRS … and played 700 more innings at the position.
and by 700… I mean 900.
Baez finished 3rd in DRS at 2B and didn’t even qualify for the board. It took him 383 innings to achieve an 11 DRS. Kindler and Pedroia were at 12 in 299 and 1292 innings respectively.
Baez was on a pace for a 37 DRS over the same number of innings.
Lets see what the Tigers do for CF before we determine if they compete with the best up the middle defense.
Do you speak English?
Miami has the best defensive middle infield
With all due respect, I think the Giants have the best up the middle defense with Posey, Crawford and Panik all winning gold gloves.
Panik is okay but he doesn’t have the glove like Javier Beaz. Don’t forget Baez played 2nd 3rd SS and first. If he played 2nd all year he would have won the gold glove. Russell has better range and is all-around better than Crawford.
It’s Russell and Baez on one of the greatest defensive teams of all time. Crawford has less range than Derek jeter. The Giants tandem is laughable.
Baez and Russell are the best defensive middle infield in baseball. Baez may be the best infielder in baseball at 3 different positions. The Giants are second because Panik and Crawford are a solid tandem. Simmons is a great defensive SS and Espinoza is a solid 2B but their combo isn’t better than the Cubs or Giants.
@hdy please share why you think it’s the best up the middle defense. Espinosa is middle of the pack at best going over to 2B. Tied for 3rd in most errors by a SS this past year. That’s not a good thing, ya know. He has a slight, very slight edge over Giavoltella with his bat but that’s about it. Have fun with a sub-par 2B you think is one of the best in the league hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
boom is right
Correa and Altuve
Hitting wise, for sure.
As an angel fan, I like this
Enjoy his career .226 batting avg, I’m sure it will take the Angels to a World Series lol
It’s a buy low move
A buy low move? Danny Espinosa is Danny Espinosa. If he was valuable we wouldn’t be having this conversation. He’s a bum. Let’s be real. If I were an Angels fan I would be pissed off. Jerry DipshitPoto really put some handcuffs on this team while he was up in that front office
It’s definitely a buy-low move. If he hits .240/.311/.409 like he did in 2015, with power and good defense, it’s very reasonable to imagine the Angels trading him at the deadline for more than they gave up. Solid gamble in my opinion, and worst case, he’s a 1-year stopgap to fill a hole.
I agree!
He’s also the one that got them the best player in baseball, and was forced to sign 2 overpriced old free agents.
Good luck
I agree as well. It’s not like they have a ton of options. Nothing wrong with this move at all. At minimum he provides strong defense and some pop.
You mean Arte Moreno who basically forced Dipoto to sign Hamilton and Pujols? Those types of deals are the types of deals that the owner has to approve of (and usually has a hand in when it comes to offering it).
Wow you really follow baseball closely huh? How about educating yourself? Dipoto with the angels?
A bum who’s been the starting SS for the Nationals for how many years?
He was the Nationals starting Shortstop for 1 year. Great argument.
More like the previous GM before Dipoto gutted the farm. Arte Moreno then couldn’t let his GM do his job and signed Pujols and Hamilton. Afterwards, Billy Eppler traded the rebuilt farm that Dipoto did for Simmons. Now, the Angels have no farm while so many holes that Moreno and Eppler created instead of resolving. Dipoto made some mistakes, but not as huge as the owner and the new GM created.
No that was Reagins. He was GM when Trout was drafted. Dipoto was just GM when Trout forced himself onto the field. No credit whatsoever goes to him
It’s laughable that you think Eppler is to blame for this. This is all on Arte. He negotiated the signings of Pujols and Hamilton. He let Dipoto mortgage the Angels future in trades for Haren and Greinke. Eppler is simply rebuilding what Arte and Jerry destroyed.
Dipoto gutted the farm system when he traded for Zack Greinke and Ernesto Frieri. Eppler at least got a long term solution with Simmons playing shortstop with 5 years of control versus a rental who left and a closer who ended up being awful. Dipoto also had some great moves like the Trumbo deal, but signing the entire offseason going into the 2013 season was absolutely terrible by him.
I agree on the two big contracts with DiPoto (and Moreno), but Tony Reagins drafted Trout. Reagins 2007-2011 / DiPoto 2011-2015.
Please.. Dipoto had nothing to do with Trout — he was already in the system prior to JD coming on board, So was every other Angels players worth mentioning during his time in Anaheim. JD get’s a free pass BC or Moreno’s apparent meddling and Angel fans hate for Mike Scioscia, but he was anything but a good GM.
Plus he had 24 homers this season
24 HR…. Like 20 of them came in one month.
And he hit .209 while striking out 174 times!
It’s all about the WAR, which he has a 1.7 WAR last year.
Built almost solely off of defense.. come may all you angels fans will be calling for head
Haha, his*
It’s really not all about the wAR. There are too any variables in this game to take that seriously. Not to mention that pretty much every sources’ version of it is different. It’s not a statistic. Championship teams were built and Hall Of Fame Players were bred before any of these ridiculous sabermetric, fake statistics. It’s all about OBP, a ‘lil bit of SLUG and Fielding %. WAR/ Range Factor and exit velocity can disappear for all I care. It’s nonsense to try and use some sort of unnecessarily complicated equation to evaluate a player’s value or productivity. It’s much more simple than that.
Thank you, jlv3gem gets it. WAR is a lazy, overvalued statistic.
I’ve found that WAR clashes with Runs Created and Batted Runs. I added Cameron Maybin’s 2016 RC after the Angels acquired him, and on paper their pythagorean W-L suddenly became 86-76…
Ha “calling for head” and your name is rock hard
this post is hilarious. Anyone who says fielding % is awesome and range factor can go away should just stick to watching something like the nba.
Just because you choose not to understand and use things, doesn’t mean they’re unnecessary.
Fielding % really? Who has the highest single-season fielding % at 3B. I’ll save you from looking it up. It’s HOF defender Brooks Robinson. Okay I’m joking. It’s actually Kevin Kouzmanoff. A guy who was a terrible defender.
I’ve called for head too.
Thank god for advanced analytics so we can weed out the weak minds. 😛
Any stat that says Lou Whitaker over the course of his career was a better player or more valuable player I should say over Derek Jeter proved how stupid of a stat it is. And I despise the Yankees.
Who?
Lou was an elite defender; Jeter wasn’t. Especially at the end, Jeter was costing his team runs in the field. Whitaker played in a much more difficult era for offense, in a much more difficult park. This is why WAR is more useful than comparing raw stats. Different eras and different ballparks all figure in. It would be absurd to compare the stats of a guy who played in the 2000s with one who played in the 80s.
Lou should be in the HOF, but Tiger Stadium was not a difficult park. The overhang in RF was made for his swing.
The park factor for Tiger Stadium in the 80s was slightly more difficult than the park factor for Yankee Stadium in the 2000s. Plus, it was just a very different offensive environment in general. Lou and Trammel should be HOFers, for sure, and obviously Jeter will be and should be, but it’s not impossible to make a case that Whitaker was the better player.
WAR has it’s place in the world, but it should not be relied upon as a definitive talent evaluator. It’s a flawed statistic.
It’s admirable in what it attempts to accomplish but should only be used for very basic comparisons and be taken with a grain of salt. People tend to regard this “statistic” as an exact science, which it certainly is not. It’s vague and imprecise.
The majority of people don’t understand how it’s calculated, yet accept it as a truth.
Come to your own conclusions, based on observation and research, as opposed to lazily accepting these adjusted statistics.
well enjoy his defense and pop. i’m very happy with this considering i was expected stephen drew
As a Nats fan, I love it. Danny has a ton of talent, but a two cent head. He thinks he’s an all star and swings for the fences EVERY swing. He sulks on the bench and thinks he is the best shortstop in the league. He won’t play second base without griping (even though he is a fine fielder at second). Good luck with his personality – I bet the Angels drop him by August.
chase u. would have been better
chase is a better fit
That escalated quickly
Well that escalated quickly
That’s the Nationals for ya. Plus, I don’t get why Espinoza couldn’t be used at 3rd a little bit more and also look to get Rendón some time at 1B. Zimmerman has a knack for getting injured.
Huh? First of all, Rendon is a fantastic fielder. Second, Danny sulks if he isn’t playing shortstop. Dude is a head case and would rather K than adjust his long swing.
He also thinks he is a switch hitter!
That was quick.
What a great trade! Who’d we get?
Nothing you want
Herpes. You got herpes.
Lol
The gift that keeps on giving
“Don’t give kyle aids”
Why? Angels are just a dumpster fire
Plays good defense, cheap, and has some success this year. What could go wrong?
Bc the angels have no chance to compete. There’s literally no point for them to acquire any veterans at this point.
Do you oppose all sub par clubs signing or trading for veterans?
Well they don’t have good prospects to play at the ML level so they just need cheap vets to take up AB’s.
Based on what evaluation?
I 100% agree! Surprised to see it take so long for this point to pop up. We know the Angels system isn’t particularly strong and the team has a long way to go. Why make a trade that further diminishes the system (even if they aren’t top prospects)? I’m sure you can find a league average stop gap in free agency on a one year deal. Also, great defense up the middle is nice, but first they need a pitching staff. 2B/SS can’t catch home runs. Lastly, let’s not forget that DS is coming to a tougher league and a division with some big parks. No 20+ HRs this year for him!
That’s not a good trade if they want veteran leadership. He’s a dime a dozen player at best. Doesn’t add much value to that team other than experience. Leadership wise, well, don’t expect him to rally the troops…
Hello homer @ falconsball1993. You sound like an airhead, what are your evaluations based on genius,. You do realize that the only “old vet” on the team are Pujols and Street. You sound like a total imbecil. You know absolutely nothing about the Angels franchise other than Mike Trout yet you talk like you’ve folled the team for years. Typical homer.
You should probably learn how to spell “imbecil” before insulting someone.
Anyone who uses the term “homer” sounds like a middle schooler. Grow up and present an argument in a mature manner. You could do it in a way that makes you sound like an adult.
Maybe then people will care what you have to say.
Clown comment, bro.
Wasn’t happy with nationals because he can’t play everyday, now he can play every day on a rebuilding team LOL
actually they’re not really rebuilding they’re just bad
As an Angel, I’m outraged! But the truth hurts! Lol
Knew it
Post before said Danny was unhappy.
Saw this happening to be honest… but let’s go halos!!!
And for who?
I thought the angels wanted to win?
They have no resources to trade and no FO 2bs
Houston Street? Nick Smith? Mike Morin? Cam Bedrosian? Schomaker?
Street have negative value ATM
Bedrosian and shoemaker are a definite no
Yea give Bedrock another good season and sell high on the reliever market
Angels organization could not careless about winning. They don’t have a winner on this team.
So Trout is a loser? Hmmm
Yep! He is part of the team. Hmmm
Your an idiot
Spell “you’re” correctly if YOU’RE going to call someone an idiot……hmmmmm lol herp derp!!!
Trout? Simmons? I guess Pujols and his WS rings don’t count?
Solid move more protection for trout
Lol. Sarcasm. Nice.
That’s what he gets for whining about his playing time when he hits like .200, I mean I’ve got nothing against him, I just think it wasn’t his best decision to complain. Now he can compete with Andrelton Simmons for SS.
He’s playing second
Simmons is the SS, Espinosa at 2B and Escobar at 3B.
I’m so excited for a .209 hitter!!!
Great defense to pair with Simmons though
Lol. So you can lose 4-2 instead of 6-2.. yay defense!
He also hit 24 homers last year
This is a great comment
Or you win 2-0
Best defense in the world can’t prevent the the long ball from their crappy pitchers..
It’s basically Giavotella with a better chance of a home run. But then Danny also likes to strike out a ton so he better up his HR’s to around 40 if he wants to be considered valuable…..
Defense wins games
Uh, last time I checked the team with the most runs wins
Well since those 9 Bautistas all have to bat and he’s been worth like 10 fWAR over the last 3 years I’d say that works out to be one of the most valuable teams in baseball.
Me and every GM in the game will gladly take 9 bautista’s over 9 espinosa’s!
Interesting. I’d love to see a game like that.
reddit.com/r/OOTP/comments/5hn24k/ootp_clone_wars_…
yeah, but 9 bautistas wouldn’t each be 3 WAR players as they’d be replacement level (or worse) at C,SS,2b, 3b and CF. Maybe a 3 win player in left and right, and 2 WAR at DH so what? team WAR of 8-10? that’s awful
Right? I think team espinosa wins because i trust them more to pitch than i do team bautista
Why was Chris Carter non tendered?
Only when it comes with offense.
But does not score runs…. Weak team.
This just in…Espinoza was traded for Trout. Not the player, but 200 pounds of actual trout.
Lol
1
Well damn. Angelsfan was right.
Where are the Angels going to get two prospects?
Probably organizational filler somewhere in A or AA
Hahaha!!
They are going to play him at 2nd I’m assuming? They will have some really good defense in the infield between SS and 2nd that’s for sure but not much hitting between the two I don’t think. Still a good trade for the Angels even without knowing who they gave up. They needed to make a move like this. I thought they grab Utley or trade for Solarte.
He’ll be batting around 6-8 most of the time I would imagine.
Glad to have a good FO btw, the worst in the game will continue to be SD, Cinnicinatti, and Miami for the foreseeable future
Haha, says the fan of the team with by far the worst system in baseball!
What’s your team rock?
Al west division champs
Remember when you guys won those two world series Rock?
So it changes depending on who wins the division? Front runner!
Haha
The reason the Angels are in the position they are as an organization is the fault of prior player and development, gm, the owner and the albatross contract of Josh Hamilton and to a lesser degree CJ Wilson. Eppler is doing a solid job with what he has to work with. This deal makes a
lot of sense for what they need. They get a very good defender with some pop for low level prospects, keeping the better assets to play or use for later.
I don’t really blame the former gm. it seems like Moreno has his hands in a lot of the baseball side of business.
SD has a great FO what are you even on? They turned the farm and roster around without even tanking. Name another team that can do that?
And I’m not even a SD fan, or even a west coast fan.
The Padres may have improved the farm, but it’s not accurate to say a) they turned their MLB roster around as well and 2) did so without tanking. They were one of the worst teams in baseball last year, and are likely to repeat that futility in 2017. Given the current status of the starting rotation – especially with non-tendering Ross – it’s gonna be a looong season.
In fact, 2016 is likely year one of a 2-3 year full rebuild. I think removing Mike Dee – who refused to admit the team needed to do so – solidified that approach.
well that didn’t take long.
Lmao I just said in the other article that he should be happy he’s not on the Angels.
Oops.
Haha, I think you owe Danny Espinosa an apology!
Just saw he’s from Santa Ana
I think he went to mater dei
One of my fav players since I’m from Santa Ana as well.
Esperanza is better
Was better. Much of their athletics migrated to Yorba Linda High School. Luckily I went to Esperanza during their glory years of baseball and football in the 1990’s.
I go there ATM
Baseball there is good football is awful
I went to middle school in placentia with a “bonquisha”
National Champions of 1986 all that matters
Nationals acquired RHPs Kyle McGowin and Austin Adams so nothing special at all. Good move Eppler!!!
They would have non tendered him if they made the trade for Eaton before the deadline.. of course he was traded for nothing special at all, if they wanted a good prospect he wouldn’t be headed to Anaheim,seeing as how they have none..
if they wanted a good prospect, they would have to trade someone other than Espinosa.
If they wanted a good prospect, they would of traded him to anywhere BUT the Angels..
RHP Kyle McGowin and RHP Austin Adams. from the Angels to the Nats
Smart guy, he just earned himself an extra 200-300 at bats. Reputation took a hit, but his earning power likely increased.
It’s the Angels making moves like this which reminds me how bad Dipoto screwed up the Angels when he was GM. Hopefully the Angels can rebuild the system quickly.
They’re organizational filler have no future in the game at all
It primarily started with tony reagins. Dipoto just continued. 4 for 1 trades for a 3 month rental decimates team. Also Reagins firing Eddie Bane wrecked the organization
Wasn’t dipoto’s fault. That credit goes to the owner.
Donniebaseball seriously? Dipoto is already doing what he did with the Angels with the Mariners. Trade young controllable pitchers, for players going into contract years. Hell he traded 5 players to the Reys last year, then traded that same pitcher for a minor leaguer at the trade deadline.
Oh those poor Mariners fans. Shame on the JeDi for trying to put together a winning team before Felix, Cano, Cruz, Seager, etc. all age past their primes. Doesn’t he know that they play in the same division as Mike Trout. Blasphemy!
Really ninechampionships? All the good players you named, were there before Dipoto. As a A’s fan, I guess you can fantasize about a team that actually can have stars in there prime. Or do you just out the VHS tapes from the late 80’s?
That’s a clown comment bro. The A’s had plenty of stars in their primes and the next wave of stars are on their way. The angels will not get to the playoffs by 2020 and Trout is going to walk to the Yanks hahaha!
Draft better?
The Big A should crush his batting line given that his offense is based on occasional power… 5M and a couple prospects for a good glove seems like a bit of an overpay, maybe. It’s a low stakes move tho.
Two guys who are both 24 and 25 with bad ERAs and FIPs in the upper minors is nothing too bad for LAA
5 million is nothing. Espinosa was worth 1.7 WAR last season. That’s like 12 million dollars. Defense counts.
wow that was quick !!!(unless it may have been in the works already)
Decent (at best) pitching depth for the Nats ,,,after they lost some depth in the Eaton trade…
Love it. Gave up organizational fodder for a solid defender who can be a league average hitter.
.207 is not league average
Also, I love the Angels’ moves this offseason.
Theoretically, they just need to build an 80 win team apart from trout, since he’s worth roughly 9-10 wins. The team just need average-ness with no huge holes. Trout is literally 3 all stars production in 1 player. They have the cash.
Dudes like Danny Espinoza, Jesse Chavez, and Cameron may in are all totally capable of having productive seasons for that 80 win core. Don’t act like Espinoza and maybin can’t possibly be worth 2 war each and Jesse maybe long man 100 innings in the 3.5-4.00 era range.
Average average average
Average will get 80, Trout will get you the playoffs.
It’s dipoto style of buying low. Idk what with this ignorance that the Angels can’t possibly be good this year
*not an Angels fan
That’s not how it works dude..
All I’m saying is that a team with a replacement level CF that is a 80-82 win caliber type team, exchange trout for that replacement level guy and you just might have a wild card contender.
Is that so hard to grasp? Or is that so impossible and inconceivable? but I’m sure your 6 word response was elaborate enough to prove you are totally right huh
To many variables..
Unfortunately, all of the Angels pitching wont be available because of their injuries. I find it hard to believe that staff will be able to compete.
@ rockhard so when aren’t there too many variables?! There will forever be a multitude of variables, some with greater degrees of influence. But bonquisha is right, it’s not a complete stretch to imagine this team as a wildcard contender. I don’t see it as the most likely outcome, but the talent is certainly there to sneak in. You only need a roster capable of going .500, and then steal a couple games. I’m also not an angels fan
The Cubs had a team WAR of 51.5 in 2016. They won 103 games. WAR does not translate to wins on a 1-to-1 basis.
Yes, I know it’s not on the dot exactly. and that a 80-82win war team could likely win anywhere from like 75-85 games maybe even give or take a few more. Or do I really need to write an essay each time I post to address every single possible caveat
Thank you..
Great trade for Angels….gave up nothing more than organizational depth for a starting second baseman.
You gave up nothing and also got nothing in return
no we got a good defensive second baseman with some pop. and we made sure about not having pennington as our 2b. so yes, we got something
How much control do the angels have Espinosa for?
1 year rental
One year. I hope Sherman Jackson is ready to play in the majors by July.
This feels like the nats punishing him for complaining. Oh you wanna grip about being the first man off the bench for a World Series contender? Ok, go play for the second most popular team in LA on a team picked to finish 4th in the division
Hahaha La is only in name for folks like you. The Angels are the most popular team in Orange County. An Hour south…. population 3.5 million and predictions are just that “predictions”.
Oh! Yea he angels, kings of Orange County and no where else.. great fans..
McGowin and Adams are actually both solid pieces.
Seen McGowins slider? Put that and his 95 fb (likely playing up) in the pen and you have a potentially dominant set-up man.
Adams struck out 12.7 batters per 9 in AA. While his walk numbers were high, he could at least be a decent middle relief arm.
Rizzo got some good value for a player who was worth nothing to the team.
Also, LA is just looking like the Ruben Amaro era Phillies of 2012-2014. Add veterans for no reason and continue to finish with 76 wins. Time to sell off some pieces Eppler, you aren’t with the 2009 Yankees anymore.
Disclaimer- Im a Phillies fan who hates Washington with every ounce of my body and soul, but my non-biased opinion favors them in this trade.
McGowin and Adams will probably be lucky to have anything lower than a 5 ERA IF they make the majors. You post is very inaccurate
You are significantly overvaluing too mediocre pieces
Typical angels fan mentality of undervaluing prospects.
no, this guys trying to say two 25 year olds that are still in the minors will have impact at the majors. stop it
Given that the Angels have no farm system and little money to spend, they’d be well served to use the Orioles approach. Wait, wait, wait and then sign the desperate players when they get cheap.
Have a few $2 million deals waiting for the best guys who are about to settle for invites to spring training.
The Pirates should do the same. If you can’t make the top end of your roster better, make sure the 23, 24 and 25th spots are solid.
Great trade!!! Shored up 2nd for nothing and saved the 40mil for Trumbo or EE at 1st. Hammel, Ross for rotation. Trade Cron
Have fun with your new .209 hitter.
Angels fans will have as much fun as you can have at a ballpark at least 20 times next year thanks to Espy. Not many can say the same from their second baseman. With what they gave up, they’ll never even miss them a day, unless McGowin and Adams have glowing personalities not measured by stats.
No thank you. Would rather sign Justin Turner, Trade Escobar. Sign Furbush, Holland and Feliz. And Sign Jacob Turner on a cheap deal and bring in Tyson Ross and Ivan Nova and then trade a starter.
It’s all about the change of scenery.
Hence Ricky Nolasco. Predicting 80 point higher average, 20HR, 90RBI
Well, except for the HRs, that’s a bit optimistic.
Great trade. His .206 batting average will increase in 2017 with the help of Trout. Trout cut back his strikeouts this year and same will happen with Danny. He will have a bounce back year
This is a win/win trade IMO. Angels get a 2ish WAR 2b without giving up much and the Nats rid themselves of a potential clubhouse issue. I don’t see a lot to complain about really.
great trade. he plays great defense and adds switch hitting pop. glad we got him over the other guys that we reportedly checked out
As a Nats fan I like this trade, I think it works for both sides. Espinosa could have become an issue in the clubhouse and we knew after trading for Eaton he had to be moved. I don’t foresee Espinosa’s numbers getting better, he may start the season hot and bat .270 with a good amount of homers and Angels fans will be excited but he’ll follow up that with a month where he bats .180. One thins undeniable is his defense, he will be great at 2nd and if Simmons goes down for a bit with an injury he can fill in at Short perfectly. I think Nats fans are going to realize how good Espinosa was defensively pretty quickly when they see Turner playing short. Early in his career I was a big Espinosa fan but I quickly grew frustrated watching his terrible plate discipline and high strikeout rate everyday. Nothing is more frustrating than seeing runners on 2nd and 3rd and having Danny step in the box to strikeout every time.
I honestly don’t care what we got in return, one of them may pan out and become a setup man or something. I will say that Rizzo and his Scouts have a decent eye when it comes to picking talent deep in other teams farm systems. I have nothing but best wishes for Danny in Orange County.
Why does anyone care about this scrub?
Dan Uggla is better than this junk!
One of the most entitled players I’ve ever seen. Will miss his glove and that’s about it.
After watching DE for his entire career I can safely report he:
Can grow a beard faster than any human on the planet
Can throw out baserunners with an absolute cannon of an arm
Can get on a hot streak and hit a ton of homers, then go hit less for what seems like weeks
Once in his hitless streak a typical at bat will go like this…swing and miss on a high fastball out of the zone…swing at a ball low and away…strikeout at a ball that is down and in, nearly at his feet. Then pull out a plug of tobacco of his mouth as he walks back to the bench.
We got the Second Basemen now need more pitcher
The Angels could have done much better and perhaps gotten a more decent second baseman… Espinoza is prong to K’s and is only controllable thru 2017… So in actuality,
we just gave up two young arms for a goner after this season … great move Eppler….
we gave up two 25 year olds who aren’t gonna do anything. no reason to complain about this trade.
How is he a goner? He’s a free agent until 2018 according to BR, unless BR is wrong
Cheap and upgrade over Pennington at 2b. If team is not doing well, may be able to trade him at the deadline. Yes, he us a douchebag though.
Ownership is just showing the Angel fans that their are doing something this guy is bust not a good fit for the Angels they are just settling. Not good enough this very disappointing for both Albert
Great trade for Billy. Better than all the other options we had and got him for nothing.
This has been a funny thread. Kevin Kouzmanoff, calling for head & “herpes…you got herpes”
LOL-ing