5 years ago we lost Luis Valbuena. Rest easy #GoHalos

@Noseotasle @Jared_Tims Just keep it real with the audience. If that isn’t for you, then I respect that.

@Noseotasle @Jared_Tims I’d suggest reading the coverage. I don’t think this criticism is accurate. But, to be fair, they haven’t won more than 77 games in the three years I’ve covered them.

Source: The Angels have hired Alex Cultice to the Major League staff. He’ll be the head of game planning on the pitching side. Cultice previously held a similar role with the Diamondbacks.

@Pete_Soto23 A while ago I responded to a baiting tweet. I should be better than that. I will be better than that.

@XanDiegoSzn @FabianArdaya Just read it

Here’s more on who the Angels have been targeting in the trade market. Gives some context to their priorities. With @FabianArdaya: theathletic.com/5118822/2023/1…

@Razzball This would be have been a much more legit criticism from the start. I don’t agree with you at all. But at least I think your point is coming from a fairer place. Puff piece, this is not.

@Razzball If you read this whole story and believe it’s a puff piece…then I’m not sure what to tell you. Nez is a nuanced person. This is a nuanced story. Good stuff. Bad stuff. It’s what it is.

The Angels are in talks with reliever Adam Cimber, sources tell The Athletic. No agreement yet between the two sides but things trending positively. Cimber, 33, had been non-tendered by the Blue Jays.

@Razzball You have successfully found one paragraph of a 4,000 word extremely nuanced story. You are gaslighting your followers. I’d sincerely ask you do a more thorough read of the story. The premise of the article is that he’s overly controlling. That’s evident from the start.

@Razzball Puff piece?

@A_Rhodes77 So saying the Angels system lacks depth is “talking shit”? Because that seems to be what has you in your feelings.

Willie Calhoun has signed with the Angels, the team announced. It is a minor league deal. Calhoun, an outfielder, had 21 homers over just 83 games with the Rangers in 2019.

@A_Rhodes77 I love how you quote the word “prospects” as if that’s what I said. To not have any player taken in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft is 1000000% a reflection of depth.

@A_Rhodes77 Lol

There's been a lot made of the secrecy surrounding Shohei Ohtani's free agency at the Winter Meetings. If you want to better understand the man behind it all, read our profile on agent Nez Balelo from last week. twitter.com/SamBlum3/statu…

@iamhodler_ You tweeted this to me minutes ago: x.com/iamhodler_/sta…

You'd rather I just pretend there's another reason no one in the Angels system got taken? twitter.com/NotArteMoreno/…

There were 73 players taken in the major/minor league Rule 5 draft. No one took any Angels players. Last year, they lost just one player. It's likely a reflection of a system that doesn't have much depth.

@dougherty_jesse The Nats just took a guy in the Rule 5 draft

The Angels did not select anyone in Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft.

Such a fun story here: twitter.com/stephenjnesbit…

Angels GM Perry Minasian this afternoon, as this silent Winter Meetings drags on:

Getting word that he’s already been promoted to Double-A.

The Angels will pick No. 8 in the MLB draft. They had a 6 percent chance at the top pick.

Dave Roberts said he and the Dodgers met with Shohei Ohtani at Dodger Stadium a couple days ago. “I think it went well,” he said.

All it took was Shohei Ohtani to turn the MLB offseason into SEC football coaching search mode. twitter.com/bnicholsonsmit…

Mike Trout definitively will not be traded this offseason, Perry Minasian said. It likely was never going to happen. But he said it definitively today.

“He represents Queens and he represents all of the people who have fallen in love with the Mets, who are in love with the Mets and are going to be in love with the Mets.” How Gary Cohen, a Frick Award nominee, connects generations of Mets fans: theathletic.com/5113103/2023/1…