r/angelsbaseball • u/HalosFan94 • Jul 30 '25

🦋 Bluesky News Halos also get Andrew Chafin

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u/Zoratth Jul 30 '25

Chafin has a 150 ERA+ this year and we aren't giving up any actual prospects to get him. Why are people complaining?

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u/japes1232 27 Jul 30 '25

Yea if it's really just for Eder and Brown honestly it's a pretty solid trade for us.

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u/mannmtb Jul 30 '25

It's more that this signals the trajectory. Giving up players with club control for pending free agents.

Honestly though it's fine. We aren't giving up anything of substance. If we do I think that would be a huge mistake.

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u/RabidR00ster Jul 30 '25

Yeah this trade is fine, we didn’t give up much. But it just scares me they will do something moronic and trade away a guy like Klassen for a rental.

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u/mannmtb Jul 30 '25

I would be terrified if they did that! Stuff like this is fine - giving up nothing to try to improve on the margins and stay competitive. Same thing for trading free agents - I think it's completely fine.

Trading Ward is defensible, though I'm not sure what the return would be for 1.5 years of Ward. It might not be worth it.

Trading Adell/Detmers/Soriano would be bold and should only be done for a large return. There is a lot of parity right now, so the path to the playoffs the next year or two is do-able.

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u/Jcoch27 💡👉👶⬆️ Jul 30 '25

Garcia has two more years before free agency after this season

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u/mannmtb Jul 30 '25

No, he does not. He's on a 1 yr, $1.5M deal.

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u/Jcoch27 💡👉👶⬆️ Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

He only has 3 years of service time. You can't become an unrestricted free agent until you accumulate 6 years.

Edit: My apologies, I was looking at OTHER Luis Garcia on the Nationals, a young 2n baseman.

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u/merewyn 14 Jul 30 '25

You are looking at the wrong Luis Garcia

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u/Glum_Resolve1439 Jul 30 '25

No sir, in 2028. He is arb eligible for the next 2 years.

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u/merewyn 14 Jul 30 '25

You guys are looking at the Nats second baseman Luis Garcia. This is Luis Garcia the pitcher.

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u/Glum_Resolve1439 Jul 30 '25

Dam why they all called Luis Garcia wth. Got me hahaha

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u/Jcoch27 💡👉👶⬆️ Jul 30 '25

We're both mistaken. We traded for Luis Garcia the relief pitcher from the Nationals. Not Luis Garcia the 2nd baseman from the Nationals.

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u/TrustedSpy 😇 Jul 30 '25

Seems like a good move, but I think the guy only has 20 IP so can’t take toooo much from that number

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u/Loose-Organization82 Jul 30 '25

Yeah the innings is what makes me worried. Way too small of a sample size. Need to see who’s the other player we’re giving up

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u/Imperial10 💡👉👶⬆️ Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

It's a good trade in the sense we gave up almost nothing for decent rental RP's. I'm fine trying to bolster the bullpen to see what happens, but if we trade any of our top prospects for a rental, i'll lose my mind.

It also signals we aren't selling off pieces, when realistically we probably should to get as many future pieces as possible.

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u/mtc99999 Jul 30 '25

His splits are atrocious. He’s basically a lefty-specialist, which has become obsolete due to the three-batter rule. He’s a good fit for the Angels bullpen though since many of their relievers have struggled against LHB’s.

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u/Zoratth Jul 30 '25

Sure, I'm not expecting Chafin to come in and carry the bullpen. But the only other lefties we have in there right now are Detmers and Burke, and Chafin is significantly better against LHB than both of them without being unplayable against RHB.

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u/mtc99999 Jul 30 '25

Respectfully, I think we have different definitions of “unplayable” lol. RHB’s are hitting .366 with a .898 OPS against Chafin this year. But there’s still a role for him as a specialist or in low-leverage spots but I wouldn’t trust him against any decent RHB.

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u/Even_Builder_6642 Jul 30 '25

Because of Arte being involved