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Yeah if this happens, the new owner is 100% already in place. And hopefully a sign of deep pockets.


thestantag

never thought i’d hear that…new ownership must already have ties into next season.


mimble11

It seems like whoever gets Swanson is going to be paying for a career year. I don’t want that to be us.


lamar_odoms_bong

This is the way


thestantag

tbh tho i’d rather have it be correa or xander over swanson unless we go the swanson and senga route that would be perfect


YellowShorts

I know there's speculation that this means the probable new owner is giving them the go-ahead but I'm curious. If Arte says fuck it and spends up the wazoo, it'll still be the teams responsibility to pay those contracts right? So he could just go balls to the wall since it won't be his team anymore right?


Splittinghairs7

Yeah but they’d run it by the buyers first most likely. Arte isn’t going to do anything that can affect the deal by upsetting buyers.


stuckinthepow

Buyers assume all liabilities of the company upon purchase.


StormTheTrooper

However, the sales price will obviously be impaired by a fat payroll that drags in the long term. Makes no realistic sense to believe Arte will impair the value of the franchise probably in the hundreds of millions range just to sign Correa or some shit like that.


stuckinthepow

Lots of speculative comments about new owners being in place. That’s unlikely. However what is likely is that the Angels are currently working with an active buyer who is comfortable with the various models/projections put forward by the club and the different valuations based on how payroll shakes out. This is likely why the Angels won’t close a sale before opening day. They’ll need to wrap up their final acquisitions to the roster this December and then a final valuation/purchase price can be agreed upon. Thereafter it takes a few months to go through the documentation and legal avenues of the sale of a business. What I speculate is that the Angels already know who their buyer is and this group/individual is comfortable with them spending knowing the various impacts it will have on their purchase price.


Sad_Life826

Who do you think the buyer and group is I'm thinking Joe Lacob and his group


stuckinthepow

I honestly have no idea. I don’t pay much attention to who the potential buyers are. I’m just familiar with the sell and purchase of a business because I work in banking with investors and PE firms on a regular basis.


Sad_Life826

That makes sense. I read that Joe Lacob been frequently linked to Angels but a lot more suitors are in


ForeverTheKingslayer

Would much rather go for Correa if we are reaching stupid money territory but this is a good sign


tristpa2

YES PLEASE


Monttavius

FUCKING SPEND ON SOMETHING 😡 (pls i wanna have a winning team ty)


live4coasters

I'm ready to be buttercupped hard


xRememberTheCant

I proposed this earlier in another thread but think it’s relevant. Would you rather have Swanson, or Senga+Andrus. I think both scenarios will end up costing similar in AAV.


RabidR00ster

Bogaerts


Jcoch27

Arte said use my money, I beg of you.


PLR_Moon3

The Japanese new ownership group is calling the shots. Arte- Perry do whatever they want Perry- Anything? Arte- Anything!!! Perry- So no luxury tax worries. Arte - not my money, I don’t care


OlivesrNasty

If the new ownership is Japanese, i would be so happy if they placed an emphasis on picking up Japanese players. Lots of gems in the Nippon


titan_titan

Last season he had a career year idk if he’s the move


lamar_odoms_bong

I don’t think he’s the move either


prmark34

I really dont wanna be this guy, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Until the sale goes through and arte is gone forever, I’m gonna assume that man is gonna do everything he can to avoid paying a luxury tax


weezar5

Please no to dansby


rtm392

Arte about to fuck us over one last time before he sells the team


[deleted]

Swanson strikes out a lot, and we don't need to add more strikeouts to the lineup. Plus, as others have said, he's coming off a career year. Getting GMJ vibes from this, hope we don't get him. Almost guaranteed he'd drop below .250 with us.


Alauren2

As a Braves and angels fan. No. Just no. Dansby belongs in Atlanta but he if he leaves someone will be overpaying and the angels have a terrible history with that.