Getty Images In the wake of Tony Reagins resigning as Angels general manager amid an overall front office housecleaning there’s been a lot written about how manager Mike Scioscia is truly pulling all the personnel strings and any GM would mostly just be a figurehead.
In terms of actually becoming the GM, though, Scioscia has no interest.
When asked yesterday if the Angels would consider Scioscia for the GM opening team president John Carpino replied: “I don’t believe so, but it would probably be a question for Mike, wouldn’t it?”
And so Randy Youngman of the Orange County Register asked Scioscia, who said: “I’m happy with what I’m doing. I have no aspirations to be the GM.” Scioscia also declined to comment on Reagins’ resignation other than to say they always had a good relationship.
Jeff Mathis is set for a raise from his $1.7 million salary via arbitration after hitting .174 in 93 games, so what the Angels do with their starting catcher should show how much influence Scioscia has on the roster.
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- texasdawg - Oct 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM
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This is confusing. Does he mean he’s truly not wanting to be the GM any longer… or that he’s just not interested in officially being the GM?
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- easports82 - Oct 4, 2011 at 10:28 AM
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Baseball Reference has his OPS at .434, OPS+ at 37, with a WAR of -.3. How does this constitute a raise?
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- cosanostra71 - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:26 AM
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Easports, it’s a question we’re all asking ourselves. Heck, if they want that kind of offensive production, they can sign me for half that cost. The part I don’t get is how Sciosca claims his game calling ability as the reason why it is worth it. While Mathis does call a decent game, I think that Weaver and Haren will be excellent with just about anyone behind the plate. Santana is the one who needs a good game caller but is it worth Mathis’ putrid offense, and marginal overall defensive ability (remember, this is the guy who threw the ball to first and tripped over a baserunner allowing a score this year)?
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- texasdawg - Oct 4, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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Mike Napoli had a lower catcher’s ERA (3.1) than Mathis (3.2) on a team with a higher staff ERA (3.79 vs. 3.57, respectively). He also had a much higher caught stealing % than Mathis: 36.4% vs. 27.3%.
Jeff Mathis put up one of the worst catcher seasons in MLB history and Mike Napoli put up what likely would have been an MVP-level season had he played more often in the first 2 months of the year. Yet Scoscia is still talking about defense and implying (as recently as last week) that Napoli can’t play the position defensively.
Just a colossal failure on Scoscia’s part… that he continues to make look even worse by spinning away what happened.
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- cosanostra71 - Oct 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM
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They should rename the Mendoza line the Mathis line smh
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- jimatkins - Oct 4, 2011 at 5:14 PM
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That’s an insult to Mendoza. Mathis is a whole new level of suckage.
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- Francisco (FC) - Oct 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM
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Scioscia is begging for a caption there: “GM? Woaaah! Hold your horses there pardner…”
