BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : If Strike Lingers, Layoffs Will Begin

The Angels have scheduled a staff meeting today with department heads in which employees are expected to be told that layoffs will commence in November if the strike lasts the duration of the season.

The Angels, bracing themselves to lose as much as $6 million because of the strike, will lose $1.71 million in television revenue alone from KTLA, along with gate receipts from 22 home games.

Meanwhile, each player will lose an average salary of $5,464 per day. Angel starter Chuck Finley will be hit the hardest, losing $19,125.68 per day. The Angels, however, must continue to pay Gary Gaetti ($2.9 million), Craig Lefferts ($400,000), and Bill Sampen ($200,000), all of whom have been released with guaranteed contracts.

The Major League Players Assn. has a strike fund that will begin making payments Sept. 15, but sources say it will last only 33 days.

Several Angels also could lose significant incentives that loom ahead that they have yet to earn, but remain on pace to receive:

Bo Jackson: $600,000 for playing in 100 games.

Bob Patterson: $300,000 for appearing in 65 games.

Chili Davis: $150,000 for 500 plate appearances.

Joe Grahe: $25,000 for appearing in 50 games.

The Angels say they will not be responsible for the incentives unless it is part of a settlement.

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Perhaps no one in an Angel uniform is more disappointed with the looming strike than Manager Marcel Lachemann, who can’t stand the thought of the season ending with the way the Angels have played.

“This team will be different once Lachemann has the team from spring training on,” Angel President Richard Brown said. “You see what’s happening now, with some of the fundamentals breaking down. You won’t see that next year.”

Said Lachemann: “It seems like the worse it gets, the more determined I get. I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

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The Angels are considering releasing pitcher Pete Janicki, the No. 1 pick in the 1992 draft, this winter instead of paying him his base salary of $215,000 next season. The Angels can buy out his contract for $35,440.