The Angels are known to be open to an everyday addition at third base, and Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reports they’ve at least gauged the respective asking prices for Nolan Arenado, Alec Bohm and Eugenio Suarez in talks with the Cardinals, Phillies and Diamondbacks, respectively.
The Halos are reportedly one of the at least six teams to which Arenado would approve a trade, though that’s a somewhat surprising development in and of itself. Both reporting out of St. Louis and, more recently, direct quotes from agent Joel Wolfe have suggested that the eight-time All-Star would prefer to land with a team that has a clear path to contention over the remaining three years of his contract. Said Wolfe earlier this week to a host of reporters at the Winter Meetings: “He wants a team that has the throttle down … that he believes he can jump right in and they’re going to win right now.”
While the Angels are clearly looking to better the club — they’ve added Yusei Kikuchi, Jorge Soler, Travis d’Arnaud, Kevin Newman and Kyle Hendricks this winter — it’s less clear that those moves position them as a contender for the foreseeable future. The Angels’ 63-99 record was the fourth-worst in MLB last season, landing them last place in the American League West. Arenado is an Anaheim-area native, however, having been born in Newport Beach and attended high school in Lake Forest. That proximity to home could understandably hold some sway, especially when coupled with a series of win-now moves from the Angels over the past six weeks or so.
Arenado, 34 in April, is owed $74MM over the next three seasons, but the Rockies are on the hook for $10MM of that under the terms of the deal that sent him from Denver to St. Louis several years ago. His offensive contributions have fallen off over the past two seasons — .269/.320/.426, compared to .293/.358/.553 in third-place MVP season in 2022 — but the six-time Platinum Glove winner remains a premium defender with excellent contact skills. That sets something of a high floor, while the money left on his contract means the asking price for Arenado (prospect-wise) won’t be exorbitant unless the Cardinals pay down a notable portion of the deal.
With Bohm, the asking price has appeared higher, at least in the Phillies’ early asks. They reportedly asked the Mariners about right-handers Logan Gilbert and George Kirby in early talks regarding the longtime Philadelphia third baseman — an outlandish ask even coming off a solid season for Bohm. (That said, it stands to reason the Phillies would aim high early in any trade talks.)
Bohm, 28, hit .280/.332/.448 this past season, but the overwhelming majority of his production came in an outrageous April wherein he slashed .366/.438/.598. From May 1 onward, Bohm hit just .258/.303/.410 — slightly below league-average production. He’s long had negative defensive grades at third base but made strides in 2024 according to both Defensive Runs Saved (0) and Outs Above Average (4). Whether that’s sustainable will be a question interested clubs weigh carefully. Bohm is projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $8.1MM in 2025 and is controllable through the 2026 season.
It’s not entirely clear that Suarez is available — Arenado and Bohm very much are — but the D-backs are a medium-payroll club with inhouse options to step up in the event that a deal comes together. Top prospect Jordan Lawlar is all but MLB-ready, and young Blaze Alexander could take some reps at the hot corner alongside shortstop Geraldo Perdomo if the Snakes opt to give Lawlar a bit more seasoning in Triple-A.
At one point this season, Suarez even briefly looked to be losing the grip on his starting third base job to Alexander. Suarez caught fire shortly thereafter, however, and not only regained his form but was one of the game’s best hitters in the season’s final three months: .312/.357/.617, 24 home runs in his final 325 plate appearances from July 1 onward. That prompted the D-backs to exercise a $15MM club option. Suarez is a free agent following the season, though, and it’s feasible that the Diamondbacks could move him for some minor league talent, go with Alexander/Lawlar at third base in 2025, and reallocate Suarez’s salary to needs at first base, in the bullpen and on the bench. That’s speculative, but the fact that the Angels have at least checked in suggests the Diamondbacks didn’t expressly turn them away.
It seems clear that GM Perry Minasian is seeking upgrades at the hot corner, even with Anthony Rendon signed for another two seasons. Any of the three players listed here would fit the bill, given what the Halos received at third base last year (combined .217/.290/.311 batting line). That’s also true of Alex Bregman and Gleyber Torres — another reported target of the Angels — but Fletcher adds that Bregman and perhaps even Torres might be out of the Angels’ price range at this point. That Torres might be too spendy doesn’t bode well for an Arenado acquisition (again, barring financial help from the Cards), but Bohm and Suarez seem feasible.
Just what the Angels need a second overpaid 3B.
At least Arenado WANTS to play baseball.
Do you want to do your job?
Rendon puts family and God ahead of baseball and the reactionary fans have an issue with him not lying about his priorities.
Newsflash, everyone who believes in God and has a family puts God and Family ahead of everything else.
So he’s not the only Angel. He just didn’t lie.
I promise you that Salmon put family and God ahead of baseball. And Trout puts family ahead of baseball.
You people that have an issue with that, have issues.
You can still put God and family first while having professionalism. Salmon was a consummate professional; Rendon is not. Not even close.
@halo11fan one of the dumbest comments I’ve ever read on this app. So you probably loved Pujols too….
Huge angel fan here, also a life long Christian and always will be…
but Rendon lacks effort and the will to be a full time baseball player since he got his $250 million from the angels, as did Pujols. Being a Christian and caring about your family doesn’t excuse lack of effort and always being out of shape. (Same thing with Pujols) my dad’s a pastor and has 4 kids. He still puts 100% effort in everything that he does.
Ball is life dog. Millions of dollars is just a bonus
Why do you say that? Cause you don’t like him?
He’s had several surgeries? Lacks effort? Talk about dumb!!!
The dude said seasons should be shorter and he gets tired earning that $38mil a year.. THAT is a smack in the face of fans..
Add in it took 5 specialists to find a hairline fracture so he could get out of playing 22’… each year its something.
He just wants his paycheck riding the pine. That’s the issue people have, wake up.
Most players think seasons should be shorter. Another very weak response.
I was a Rendon supporter for a long time. But as of late he seems to have taken the Kawhi Leonard approach to playing.
Obviously none of truly knows how much pain or discomfort Rendon really has. I would honestly hope he isn’t “just happy riding the pine”. He is a World Series champion after all.
In my opinion if he really disliked baseball that much, he would have retired already. Yes he would be walking away for a lot of $$$,but he has already made enough to be financially sound for the rest of his life.
Rendon has been a complete bust.
But Rendon treats the press with disdain. The press reciprocates. Fans eats up everything the press writes.
It’s a common story.
Other than Rendon sucks, fans don’t have a clue who Rendon really is. The press makes it personal and the fans follow.
As a LONG time Angels fan I want Rendon to find that spark and have at worst case a “decent” season.
I agree that people feed off the negativity. As you know I tend to go the more optimistic route when talking about the Angels and or players.
That could be almost $60 million per year for their 3B.
notification alarms have started working.
Go Braves!
Wait, Arenado wants to be traded to win, but approved the Angels? I’m a bit perplexed.
Probably because he is from that area
yeah I was saying the other day, if the Angels are on your list I am not taking you seriously as a baseball player anymore. I don’t care what high school you went to.
Lol. no one takes u seriously
Says the person watching baseball on TV rather than being the person actually on the field, with the gifts and talent to play, and be paid. ,
alright, so if the guys playing the game are the only ones whose opinions matter, why are we on this site? why are you commenting? are you “being the person actually on the field, with the gifts and talent to play, and be paid. ,” or whatever it is you were trying to say?
No where did I pretend I was on the field , unlike you.
You are the one who made a blanket statement on behalf of the MLB players.
You don’t take Mike Trout as a serious baseball player?
He didn’t ask to be traded there. He committed to helping them win, they’ve failed him. Not related to the Arenado situation in any way.
mostly unrelated: I have arrived at, maybe, it is the Angels and not Mike Trout that can’t stay healthy. Maybe another team would have had him on the field. So sad.
I hear you chirping I don’t understand chipmunk
Did you read the article
I’m sure a contender is priority one. I think the Angels if he can’t be traded to a contender. He’s obviously unhappy with the Cardinals. I don’t blame him. He was given promises before signing the opt in. Those promises weren’t kept for the second time after he signed.
What are these promises ? They made the playoffs twice! He couldn’t hit, he was 1-12 with zero walks in the playoffs! Even he said after he should have done better!
He also dropped off with the glove! So what promises did the the cardinals
Make???
MO promised to keep doing what it took to complete. They’ve back out of that after just one year. Too many Cardinal fans are forgetting just how much money Arenado stood to gain by opting out. He could have gotten $100 million more by opting out in my opinion. He stayed with the team based on those promises.
Have you seen the AL West? Everyone has a chance to Win.. Yes… even the Angels
From the article, “He wants a team that has the throttle down … that he believes he can jump right in and they’re going to win right now.”
I don’t think that fits the Angels in any way, objectively speaking.
Padres? Sure. Dodgers? Of course. Mets? Yeah. Yankees? Yes. Angels? How?
Clip, what a heckuva left-side infield El Toro High had with Arenado and Matt Chapman at 3B and SS! Like others are suggesting, at this point I guess Arenado is just simply content riding off into the sunset with his old backyard Big League club… or one of 5 other clubs that are in win-mode.
If you’ve traveled the states you would know that the weather in California is hard to beat… year around and Orange County is pretty nice. Plus what Baseball dude said.
Yeah, I get that, but his list isn’t SD? Does the weather get nicer than SD? And they’re a much, much better ballclub. Plus, they didn’t say he wanted to be traded to a nice-weather state. They said he wanted to be traded to a win-now team that’s, by his agent’s own words, “full throttle.”
@Yankee Clipper and yet Anaheim is on his list. You guys need to grab a beer and talk it out.
SD is not an option because of someone whose last name rhymes with Nachado who they owe $350mil to.
Old Halo: Look, Anaheim is beautiful – I would love to play there as an MLB guy. I’m not insulting the place or the team. It’s the inconsistent statements that’s silly to me.
Kind of like saying, “I want to be traded so I can play my home games in a state with the lowest taxes, so I choose NY, California, and Boston.”
It’s a head scratcher… but, I hope you guys get him!
Top priorities are often money and location. Every player says they’d like to play for a contender. Particularly first time free agents who haven’t gotten their money yet. Still, even that’s a lottery ticket. Arrenado already has the money, Angels are in the right location, and he’s already played for a contender. In his case, if he wants to play for a contender it’s just another aging player wanting that last hurrah as he enters the twilight of his career. Unless another team on his list wows the Cardinals, this situation has Angels written all over it.
Arenado did not ask to be traded for starters. The Cardinals are starting a “reset” (rebuilding with younger players) and went to Arenado and Sonny Gray and asked them if they would be open to waive their no trade clause. It is a salary dump by the Cards who have younger 3rd basemen ready to play.
I didn’t say he “asked” to be traded, I said he wants to be traded to a team with an immediate chance to win, per the article. He only approved certain teams based on that criteria, according to his own agent, one of whom was the Angels.
As others have demonstrated, obviously he wants to go there for other reasons, and I agree. But to say it’s to win now is just silly.
Think outside the box, Angels. Get all three and flip two of them at the trade deadline.
The Angels are such a ludicrously run franchise.
It’s mind blowing that Minasian still has a job.
@led hoyer. because hitting on three of his 4 first round draft picks is terrible.
Huh? The Angels have been abysmal under his tenure. Who cares if you can draft well if you can’t build a playoff roster.
he’s been hamstrung by the moves Eppler made. Horrible drafts that didn’t produce anything, $$ tied up to bad players.
Perry has made good trades, good drafts.
Yes. Hampered by Eppler and Arte
Please, the Angels invest almost nothing in player development and Arte has forced a few all time bad deals. Jesus Christ himself would have had trouble making this a .500 team, even if with his dads gift of Trout & Ohtani.
Led Hoyer;
In that organization the owner sets the objective each year.
Guys like you show up here demanding that the Angels (like every other team) “DO SOMETHING” each year – e.g. spend money on free agents and take on salary in trade. Which is exactly what the Angels owner wants done.
Perry Minasian is a solid, quality MLB FO head. He’s working for an impatient owner that keeps looking for shortcuts – like most of the silly kids that post here. You don’t like the Rendon signing? When it was made his agent – Scott Boras – stated how Arte asked him about Rendon when they were discussing Gerrit Cole, and then was the driving force in that signing. In turn, that example and others has limited what Mr. Minasian has been able to do since….. and that situation is hardly unique not only to the current Angels rosters (major and minor leagues), but to Angles rosters since Arte bought the franchise.
I don’t believe there’s a person working in professional baseball that doesn’t respect Perry Minasian and understand the situation he has to work through.
I am not an Angels fan. I could care less about the state of Angels baseball. Maybe the big improvements are coming soon. If fans are happy, good deal.
@led hoyer. Sorry for the inconvenience I’m a angel fan, and not a troll. Maybe you should comment on things you know about.
I am sorry. I didn’t know I wasn’t allowed to comment on Angels baseball. My sincerest apologies. He’s done an awesome job. The record speaks for itself.
How’s does it feel to make such absolute statements even though they are so wrong?
@led You didn’t “just comment” You trashed the Angels and now you are back pedaling because people react to your negative comments?
If you want to cast insults, at least be a grown up and accept the backlash.
I am not back pedaling. I was being sarcastic. He’s done an awful job. Zero winning seasons. 2025 looks like more of the same.
I dont often post here but it’s rare to see a more tone deaf reply. Just look at the records and start making blanket statements lol.
No regard for all the mess Minasian has to clean up from Dipoto and Eppler. Oh btw Eppler is out of baseball and on the MLB ineligible list.
Every GM in baseball cares because that’s how you actually build a winning team. There’s more to being a GM than just wins and losses in the short term. It seems like over the past ten years many fans out there like yourself don’t seem to know the difference between baseball and other sports. Baseball has an extensive minor league system that forces organizations to sometimes undergo years of losing while they rebuild from within. If baseball was anything like football or basketball, then yeah teams would be able to just bounce right back by drafting Mike Trout right into CF. But it doesn’t work that way. Never has. Just going out and trying to build a winning team in the offseason is never the right strategy. A team should at least have a young core with enough promise like the Angels have developed under PM. That’s why he got his extension. No Angels GM has done that since… Bill Bavasi.
Minasian has been there four years, right? You okay with their progress?
Billy Eppler his first round draftpicks were duds. Depoto‘s trades were awful who’s to blame. Arte Moreno He’s never hired a general manager with major league experience but when Disney owned the Angels Disney hired Bill Stoneman a veteran general manager-guess what 2002 World Series champions.
With all due respect, have the angels minor league teams gotten any better? No coaches that can develop players and hardly any prospects.
The farm is still awful. The horrible Rendon contract is still on the books. He got gifted the best player in baseball for cheap. What did he clean up?
@led hoyer. The Rendon contract wasn’t under perry, and reports have came out eppler had a deal done with wheeler, until arte told him to get Rendon. You do realize schanuel, neto, Joyce were all quick callups. That would put them with 5 in the top 100. Either way going off rankings is about as dumb. As blaming the wrong gm for past mistakes.
Aragon,
it’s gotten a lot better We have a young Core in their early 20s already in the major league’s like Logan O’Hoppe ,Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel, the 2024 first round kid Moore, there’s a kid in A ball I’m excited about Matthew Lugo Plus Angels have the overall-second pick July 2025 draft i’m surprised you haven’t noticed this?
Neto and Joyce look great. Schanuel, I guess. The current farm is ranked in the bottom 1/3 of the mlb but I’ll ignore the rankings. They don’t exactly have to take flyers at their draft positions either. Rendon is a sunk cost at this point. He absolutely had trade value 4-5 years ago. Adell was one of the biggest assets in baseball in 20020/2021. He had ohtani and trout. Trouts injuries obviously have been awful. He wasn’t handed a garbage can and he’s been on board for a while.
I don’t know. with such great collection of players how come they are so terrible? I, really don’t know. With genius GM picking such great prospects and coaches the Angels must be wining ton of games in 2025! if not, the team must be World Seriese Champ in ’26! Dang, it is so easy!
This is a fun thread to read, and I respect both trains of thought. While the Halos haven’t had alot of winning ball recently, I’d be remiss to remind everybody that IT’S NOT EVEN CHRISTMAS YET and there’s a hundred Free Agents out there that are going to help their squads. Let’s calm down on writing the Angels off in ’25; they *could* actually win the West. Respect all around
The problem here is not Minasian. Its Arte Moreno.
Rendon was signed by Arte directly over the objections of Minasian.
Arte will not allow any starting pitcher to be signed for more than 3 years. Only 2 of those in the past decade and one just got signed.
Arte slashed the player development and scouting budgets. There are no scouts based in Asia.
There is no major league spring training camp. All the players are at the minor league facility because Arte refuses to spend money on it. The spring training workout room is in a tent. Think about that. Arizona in a tent.
The Angels’ spring training ballpark is the Cactus League’s oldest in baseball and Arte refuses to spend a dime to upgrade it.
There was no state-of-the-art technology available” to Angels’ pitchers until 2019. Stuff every college and most high school teams had was not available to Angels pitchers.
There was no analytics department until Eppler and it consisted of 3 people. Minasian has at least forced Arte to build up a half dozen person department and start building a pitching lab this year at the spring training facility.
Moreno forced his GM to get him Vernon Wells, and signed Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Antony Rendon over the objection of his GMs at the time. Contracts that have hamstrung their ability to spend elsewhere.
Arte refused to go over the CBT threshold even though the Angels are a top 10 revenue team.
Arte had to be sued to honor the contract for providing housing for minor league players.
Arte refuses to spend money on anything that isn’t MLB payroll. Because of that Minasian has had to limit drafting to players that could be brought up almost immediately. He knew there was no player development happening because of the lack of money being spent.
The Atlanta Braves have 84 people in player development that are not coaches or trainers. We know this because they are owned by a publicly held corporation and their books are open. The Angels have 8 now and Arte was proud to tell season ticket holders that the team had added 3 in the last year.
I can go on and on about the problem being Arte Moreno, not Minasian, but you are just here to troll the team and its fans, not actually learn about what we have had to go through since he bought the team.
You forgot to mention how Arte still insisted the soda machines are a dollar and he’s threatening to move the team to Miami after they stink next year… his two most egregious sins. On the real, you should write a book on the Angels’ history, leftfielder! Great post. Quick question- in your estimation, who was behind the recent Draft where only pitchers were taken? That was funny at the time and then a headscratcher later that evening… to me that is!
aragon
The problem is Arte Moreno refuses to rebuild the team so what’s happening now Perry Minasian is slowly rebuilding a younger core with his first round pics from college to playing in the Major leagues so Perry Minasian is rebuilding the team with younger players Arte Moreno refused to do 6 years ago
Gwynning, thanks. Minasian. He talked about it. He said something to the effect of “If we can’t sign them, we better try to draft them.
That’s what I thought, just couldn’t recall the deets! Thanx brah
Don’t blame Minasian Arte Moreno runs the franchise no player development doesn’t spend money on scouting. Moreno is the worst owner in the major leagues and that’s a fact!
Of course blame Arte for picking such a dumb clubhouse attendant for a GM.
Arte doesn’t do everything about the roster. Minasian had/has freedom to do a lot of dumb things himself.
The only dumb things he’s done is made some bad free agent signings, how he evaluates college and high school players you can’t knock him for his draft choices are good. but he doesn’t have a whole lot to work with. With Arte Moreno as the Angels owner
Aragon you’re not even a Angels fan what’s your beef tell me who’s your team you root for if it was any good you would showcase it on your profile LOL
Rendon is owed over 77 million dollars in the next 2 years. That is insane.
Live long enough to see the last six years of Juan Soto.
Considering his track record prior to the signing and what the Angels actually got after signing him…. Yes…. And a tragically heavy burden on the team.
Lol ‘a tragically heavy burden on the team?’ Talk about hyperbole.
Talk to Arte Moreno he’s the one who hand picked Rendon Albert Pujols Josh Hamilton he interferes with the general manager not allowing them to do their job maybe that’s why he doesn’t hire a experience general manager because Arte wants to run the show
Arte Moreno you need to hire good baseball people let the general manager do his job. Try being a owner for once.
BITA
Thats old news you don’t have to remind us is that the new thing to do become baseball bullies
Suarez makes the most sense out of the three, and he can make around in a pinch. Probably shouldn’t cost much.
I actually think Suarez makes the LEAST sense.
1) He’s coming off a season in which his 2024 production could reasonably require a decent return.
2) There’s a reasonable chance he doesn’t duplicate that production based on his history and changing ballparks.
3) He’s only signed for one more year, so unless the Angels REALLY think they’re going to be competitive in 2025, why give up a prospect (or two) for the above player?
@devlsh. Reports have came out about dbacks cutting payroll. Looks to be accurate because they haven’t done anything so far. Honestly all three don’t make sense. I don’t know if they really want a 2nd or 3rd baseman or just gauging the market. Suarez was about to be replaced. Angels have young bullpen arms not named (joyce). They could cut some payroll to get re-sign walker.
Rex It just seems like a poor fit for the Angels. And if AZ is really interested in discarding Suarez, there are certainly teams seeking a 3B….Astros, Yankees, Tigers, Phillies, perhaps Mets (with Viento moving across the diamond), etc.
BTW, have you ever read Hudler’s book? Splinters? It’s on my long list to find and read.
@devlsh. I agree angels are just checking prices on 2nd and 3rd base options. Don’t think they do anything besides Polanco or Rodgers. Probably found out the price is higher than they wanted to give up.
Didn’t know Rex had a book. Not sure if he even calls games for the royals anymore put on the royals broadcast a couple times to see if he was still around Didn’t see him.
Exactly what prospects do the Angels have to make deals with? Saurez is probably gone after this season or sooner, so give me some names.
Moore and Dana is about it.
not really. They have the 4th rated farm as far as pitching goes. They don’t have big household names, but they have some pretty good depth, especially on the arms side
Are you crazy putting Moore in any deal he’s untouchable
@johnnybravo. Yeah it would be bullpen arms. They have alot of guys that should come this year or next. I would think Suarez would be a sell low candidate, but alot of teams are in the market for one. So his price could be higher than expected.
Rexhudler86
Probably Sam Bachman ends up in the bullpen if healthy
I do like the idea of Suarez playing third base for us
I don’t see any reason the Diamondbacks would trade Suarez. He’s signed through 2025 and Lawlar can replace him it’s pretty simple.
realistically there is a clutter of 40-man starter/reliever types. you have been good at developing your own, but maybe a project like victor mederos, who has tantalizing stuff, or sam bachman (probably plus some cash) could keep a conversation going. we also have first base depth with kavadas and noda behind schanuel on the depth chart, otherwise there are plenty of interesting young, toolsy teenagers yet to be tainted by the angels’ sad, sad farm
Bohm seems to come up everywhere. The Phillies manager has claimed they are not shopping him. I’d assume that would come down from DD. DD wants to roll the roster back unless he can find some market bargains for the fringes.
If Arenado goes to Anaheim, it’s because of the only reason anyone goes to Anaheim, to enjoy his leisure years at a country club.
ron_karate
Anaheim California is better than Chicago
Karate kid
You got that right. I wanna see you comb your hair really fast.
“From May 1 onward, Bohm hit just .258/.303/.410 — slightly below league-average production. ”
That’s a .713 OPS
Bryson Stott: .671
Nick Catellanos: .742
Castellanos DWAR -1.7 resulting in a total eight tenths of a win (0.8).
What was the Phillies other outfield output after Marsh?
Hmmmmmmmmm…….maybe the Phillies need two more outfielders rather than dumping their third baseman? A RH platoon to pair with Marsh and another starter.
BRUTAL
Heels-
You’re not wrong. Marsh isn’t the answer and neither is Rojas. Hays was a huge misstep. Pay attention to SP, RP and OF
I also wondered why the Phillies are shopping Bohm. If they trade him any replacement will either be far more expensive or less productive. There just aren’t really good alternatives. I’m not sure what DD is doing. He could have gotten Kyle Tucker for a reasonable cost. DD seems to be hoping that last years’s roster minus two good relievers is going to cut it or that several farm pieces arrive ready ahead of schedule.
T. Ward for Arenado + 20mil
Jeff Fletcher’s article in the OC Register also mentioned Jorge Polanco as a possibility.
@johhnyangels. I think they go Polanco or Rodgers. Rodgers hasn’t played third, but gleyber hasn’t either, and refused to move last year. They were just seeing the price.
Frankly, I think Robert Stephenson and a backend top 20 prospect for Nolan Arenado would do the trick.
Stephenson has $22 mill due on his contract, largely erasing any ‘underwater’ cost associated with Arenado, who is still a good ballplayer.
Do it. Do it now. Then dump the dumpster fire Rendon.
The Angels have a clear path to competitiveness and 3B isn’t it.
They need pitching. They need to sign Trevor Bauer to a 1 year deal. He will be loyal in future negotiations and will be a part of the team for the long haul
They have to hope the Nationals draft Holliday or LaViolette and the Angels need to draft Jaime Arnold. That gives them two aces.
Keep Tyler Anderson on board and let Reid Detmers develop, he has pitched some good innings, flashed some good stuff. That’s four quality starters. The fifth isn’t a concern.
Schanuel is a big body at first, let him develop. Neto is a good player. O’Hoppe is a good catcher. Trout has to stop eating Big Macs.
Mickey Moniak or Joe Adell, one of the two, will pan out. Taylor Ward is a good hitter, I’d keep him around on the inexpensive tip.
I don’t know what to say about Rendon at third, you’re paying him, might as well roster him.
The starters are the key, the bullpen is also important. They had the right idea with that crazy draft a couple years back. Unfortunately didn’t produce as well as they had hoped but if they can get their rotation and pen in order and stack the farm with pitching prospects they will be in line for a playoff spot in a few years.
The only path to winning in Anaheim starts and ends with top of the rotation starting pitching. Arte refuses to allow any GM to sign a starting pitcher for more than 3 years. No top of the rotation starter will sign that short of a contract. There will not be a Fried or Burnes or Snell or anyone of that caliber signing a free agent deal with the Angels while Arte owns the team.
The Angels have terrible player development department and next season will be the first time they have a pitching lab at spring training. It will be several years before they can develop someone on the farm that is that caliber. While a good pitcher, Caden Dana is not that guy.
Nado, matz, Romero eat some salary to the angels
Detmers, Addell, prospect
@bwmiller79. You must’ve not seen jose Soriano pitch. His arm is a ticking time bomb, but he’s a ace.
Nice, will look at his tape. Just a fan really, like scouting the players it’s a good challenge to be abreast of all the players and all the teams.
I’m a White Sox, A’s, Rays, Angels fan in that order. In the NL I root for the Padres, Reds, Braves and Mets. I like the Marlins too lol.
Surprised the Angels haven’t checked in on Ke’Bryan Hayes who is due to a bounceback.
Moreno is gun-shy after the Rendon debacle and they’re picking up B-C level FAs. They should be better, but they had the best tandem in Trout and Ohtani and couldn’t do anything. If Moreno wants to win, or at least matter in the AL West, FO could have gone after former WS winners for credibility. Buehler, Hernandez, Bellinger are still “out” there. It’s time to cut ties with Rendon, addition by subtraction. Trout, you’re the permanent DH, no more fielding, ever.
Lololololol at calling ANYTHING the Angels have done this offseason (or ever in the past decade) as “win-now moves”
Rendon might be the most pathetic player ever. His last 4 years don’t add up to his final year in Washington.
Angels should get Jurickson Profar for the outfield and Gio Urshella for infield. Both those guys help win games.
Angels need to pick up Jack Flaherty from the Dodgers and sign Urshella and Profar.
Moore can play 3rd base so go sign Gleybar Torres for 2nd and trade Rengifo and ward for pitching.
Gleybar, like so many others, don’t want to play for Arte.