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Angels Acquire Brendan Ryan

By Steve Adams | May 10, 2016 at 4:10pm CDT

The Angels announced today that they have acquired shortstop Brendan Ryan from the Nationals in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named later. He’ll join the Angels tonight and give them a defense-oriented replacement for the injured Andrelton Simmons, who requires surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb and is slated to miss the next six to eight weeks. Right-hander Garrett Richards, who is set to undergo Tommy John surgery, was moved to the 60-day DL to make room for Ryan on the 40-man roster.

Ryan, 34, has spent most of the past three seasons with the Yankees, hitting a combined .201/.244/.271 in a limited sample of 289 plate appearances. (Notably, the trade reunites him with former Yankees assistant GM Billy Eppler, who is now the GM for the Halos.) Ryan has never been much of a threat with the bat, but like Simmons, he’s a very highly regarded defender at shortstop and should at the very least provide the Halos with quality glovework during Simmons’ prolonged absence. Ryan began the season with the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate, where he was batting .263/.305/.382 with one home run in 83 trips to the plate.

This past offseason, Ryan exercised a $1MM player option with the Yankees but found himself included with Adam Warren in the trade that sent Starlin Castro from the Cubs to the Yankees. Chicago would ultimately release Ryan, who inked a minors pact with the Nationals and (as MASNsports.com’s Mark Zuckerman tweets) nearly made the Major League roster with a fine spring showing. Ryan is a career .234/.295/.315 hitter in 2872 Major League plate appearances with the Cardinals, Mariners and Yankees. He’s logged nearly 5700 innings at shortstop in the Majors and drawn a +99 mark from Defensive Runs Saved. Ultimate Zone Rating, meanwhile, pegs Ryan at +11 runs per 150 games played.

MLB.com’s Alden Gonzalez first reported that the Angels had acquired Ryan (Twitter link).

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27 Comments

  1. kingfelix34

    9 years ago

    I’ve always liked him, but he isn’t going to help the Angels at all

    Reply
    • SoCalShu

      9 years ago

      Shows how thin system is…

      I’d like to see Baldoquin get thrown out there and tell him to not feel the pressure…just learn at the big league level…he might just surprise them…

      Reply
      • Brian Downing / Roy Hobbs HR Derby

        9 years ago

        Even a good farm system could not save this team. And even a team with a good farm system would still look for a major league solution. This team is likely doomed this year.

        Reply
        • kingfelix34

          9 years ago

          My thought is that they never trade for Simmons, signed freese to play 3rd, and try Escobar at short. That way they would also have a few more young pitchers, that would be useful right now

          Reply
        • Thurman8er

          9 years ago

          They had EIGHT starters when they made those moves. Why would they have gone after pitching?

          Reply
        • kingfelix34

          9 years ago

          What I am saying is that they shouldn’t haven’t traded there top pitching prospects

          Reply
        • HaloShane

          9 years ago

          Likely doomed!? Have you seen any of this garbage on the field? Top to bottom this team is flat out garbage.

          Reply
  2. nitemare

    9 years ago

    Omg he is so bad. Can’t even field anymore. Amazes he how
    these scrubs play in majors. Any rookie is better then him

    Reply
    • cubsfan2489

      9 years ago

      Nightmare*, this is how your statement would be if you used proper English. “Oh my god he’s so bad! He* can’t even field anymore. It* amazes me* how scrubs stick* in the* majors. There are many other players out there that are better than* him.”

      Reply
      • San Diego Needs a NFL n NBA team

        9 years ago

        Don’t be that guy…nobody wants me to that guy, but you’re choosing to be…..smh. I, and I’m sure others, were capable of understanding what he said. The brain actually compensates for errors in grammar when reading. Unless flaws are pointed out minor things, like he not me, the brain skips over and knows what should be there.

        Reply
  3. SoCalAngelsFan75

    9 years ago

    It’s gonna be a long miserable summer. At least we have something to look forward to in the fall with the Rams back in town.

    Reply
    • unpaidobserver

      9 years ago

      Plus the return for Trout at the deadline should be pretty good…

      Reply
      • Brian Downing / Roy Hobbs HR Derby

        9 years ago

        On MLB The Show…

        Reply
      • JFactor

        9 years ago

        Ha!

        Reply
      • halos101

        9 years ago

        Nothing is happening with a trout trade. Move on people

        Reply
        • HaloShane

          9 years ago

          Okay, well just go off your word Halo101…. Weird.

          Reply
      • T_Rexx2

        9 years ago

        They would never be able to trade trout because no one could ever offer enough to make an even trade.

        Reply
        • San Diego Needs a NFL n NBA team

          9 years ago

          Dodgers have seager pederson De Leon Urias Lee and could offer to take on pujols to shed that salary.

          Cubs- not gonna get bryant rizzo russell, but they can offer a great package of torress at SS contreras at catcher, mickenny and soler at OF, Baez for 2nd/3rd, and other assets. If you wait till the draft they can add pitching.

          The nationals could offer a package around giolito and trea turner joe ross. Plus a surplus of pitching prospects and infield prospects. They cant sign harper so trade for trout to replace him.

          Plenty of teams have enough to get trout. Itll cost pretty much everyone but they have enough. The cubs should trade for him with heyward struggling. Trout heyward bryant rizzo itll cost an arm and leg but to win a ws and maybe morr than one is worth the price. The fan base wont disagree with the move.

          Reply
    • Clutchp

      9 years ago

      And I was just recovering from the Stanton rumors from a few years ago….

      Reply
  4. olereb

    9 years ago

    We will trade yaw Aybar back for a player who probably will not play this year

    Reply
    • lazorko

      9 years ago

      Well, that could have worked, but all we have left is players who will not play in any year.

      Reply
  5. GOP Lizards

    9 years ago

    Poor Ryan going from penthouse to outhouse. At least he’ll get some decent playing time for awhile.

    Reply
  6. timyanks

    9 years ago

    albert will be so happy they got his least favorite former teammate.

    Reply
  7. Thurman8er

    9 years ago

    Ever have one of those guys you just couldn’t stand traded to your favorite team? Yeahhh. This season sucks.

    Reply
    • lazorko

      9 years ago

      Looking at his career stats and all those batting averages that start with a one…brought back bad memories of Jeff Mathis.

      Reply
  8. halobope

    9 years ago

    You gotta bench Pujols.He’s leaving 2-4 guys on base every night.This is why you gotta can Scioscia,he nevers tries anything new

    Reply
    • tophaloph

      9 years ago

      Not true, Scioscia constantly tries new things at Pizza Hut

      Reply

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