The Angels are opting for continuity atop the front office. The Halos announced on Thursday that they’ve signed general manager Perry Minasian to an extension that runs through the 2026 season. There’s reportedly a club option for ’27.
“Over the last four years, Perry and his baseball operations staff have begun to lay the foundation for a bright future of Angels baseball,” owner Arte Moreno said in a release. “We have been impressed by the steps Perry has taken to infuse our major league team with young and exciting talent while also revamping our player development process. We believe this extension will allow him to continue the vision of building sustainable success throughout the Angels organization and deliver a championship for our fans.”
Minasian is also quoted in the press release: “I am incredibly thankful to Arte and Carole Moreno for their continued trust and support,” he says. “I would also like to thank [Angels president] John Carpino for the tremendous working relationship we have developed over the last four years and I look forward to continuing our plans of bringing the Angels back to being a consistent championship contender.”
Minasian was named the general manager of the Angels in November of 2020, following the firing of Billy Eppler. He had previously worked as a scout for Toronto and assistant general manager for Atlanta and was able to secure a four-year pact in his new gig with the Halos. This is the final season of that deal but the club is satisfied enough with his performance to keep him around.
That might seem a little strange, as things haven’t been going especially well for the Angels. Despite having two superstars on the roster in Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout in recent years, the club hasn’t had a winning season since 2015, hasn’t made the playoffs since 2014 and hasn’t won a playoff game since 2009. They are 54-73 this year, ahead of only the White Sox in the American League standings.
It’s a matter of debate as to how much blame Minasian can take for that, as it doesn’t appear as though he’s been given a lot of rope to work with in building around those guys. Looking at MLBTR’s Contract Tracker, the club hasn’t been a huge spender since he was brought aboard. The four-year, $58MM deal they gave to Raisel Iglesias has been the biggest deal of his tenure, both in terms of years and guarantee. They already had big contracts on the books for Trout, Anthony Rendon, Albert Pujols and others when he came aboard, and seemingly didn’t want to add much more to that. Moreno plainly stated that he was paring back payroll going into 2024.
The franchise has seemingly had a mandate against significant investments in starting pitching, something that seems to come from ownership since it predates Minasian’s tenure. Since a five-year, $77.5MM deal for C.J. Wilson late in 2011, things have been kept fairly modest. Joe Blanton got a two-year, $15MM deal at the end of 2012 and then it took a decade for the club to give out another multi-year deal for a starter. At the end of 2022, Tyler Anderson got a three-year, $39MM deal, still fairly modest in terms of rotation investments.
Minasian and his front office have seemingly tried to get around these limitations by drafting players they could fasttrack to the majors, which they have actually had a bit of success with. Zach Neto was the club’s first-round pick in 2022 and Nolan Schanuel in 2023. Both players were up in the majors by last year and having good results. Chase Silseth, taken in the 11th-round in 2021, was pitching in the majors by 2022. Ben Joyce, taken in the third round in 2022, was in the big leagues last year and could now be the club’s closer. Christian Moore, just taken 8th overall last month, is already thriving in Double-A.
That’s not to say that there’s nothing to criticize in Anaheim. Due to rushing all their prospects to the majors, the club’s farm system is generally considered one of the worst in the league. Baseball America recently put them dead last, FanGraphs and ESPN have them in the bottom as well, while MLB Pipeline has them 29th, ahead of only the Astros. The major league roster is obviously lacking, given their poor results lately. There’s actually an argument that they have one of the worst long-term outlooks of the 30 clubs in the league.
But there is some controllable talent on the roster alongside Trout, with guys like Neto, Schanuel, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Logan O’Hoppe and others all slated to stick around through 2026 or longer. They could have made some of those players available this summer and kicked off a notable rebuild but didn’t do it. It’s not known whether that was a front office decision or something that came from ownership. The light spending in recent years means that the future payroll is starting to clear up. Despite having two massive contracts on the books between Trout and Rendon, RosterResource has the club’s guarantees at $109MM next year and $89MM in 2026. By 2027, Rendon, Anderson and Robert Stephenson will all be off the books, leaving Trout as the club’s only significant investment.
Moreno has clearly placed some constraints on Minasian but is evidently pleased with the way he has worked within them, so he’ll keep him around for another couple of years to see how things progress.
Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register was first to report the Angels and Minasian had agreed to a multi-year extension. Roger Lodge of Three Point Media first reported the ’27 option year.
Lmao
Yay?
Angels have some decent first round picks too bad they’ve rushed them all to the majors and they will cost money by the time they develop an actual pipeline
I went to Anaheim last year in early September. Chatted with Angels fans. The tickets cost me $8. Angels fans – nice people – frankly admitted they followed the team out of curiousity rather than expectation. One of them described the team as a morimund Christmas tree with two pretty baubles.
Moreno loves a bauble. But he needs to invest from the bottom up, rather than the top down.
He doesn’t “need” to do anything, because this is his business model and it’s working exactly as planned. He bought a team in So Cal (a big market in the baseball epicenter of the world) that had some of the most loyal fans in all of baseball (3 million in attendance used to be a given). Then he prioritized marketing over winning. He cut corners everywhere except in signing “baubles”. His net worth has skyrocketed. All has gone to plan for him. Angels fans? Not so much. MLB? Not so much. The league needs to step in and pressure him to sell (if they are not already doing so behind the scenes). This situation is very bad for the league’s future.
Moreno is from AZ has no sense of responsibility to the community that has made him a very wealthy man. The sooner he sells, the sooner the organization can start the long and costly job of re-building into a real team again. The Dodgers did it after Frank McCourt and the Angels can do it after Moreno.
You just described most fans of all teams. Most people are there for the entertainment and could care less about the inner workings about the front office.
@Sealbeach
Great comment. As an A’s fan I despise our ownership and I won’t be going to Las Vegas. But if mlb isn’t doing anything about the A’s I don’t see them doing anything about the Angels…
Well said, Sealbeach.
This is what frustrates me as a Dodgers fan in Anaheim. LA was never mentioned with the Yankees, Red Sox or Mets for free agent pursuits or as upcoming World Series contenders because of McCourt.
They finally get good owners, but get cheated of their piece of metal and suddenly every becomes an angry casual fan towards the Dodgers.
I go to the Angels games after work with whatever dollar bills I have in my wallet and I still feel robbed. Their farm is lacking and when they do draft decently they rush their players through the pipeline like a Tik Tok speed tour. The Angels have no clear direction for any level of the organization.
And it falls on Arte Moreno.
Here for the comments.
SAME
God, Angels fans must be PISSED. Kind of how we are about Farhan’s extension.
If anyone of us need a job with total security regardless of performance, apparently just have to interview with Arte.
Nope…Minasian, et al, haven’t been the problem. Moreno is the problem.
Depends who you think is to blame for the master stroke of completely raiding the farm system to go for it, only to then a couple weeks later place a large portion of the mlb roster on waivers to avoid CBT penalties….
100% Moreno.
Oh Lord
Trolls coming out
Why wouldn’t they, he’s done an excellent job up to now. For reference check MLB Standings. Ahahaha!
They’ve been about a .500 team since June 1 with a bullpen near the top of most major categories, without Trout, a budding young core and Christian Moore and 2 top SPs nearly ready.
The Angels have had some many failed pitching prospects over the years, I wouldn’t bet on any young pitcher working out, at least initially
Past performance of other pitchers doesn’t mean future outcomes for different pitchers. Their development to date is empirically going well.
Why doesn’t past performance matter? Arte is still the owner and they still supposedly don’t spend much in play development.
@fred3 they traded most of pitchers in the 2021 draft, the years prior they have ignored pitching. It doesn’t really fall on perry atleast his 1st round picks have came up quick, and have done decent. Dana, and silseth could be decent.
Those minor league pitchers are still doing well in their development. Saying they won’t work at least initially is not supported by any evidence to this point. Let’s see how they develop
Who drafted in 2021 and traded away most pitchers?
Yes, it is the same guy!
“2 top SPs nearly ready” – Tough to have high hopes for any of their young pitchers in an organization who hasn’t developed a reliable pitcher since….?
@aragon I know, but I feel like his hands were tied on that why would he trade #2, #3. To send everyone on waivers probably wanted to trade ohtani but was nixed. His first rounders have been decent besides bachman. It’s not looking to bad
lol.
Angels staff killed one of their pitchers.
Thanks for your time.
Youve just given excuses. Organizations that accept excuses accept mediocrity, which is clearly what the Angels are doing.
“Killed one of their pitchers”..I think you missed your freeway exit. Western State mental institution is 12 miles south of here.
Angels staff made Trout and Ohtani Hall of Famers according to terrymesmer. I suppose accountability is not applicable in your world?
Moore is ice cold.
@joebrady well after today, but he’s still hitting .352. I don’t think that’s going to stop the angels from calling him up still hasn’t made a error and I think he’s turn 8 dp’s maybe 7.
Donnie Moore?
aragon
Who drafted in 2021 and traded away most pitchers?
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Did he ever explain that? Mathematically speaking, the chances that the best available is a pitcher, 20x in a row, is about a million to one.
Rexhudler86
@joebrady well after today, but he’s still hitting .352.
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I admire the Angel fans enthusiasm, but they wanted Moore called up after 8 games. In his last 40 ABs, Moore has an awful 17/4 K/W with -0- HRs.
I think fans in general, and some GMs, need to temper their expectations.
@joebrady he’s still doing better than schanuel when he was called up. The angels don’t have any coaches in the minors to help with development. Perry also said he’s eager to have moore work with Washington. Washington only has a year left on his deal. I’m just reading the tea leaves.
How would it be trolling to point out that this guy is a terrible GM who has done nothing to merit an extension?
Jack – Minasian has been hampered by the restraints put on him by Moreno. Minsasian built the pitching staff for the world champion Braves so he knows how to do it when given the proper resources and autonomy. The problem is Moreno, not Minasian.
CptJ
1) most fans don’t even understand what GM’s do
2) there’s a big difference in how it’s “pointed out”.
Good call. Minasian landed a solid mix of prospects in the Ohtani trade. Angels are set for a while … no.
It’s been reported Minasian wanted to trade Ohtani but Moreno said no.
@al conin. I suspect arte nixed a Anderson trade as well that’s the one that bothers me because why not trade him for prospects, and sign lorenzen next year for half the price he will probably pitch around the same as him.
Good point, Rex
Gotta love Angels fans… one minute they say Anderson is overperforming and will revert to sucking soon. Then immediately wonder why nobody wanted to trade for him.
Anderson wasn’t traded because no team wanted him.
@socalbrave. Every writer, insider,Podcaster, and over 100 articles say otherwise. The owner has to sign off on moves.
Rexhudler86
@al conin. I suspect arte nixed a Anderson trade as well that’s the one that bothers me because why not trade him for prospects,
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This was an epically bad trade deadline for the Angels. Alexander, with the extra year of control, should’ve netter the Angels something close to what Flaherty and Rogers landed.
I don’t know who to blame, but when you have the #26 record, and #27 Py W/L, the idea of playing for 2025 seems absurd.
@joebrady that’s why I believe Andersons
trade was nixed. It’s not the first time arte has shot things down. The thing is he doesn’t want fans to think they are rebuilding, but he brings in Sano out of retirement essentially. All he is doing is prolonging the inevitable.
Even as a RS fan, I found the prospect of Sano & Hicks taking away ABs from Adell & Moniak painful. And I am not even a fan of Adell or Moniak, but you have to find out if they can play. They should play every inning of every game.
It would be easier to say you don’t follow the Angels instead of publicly embarrassing yourself by making up stories. This is real life not your fantasy teams.
Don’t forget about all of the top prospects they are going to get for prime Trout!
As an Angel fan, Good! Perry has produced the most young talent of any Angels GM in the past decade. That’s not saying much but definitely some good pieces are there.
What’s interesting is that Perry actually agreed to this extension. Word on the inside was that he was counting the days to be gone. Something changed – either Arte committed internally to more spending or he wants to see the new kids through…
I love getting my word on the insides from a comment board (although a pretty quality one usually)
@paleobros I don’t think he was referencing this site as his source.
Or he remembered that without a job, he wouldn’t be able to pay the bills.
I called Perry after our S&OP meeting this morning and told him we were seeing a softening across the rest of 2024 and through the first of 25. We decided it’s best if he didn’t chance the open market.
Yes because every person on this board is an armchair basement dweller. Nailed it.
I have a friend that lives in Anaheim and his girlfriend’s teenage daughter’s boyfriend works nights at a Starbucks were PM always buys coffee in the morning, and his coworkers tell him how he usually says he is happy to be working for the Angels.
What???? How?
Going to a fourth GM within a decade is never a recipe for success. Let Perry continue his strategy. I just pray Arte sells. That’s the real problem
Look Im rooting for the Angels to fail so everything abt this is gravy but if you truly are a fan of the Angels you should be demanding something disruptive be done to that organization to get it moving in a different direction.
@unpaid the only disruptive move that could happen is Arte sells the team. Everything else is irrelevant. That being said, I do think Minassian is doing a decent job with the constraints he’s had placed on him.
arte moreno needs to be disrupted. not many other people are blatantly in the (angel) red
The ohtani decision and Rendon decision was established as being all arte.
Say what you want about investment in development, but Perry put together a dope core and since all star break the angels bp has been top 5.
Give this dude time to cook, but also theres going to be a ceiling with arte being the owner.
Next up for an extension, Farhan
No thanks.
He got a 3 year extension last off-season to match Melvins contract.
Arte is content with the current state of the Angels and thanks their loyal fans for their continued financial support.
Arte can thank Dodger, Yankee, and Red Sox fans for all those sell outs
lol
Wish I could get a bunch of money to suck at my job.
Become a meteorologist.
Becoming one typically requires an advanced degree and the pay is crap for entry level. They help save countless lives every year on land, air, and sea.
“Become a meteorologist”…Haven’t meteorologists been replaced by software weather apps?..Lol.
Meteorology is not limited to TV. It’s needed in any field which involves people and stuff moving. Supply chain logistics mgmt. is one of many examples.
Libl
“Become a meteorologist”
Comments like these are almost always from people who have zero idea about forecasting.
Boar.
“Found the Meteorologist, eh?”
Nah. Just someone with a minimal understanding of how probabilities work.
Yeah more power to Minasian–living the dream!
Or you could become vice pres of the U.S. Apparently, people don’t care if they suck at their job either.
I think this is a good thing. Perry is not the problem, Arte is the problem.
That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ’em.
Listen to his interviews, this guy is completely inept and clueless.
“Listen to his interviews”..I’d agree that P.Minasian is not the best looking, media friendly GM, but I’m not sure media presence is a good way to measure a baseball GM. The Yank’s Aaron Boone is good looking, glib, media friendly and comes off as mostly intelligent and yet is still mostly unsuccessful, clueless and incompetent.
i agree, with the points that minasian says the least he can while clearly trying to positively spin things. i also think that this part of his character could come from arte moreno’s mandates or plan or ideas giving his mind a wedgie.
Mostly unsuccessful? Yanks are the second best team in baseball and first in the AL?
@TheTrotsky: Yankees success is gauged by postseason success.
“Yanks are the second best team”…The Yankees don’t measure “success” in the regular season. The Yankees fired Joe Girardi years ago for losing a game 7 in the ALCS and the subsequent manager, Aaron Boone, hasn’t even reached a game 7 in the ALCS. When you routinely spend $300M and are always in the top 10% of payrolls, success is measured differently.
We should be teaching kids in schools to aspire to be the Angels GM when they grow up. You can make countless poor decisions, show that you’re completely inept, and not only keep your job but get a new extension. This is a franchise that continues self sabotage at every turn
@ronk325 3 out of his 4 1st rounders are playing in the mlb and rather quickly while learning on the job. I say three because Christian moore will be called up soon. The past gm’s should be getting the blame, but also it was signing underperforming free agents and losing picks or international players that sucked like baldoquin. It was a arte thing because he was trying to compete with the dodgers with a gutted infrastructure.
“Self sabotage at every turn”…Because changing GMs every 2.5 years has been working out so well for them, right?….At some point, an owner has to give a GM a chance to prove himself and “make his bones”, to use a bit of mafia parlance.
Ronk325;
By that criteria, do what thousands of Americans do……
Declare yourself a member of a political party and run for office.
Because he’s proven he can put together a winning team year after year…
I do like their last 3 first round picks but this extension was not needed
Angels fans… Truly, my deepest condolences. This is a laughable move.
typical non angels-educated response.
This move was inevitable. No experienced GM will go work for Arte Moreno. Unless he can get through his thick scull that building from within is the only way to sustain a competitive franchise. It is great to hit on a first round pick, it is the later rounds and the international market where the lack of player development shows. Until Moreno either decides to invest in the organization by hiring more Scouts and quality instructors then every other move will be superfluous. Either you are all in or get the hell out.
I think it’s pretty clear Arte Moreno does not want a winning team.
Why?
I was expecting that mlbtr was closing comments like they do when there is a domestic violence case.
A front office ranking would be fun. Lots of us can’t believe any owner would give this guy an extension, but is he even the worst or bottom 3rd of GMs/PBO?
He has to be in the running. He’s been in charge for 4 years now. The team has won 77, 73, and 73 games and is on pace to win 69 this year. Despite a payroll that would make teams like the Rays, Brewers, or Guardians jealous. 183m, 179m, 230m, 171m over the last 4 years.
You’ve got to be joking… Sell the team already Arte
Fascinating.
In fairness, the issues with the Angels have nothing to do with the various GMs. The issue is Arte’s approach.
“The issue is Arte’s approach”..Exactly. Nobody’s gonna win with Arte Moreno constantly looking over his shoulder so you may as well extend Minasian. It’s not like changing GMs every 3 years is working out, so why not try something different?
PM got this extension because he’s the only Angels GM since Bill Bavasi and Bill Stoneman to build a solid foundation of youth.
Tony Reagins blew multiple drafts with several first round picks. Jerry Dipoto was hustler, making small deals for young starting pitching but didn’t put much focus on the farm system. Billy Eppler tried to rebuild the farm system but the drafting just wasn’t there.
Fast forward and you have Zach Neto on his way to a 20+ HR season just 2 years after he was drafted. Nolan Schanuel holding his head above water just a year after he was drafted is pretty remarkable. Now we have Christian Moore already blowing away minor league pitching.
That’s the big difference. Drafting players, especially out of college, who can provide a more immediate impact.
When I see Angels fans losing their minds over this, I bet anything a lot of that has to do with their fan base not knowing what a rebuild actually looks like. Because the Angels haven’t done any kind of rebuild in 30 years.
This extension also shows me that Arte Moreno has backed off a lot and is letting his GM be the GM. This is how you build a winning team. Not through free agency or trades. That should come later. Unless they were to lock some veterans up earlier like the Rangers did.
One big issue still remains. The reason their farm system is still ranked so low is because while they’ve been hitting on these young players, they’re still largely supporting talent. They still haven’t had that high end talent a team can build around. The way that shapes up, they will likely end up having to supplement with another Vladdy/Bartolo Colon/Kelvim Escobar/Jose Guillen-type group off the open market to put them where they need to be.
That will be the next test. Is PM a rebuilding GM like Bill Bavasi? Or can he take the next step and also be a GM that gets those final pieces?
The Angels are moving in the right direction. Fans need to get over the struggles of the past 8 years and move on and let these young players grow.
Good luck with that.
MLB.com has the Angels farm system ranked as 29th out of 30.
I wonder if them “rushing” guys like Neto and Schaunel to the majors artificially lowers those rankings. I’m sure they’d be rated a lot higher if those guys weren’t fast tracked to the majors and graduating from prospect lists.
I doubt adding those two to their prospect pool would take them to even average, but the Angels have had a bottom-five farm system for over a decade at this point. It’s an organizational problem that starts at the top with old Arte. He just doesn’t believe in investing in player development.
I am a little surprised PM wanted the job. It has to be one of the least desirable GM jobs. He has done fairly well all things considered all the self inflicted Arte rules.
The team will still be handcuffed for the next couple years with the Rendon and Trout deals.
Angels have one of the smallest scouting departments in baseball. Despite that, the Angels have done pretty good job in the international signings in recent years with PM. However, the farm system does lack power at all levels. This needs to be addressed in the next couple of years.
Arte will not spend big on pitching. It came up during the Jered Weaver negotiations. Arte had issues giving 20M per serson to a guy that only play every 5th day. Noah Syndergaard was the most Arte paid a starter, $21M/1 year. Perry has tried to spend what he can on the bullpen. The results have been good not surprisingly. You cannot build a winner just through the bullpen. The performance of bullpen players can change drastically from year to year.
The team seems to be able to lack the ability to develop. Perry has figured out a way to kinda of draft or trade for nearly MLB ready talent. Soriano, Neto, Joyce, O Hoppe, Moore, Schanuel are a pretty solid core to build around. Neto is top 10 in AL in WAR.
There are also the Arte rules. Arte refuses to deal with Scott Boras. This is something that happened years ago due to Jayson Heyward. Arte broke this rule one time with Rendon. He also will get involved and nix deals like he did with the Dodgers.
That’s because Minassian drafts players that don’t stay in the minors. This is because Arte wants a win-now team and feels like the fanbase won’t allow for any proper rebuild (total nonsense). Minassian has put together a really strong offensive core in Neto, Schanuel, O’Hoppe (yes, traded for), and soon to be Moore. He’s given Adell a chance to prove himself and its somewhat worked. His defense is much improved, and if he can stay out of his head and stick with the approach at the plate that has worked, and is currently working, he’ll be a good outfield piece. The pitching side still remains to be figured out, but its a lot harder to draft for pitchers than position players.
The team is still a few years away from contention, but they’ve been showing signs of being a good team.
Well said.
Good post Ryan. I agree with your statement. I welcome the stability in the extension also. As far as high end talent, not to say that we don’t potentially have that in some of our young players now and it just hasn’t matured, some of it is luck. Like you said, when you get there, and you know you’re close, that’s when you round out the roster with FA signings.
On My Gosh! They should have kept DiPoto! Afterall, look at all the Championships the M’s have won under Trader Jerry! Heck, his Manager is going to win the Manager of the Year this Year, for the great job he and Jerry have done!
The M’s have had a winning season. I bet thats nice.
Yup, the Mariners are a model franchise. Is it now 3 rebuilds since DiHopeless arrived?
I’m not saying that DiPoto is a great PBO or that the Mariners are a model team.. but they’ve been far more successful than the Angels. It’s a low bar but they are substantially better.
I am surprised by this. But for a team, that can’t go full rebuild, he has gave the Angels a good influx of young players. Going into a complete rebuild, isn’t a guarantee of success. Going all in on paying a bunch of top FA isn’t one either. He is trying to build the team through the Draft and trades for young players. I feel like some Angels fans, would rather see the Angels lose 100+ games over the next 5 to 10 years. Rather than just going year by year trying to improve the team. The Angels lost the best player in baseball. Trout played basically a month. The top FA, they signed, hasn’t even thrown one pitch this season. The first 6 weeks of the season, the Bullpen was complete disaster. Not with standing, the young players have played inconsistent like most young players do. Players who were penciled in to be everyday position players, have been consistently injured or haven’t been able to hit. Most people had the Angels losing a 100+ games this season. Yet with so much going wrong for them, they will finish with a record similar to what they had last season.
He must work cheap
WHYYYYY
I think Perry’s doing a good job, his drafts have landed him players that are on the current team, and there’s some good talent to build around. If he finds gold again in this past draft, they should have some priority for the next draft as well. Arte will never allow the words “rebuild” come out, but that is in fact what’s happening, and the further they get away from Trout and Rendon’s contracts, the better off they’ll be. Any GM with almost 80 million dollars of dead, unmovable weight, is going to have a tough time being competitive. I’m a Dodgers fan, just my .02, but I think the continuity and trust between the front office and ownership has been a major issue in Anaheim.
Willing to work for what Moreno is paying and won’t get insulted when Arte handles player negotiations himself
Great job! 9 consecutive losing seasons and the dumdum gets extended.
“9 consecutive losing seasons”…I think you may need a new calculator or abacus that can accurately count the number of years Minasian has actually been in Anaheim. Or are you blaming him for Anaheim’s problems, during a time Minasian was actually in Atlanta?
first trout .. then ohtani .. whose the next lucky contestant to come on down and appear on the wasted angels years game show ?
You can put a lot of blame on Trout for those wasted years. Dudes been nothing but a bust since they started testing for HG.. I mean, since he signed that contract.
Perry has done a decent job in my opinion if they would of traded Ohtani last year and got a huge haul for him I would say Perry has done a great job
We have a nice core in Neto Schaunel Ohoppe Moore Joyce (Closer) if they can fix Detmers and Dana proves to be as good as advertised with a couple free agent pitchers we can contend in a couple years
Another issue I had with Perry was this deadline we should of sold every player Anderson would of fetched a nice haul Ward I would of got whatever I could of gotten
Hopefully with a little luck we can get the first overall pick and go from there
Fans of the Rangers, Astros, Mariners, and the 6 A’s fans approve.
Woah. Dude must have some crazy incriminating pictures.
Great move. He has a plan and seems to have Artes buy in.
With Arte at the helm, it doesn’t really matter.
Unserious franchise. If it weren’t for Bill Schmidt in Colorado, it would be an easy argument that Minasian is the worst GM in the game. Moreno was already a total joke and now he extends this guy. My lord.
Obviously Angels fans are overjoyed.
Seriously, I can understand your pain after 35 years of nada.
35 years? Try 22 since the team’s last, and only, world series.
He’s done the best he can with Arte being Arte. At least we stopped drafting guys that can dunk, but can’t hit. If he was allowed to trade Ohtani I truly believe the Angels would be competing for a playoff spot next year.
Can’t really blame Perry when Arte is known for overriding him on a couple of trades and deals. If Arte can rein himself in, and let Perry cook, then there’s hope down the road…
Wow, this is amazing news! Extending Minasian is clearly the secret weapon the Angels needed all along!
So Trout is being traded to the Phillies?
….it makes sense. (haaaaaaaaaa)
Good ol’ BlackPink must have forgotten his password to pass along his great insight to us all.
@AngelsFan1972
Trout is cooked. Philly doesn’t need an IL All-Star.
Old York
Please explain that to BlackPink once he remembers his password and signs in
Congrats to the rest of the American League West.
Can’t complain about this. He didn’t do any of the crazy signings.
The biggest move of Perry’s tenure as GM was the no-trade of Ohtani.. and that seems like it was certainly a Moreno decision.
Got to love all the PM haters out there.
-He hasn’t had the real Mike Trout for the bulk of his tenure as the GM
-The owner hand cuffed him over the Ohtani issue
-NO one but the Dodgers were ever going to sign Ohtani
-He inherited a failing farm system
I am not saying I am driving the PM band wagon, but considering what he has had to work with. I feel giving him the benefit of the doubt is not too much to ask. It is like you all are asking him to go build a Tesla with rubber bands, toothpicks, and paper clips, then complaining that you don’t like the paint!
The Angels have been 3rd or 4th worst in the standings in the MLB whole season. They are bad top to bottom and that includes Perry.
@Aragon,
That is your choice.
Complain away if that is what makes you happy.
I only call what is bad bad. I have no stomach for people sugarcoating something bad to core promising.
Not sure where you think it was sugar coated.
I simply said cut some slack due to what was inherited and the tools provided.
Your take is spot on Angelsfan1972. The baseballk move WOULD have been to trade Ohatani which Arte vetoed. MANY a GM would’ve jettisoned Ward,and Anderson. Arte again probably nixed that. PM probably better get in soon, or Arte will deflect criticism and can him Please Arte, sell. Your kids don’t to inherit, you golden goose (Ohtani) is gone. What’s the point?
Angels need to bring back the Los Angeles of Anaheim name. Not only do I personally find it an easy source for my own friendly intradivisional mockery, but somehow their last winning season was their last year repping “of Anaheim.”
It’s a curse, and should be Minasian’s first priority with his new extension!
Extending the GM now smells like Arte is going to sell.
We can only dream.
Only after 2025 season since Skagg’s ‘wronngful death’ lawsuit was postponed till May, 2025.
@aragon whatever happened to briding a city official for a stadium deal was that settled.
Arte has not been charged for bribes yet. However, state auditor will investigate the lease deal and the Angels might just be homeless. LMAO! There is an article in Halo Hangout detailing the whole story.
It truly is fascinating how many big names have gone to the angels over the last 15 years and completely not lived up to expectations.
As long as the owner calls the shots, they are toast
I love it! In Minasian we trust! Without him we wouldn’t have the core young talent we have now. As much as I love Trout, let him cook before he gets hurt next year, trade him and anyone else with a pulse not named Neto, Shanuel, or Joyce and let’s break .500!
The Clippers qualified for the playoffs just seven times in Sterling’s 33 years of ownership, and in 2000 Sports Illustrated ran a cover story declaring the Clippers “the Worst Franchise in Sports History. Moreno has 6.
There’s not one perennial all-star among the “young core”.
On the very day the Angels get passed by the A’s and fall into last place the Angels extend the GM.
And the Reds played Toronto when Votto announced his retirement.
How come all the Minasian defenders don’t have the same sympathy and tears for Reagans DiPoto and Eppler? They had the same owner. They had the same working conditions. They seemed to do alright.
I did.
DiPoto was incompetent with the Angels. And is still incompetent with the Mariners.
I didn’t even think they had a gm, just Arte making the numerous bad decisions.
They didn’t want the Yankees, Dodgers, or Mets to steal him away.
I find this monumentally confusing, and I feel bad for Angels fans.
i expected Halo11 to be all over this article.
Well deserved. He’s turning it around
It’s not like any other executive could do better under Moreno. Sometimes you just have to do the job you’re told to do.
Probably right there with Colorado for the most mediocre, directionless franchise currently operating.
The team is awful and getting worse every year. This will be the first year this century the Angels will lose 90 games.
The farm system was ranked 29th by MLB, and the highest ranked prospect is 74th.
For the Angels, this makes perfect sense.
How does anyone in this organization qualify for an extension. They have quickly become equal to the A’s and white Sox
Wait til all those rushed prospects hit FA just before their physical prime and they blossom elsewhere.
This extension is so… tone deaf
I came here only to read the posts by incensed Angels fans!!! LOL!
I think ownership is big interference (duh) so the GM might just as well stay.
He will get paid for two more years, and his resume is not good enough to get another GM position anyway. Maybe draft picks provide some hope.
Let’s see what off-season brings. I am skeptical in that regard.
I find this great news as a Rangers fan. Found the Moreno-Minasian combo to be very helpful to the rest of the division.
Fans care about wins and losses. Owners care about $$$. As long as they’re happy with the balance sheet, you’ll get what you’ll get and you won’t get upset.
Owners care about $$$.
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I assume this is true in some cases, but even then, the Angels are not maxing out their revenue streams. They will be about 900k short of their peak attendance. That’s a lot of lost revenue.
Angels are a mess but all jokes aside I think he’s doing the best he can given their situation. Owner cares about having big name players, getting fans in the park, and is too hesitant to rebuild or build period. He’s done well to get some young talent on the roster, more than they’ve had in quite some time.
Yeah, Moreno has made a long string of GM’s look terrible. Lot’s of decisions that prioritized marketing/profits over building a winning organization. The only winner in all of it is Moreno’s net worth. I’m a little surprised the league hasn’t stepped in an put some pressure on him to sell or at least try to field a winner….it’s bad for Angels fans (and the league) for a big market team to go without winning a playoff game for 15 years and counting.
I may become an A’s fan this way I could have some hope that my team may be good in 10 years.
Fun fact: The Nats have used 19 third basemen since Rendon left.
The Angels have used 28 since Rendon arrived.
Failing upwards. Good for him. Not so good for everyone else.
I’m not upset at all actually I love the signing of Perry Minasian here’s why he’s doing something that Arte Moreno never wanted to do rebuild the team with youngsters from the farm system Perry Minasian with his strong draft picks are in the major leagues already and trade for catcher OHoppe this is better than patching the team with High price cheap free agents it’s like using scotch, tape, and band-Aids patching together a team for the last six years I’ve been wanting for them to rebuild from the farm system slowly, and surely Perry Minasian has done this we have a young infield Ben Joyce could be the closer so we need starting rotation
You can’t build a championship by changing GMs every 3 years. Finally, Arte did something right.