October 25: Kieboom has also elected free agency, as per his MLB.com profile page.
October 23: Brogdon and Fulmer have cleared waivers and elected free agency, according to a team announcement.
October 22: The Angels removed a pair of infielders from their roster today, the team announced. Carter Kieboom and Logan Davidson both cleared waivers, and the Angels sent them outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. This was the first career outright for Davidson, who therefore had no choice but to accept the assignment. Kieboom, however, was outrighted by the Nationals in March 2024. So, he had the right to reject the assignment in favor of free agency, a right he quickly exercised.
According to the transaction tracker on MLB.com, the Angels have also outrighted right-handers Connor Brogdon and Carson Fulmer (h/t to Ethan Hullihen on X). However, neither player was mentioned in the team’s announcement today. Both Brogdon and Fulmer have the necessary service time to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency, and the team may be simply waiting on Brogdon and Fulmer to formally make that decision – a decision they are both all but certain to make, presuming they have indeed been removed from the 40-man roster.
Kieboom, 28, was once a highly-touted prospect in the Nationals organization. Yet, he just couldn’t translate all that potential into big league success. All told, he played 133 games for Washington from 2019-23, batting .199 with a .598 OPS. He struck out 138 times and ground into 17 double plays in 508 trips to the plate. His -2.0 FanGraphs WAR might be overstating just how much he struggled with the Nationals – he was somehow worth -0.6 fWAR in just 11 games in 2019 – but with those numbers, and his frequent injuries, it was hardly surprising to see him outrighted before the 2024 campaign.
After slashing .265/.365/.386 (103 wRC+) in 91 games at Triple-A that year, Kieboom elected free agency and signed a minor league pact with the Angels last December. He put up very similar numbers with the Salt Lake Bees for most of 2025, until the major league club selected his contract in mid-September. Playing first base for the first time in his MLB career, he appeared in three games for L.A., going 2-for-8 with one RBI. Now a free agent once again, he will presumably look to sign a new minor league deal and try to earn a more substantial big league opportunity in 2026.
Davidson, 27, made his MLB debut earlier this year with the Athletics. He was the A’s first-round pick in 2019, but a fall down the defensive spectrum and continued struggles with the strikeout caused his prospect shine to fade. He played in nine games for the Athletics in May and June before he was optioned, and about a month later, he was designated for assignment. The Astros claimed him off waivers, but a .681 OPS with Triple-A Sugar Land led to another DFA in September. That’s when the Angels swooped in. Davidson went 4-for-22 in 10 games with L.A. until he was optioned once again toward the end of the season. He will stick around in the organization for now and hope to earn his way back to the big league roster.
Kieboom goes the dynamite!
How can you not love that name for a baseball player who is not a pitcher!!!!
If only he could hit which he cannot consistently in the bigs.
Passes it to the man, shoots it…
I thought it was Kieboom went the air conditioner.
I remember this guy was quite a Nationals prospect – drafted 1st round in 2016.
He is a great warning to armchair scouts everywhere: you can have all the approach in the world, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any the raw tools like power, speed, and arm strength.
A testament to Mike Rizzo’s draft and development strategies.
Yes we suffered thru quite a few of his picks.
Logan Davidson was quite like that too with Oakland.
With the exception of Will Smith at pick #32, the 2016 MLB draft 1st round was a near wipeout.
Hey! The Angels have had Mickey Moniak, Matt Thaiss, Dakota Hudson, Carter Kieboom and Ian Anderson from that draft – all first rounders.
That says something, but I’m not sure what.
It says they kove other teams’ sloppy seconds.
I remember when they thought Kieboom would have a blast in MLB too.
Now he just got blasted back to AAA. Probably will drive a tow truck for them.
MLB drafting is way different for a reason
Why carry Niko all year to give at bats to Peraza and these 2 when Nolan goes down
Davidson has so much potential but just cannot get it done. His draft reading was of a high ceiling and huge caliber baller. Shane it just hasn’t translated
I can see Nats giving him another chance.
angels just moving chairs around on the titanic
Jettisoning the 3rd class passengers.
Brogdon looked like a good signing early on but the wheels fell off.
All these guys are looking at minor league deals elsewhere, I’d imagine, which shows the Angels routinely trot out minor league talent.
and in typical fashion, Moreno will sign them all back on minor league deals and brag about bolstering the farm.
Why is Rendon still on the roster? Just move on.
Rendon’s still on the roster because his contract is untouchable—$38M a year through 2026. Even on the 60-day IL, the Angels can’t just cut bait without eating the full deal. Unless he retires or incredible-rebounds, to Steve Austin, the six million dollar man
Cue the Imperial March…
The Angels are doing some early spring cleaning—outrighting four journeyman types from the 40-man roster. These aren’t foundational pieces; they’re fringe contributors swept aside like stormtroopers who missed their mark.
Could this be the year Arte “Dark Vader” Moreno Perry Minasian finally stops choking the roster with reclamation projects? May the Force be with the Angels fans because fans are tired of watching the Death Star get patched with waiver wire claims
I think that I recall that both Brogdon and Fulmer skipped through the Baltimore club at one point or another. Part of Mike Elias’ sifting of the litterbox for gold. I hope he doesn’t forget why he let them go and falls in love with them again. It is possible.
Mike, step away from the litterbox, that is dirty!
Arte is a different kind of “player”
Too bad they can’t option him..
They were all so bad, can you really call any of them players?
Arte Moreno’s tenure has been a masterclass in how to spend big and still lose miss the playoffs like it’s a contractual obligation. If only there were a DFA for owners waive, or outright Arte Moreno from ownership :p yeah Yeah go