The Angels and right-hander Alek Manoah are in agreement on a one-year, $1.95MM contract, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. The Halos have multiple 40-man vacancies and won’t need to make a corresponding move for the Covenant Sports Group client.
It’s a clear buy-low move for the Angels. Manoah was once a first round pick and top prospect, then became a Cy Young candidate as of a few years ago. But more recently, injuries and underperformance bumped his stock to the point that he was non-tendered by Atlanta last month.
More to come.
Wow
This guy is a tough spring training away from pitching in Korea.
I mean why not. Was interested to see him go to a team with an actual lab but
They signed Mike Maddux as their pitching coach so you never know
Their major league video coordinator would be offended by the comment.
@steven hempel. Angels have a pitching lab since last year. Better late than never, but it’s probably one of the nicer ones since it’s up to date.
I thought Orioles would give him a look for #5 starter
Potential steal
Yep, still under 30.
Hopefully he chilled out a little during his down time. Reminds me of the quote “million dollar arm, five cent head.”
Perry
Even though he was with Atlanta for 5 minutes.
You kept your streak alive by acquiring someone from Atlanta
I’m so disgusted that you’re so predictable. You should not be running a major league team. You should not be running a team period.
I am sure someone has a bat boy job Avalon. You have experience doing that. The closest you should be to MLB is if you buy a ticket
Why is a soccer ref acting so unhinged towards a baseball executive?
After spending a lifetime officiating soccer, the shear boredom of it broke his mind. Now he wanders the world, randomly shouting at whatever finds his gaze, the poor soul.
The human mind is a precious thing. Don’t waste it watching (or officiating) soccer.
There is a lot of strategy involved in high level professional “soccer”, so it certainly isn’t for everyone.
Those 0-0 games are riveting.
Baseball is the superior sport. Soccer is okay. I’ll definitely pass on Cricket as well, I tried it, nope…
Thats a serious cry
Good buy-low deal.
Would have been an awesome buy low for my Marlins. Norby and Stowers for Manoah, who says no?
I mean, why not? Grayson Rodriguez Alec Manoah who is next Tom Candiotti??
Shopping at the Flea Market again?
They’re shopping at the “scratch n’ dent” aisle at K-Mart’s Blue Light Special …perhaps one wrung down fron the neighborhood Saturday Flea Market.
Anthony Rendon – 245 million. Manoah-1.5 million. Both deals will probably be worth the same in the end- Not much.
Yup I’d rather take the free screen printed T-shirt that says “Anthony Rendon Fan Club Member #1” and where it ironically than take either of those contracts.
The Angels need many gambles to pay off. This is a gamble for sure. A small one, but knowing Perry/Arte they’ll now say they’ve replaced Anderson and Hendricks with Grayson and Monoah and can take pitching off their list.
Grayson was a good get, assuming he gets back to healthy he’s got top rotation upside only derailed by injuries. Manoah…that might be a $2M lottery ticket that returns nothing, but also worth a shot for a team like the Angels
Yes, concerning. Their strategy the entire losing window has been to sign has-beens who might all reach their 90th percentile goal in performance in the same year. It never works.
@halosheavenJJ. Hopefully not they still need another pitcher. Especially with Rodriguez they might have to do a 6 man rotation or skips starts. Everyone is saying he’s going to be capped at 120 innings, and that’s if he is fully healthy with no injuries
HHJJ
Right
Exactly what teams like the Angels should be doing – playing high volatility players. If everything breaks right, that’s their path to the postseason. If everything doesn’t, maybe a few do and they have a player that they can trade or a player for the future
RIP Alek Manoah
Hmmm, I’d sign Jason Mamoa to pitch power spears (dude’s on a roll) but betting on Alex Manoah who last pitched in May 2024 (and did poorly in half a season in 2023) is really rolling the dice. But I guess two million to the pitching starved Angels, sure, why not? The big guy looked good once upon a time, would love to see a bounce back.
hey,if they are willing to give grayson rodriguiz a shot.why not manoah? i personally think they are grasping straws, but you never know?
Monoah finished 3rd in the Cy Young race in 2022. If he can get that form back, he’s going to be lights out for the Halos. Or maybe a Mitch Keller trade after this?
Keller is way overvalued by Pitt. Lots of reports at deadline they wanted a return more inline with a top rotation arm, which he isn’t and his contract isn’t exactly cheap for a 3rd/4th starter on a good team.
Better off signing Brad Keller as a starter
Fun Fact: According to ESPN, potential fits for Keller are Astros, Angels, A’s Rangers, and Mets.
AL West in the mix. Yes, Pirates must cover 6.5 million or something.
Reclamation project
That’s why we gotta watch rid of Ward, couldn’t have tension in the locker room after he hit him in the face
Dude is cooked
I don’t see anything wrong with it. Maybe maddux sees something he can fix if not he will be released. Has more upside than Hendricks, and cheaper.
I heard he’s difficult to work with. Lots of potential if coached right.
Hope he gets his career back on track. He was really fun to watch for a time period and easy to route for (when he’s on your team)
Dumpster diving
That could be an actual steal should he get back on track. Pulling for the guy!
Now you guys are cooking with gas!
A typical Angels signing. Not necessarily knocking the signing but this is the Angels MO. Maybe it will work out,who knows. Manoah was an All Star in 2022.
Worth a gamble, he’s still young enough.
This is one step from being a brilliant move or a bust.
I like this move. Now if they can just pair him with Tim Lincecum, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Mark Mulder, Trevor Cahill, Dylan Bundy, Matt Moore, Tommy Hanson, Joe Blanton, and Alex Cobb, they’ll have a rock solid pitching staff.
The Angels need to let the spring training cooks know they need to order more food for 2026.
Why? Manoah should have been out of the MLB a few years ago.