The Angels brought back infielder Yolmer Sánchez on a minor league contract, according to the MLB.com transaction log. It’s unclear if he’ll get another invite to big league camp after appearing last spring as a non-roster invitee.
Sánchez is trying to get back to the big leagues for the first time since 2022. The switch-hitting infielder played seven seasons with the White Sox between 2014-20. He won a Gold Glove at second base in 2019. Sánchez hit .245/.300/.360 in nearly 2500 trips to the plate in a ChiSox uniform. He has spent most of the last five years at the Triple-A level. Sánchez got to the majors briefly again in 2022, suiting up for the Red Sox and Mets.
The 33-year-old spent the entire 2025 season with the Halos’ top affiliate in Salt Lake. He hit .246/.357/.329 with just four home runs through 492 trips to the plate. It’s a light bat, but the Angels clearly appreciate the defensive versatility that Sánchez brings as a veteran depth piece. He played all throughout the infield and made a few starts in both corner outfield positions.
Zach Neto is locked in at shortstop. The Angels could use a multi-positional infielder who can upgrade second and third base. They took a flier on former top prospect Vaughn Grissom in a trade with Boston at the Winter Meetings. Grissom and second-year infielder Christian Moore are the projected starters at second and third base, with Oswald Peraza and Denzer Guzman still in the mix. No one from that group has had any big league success, so the front office should look to raise the floor by adding at least an established veteran utility piece.
Gatorade bath!
First thing I think of whenever I think of him! Seems like a great, fun clubhouse guy – Hope he makes it back to The Show!
With that AAA slash line from last year it’s looking pretty doubtful.
“the front office should look to raise the floor by adding at least an established veteran utility piece.”
But they won’t.
The Angels just keep finding new ways to break our hearts.
Kenley Jansen was right there.
Affordable. Proven. Local.
A future Hall of Famer chasing history signed by Detroit for $11 million.
And the Angels couldn’t match that. Let that sink in.
But hey, we’re “linked” to every free agent.
Every name. Every rumor. Every whisper.
And every one of them? Gone.
The plan’s clear now:
Wait it out. Let the market dry up.
Then fill the roster with castoffs and longshots.
Guys who couldn’t stick. Guys who “just need a shot.”
Hope they clear waivers.
Hope they bounce back.
Hope they figure it out here.
Hope.
The Angels just brought back Yolmer Sánchez on a minor league deal.
That’s the strategy.
Can you believe this?
The Rays and Tigers are now well run organizations.
Even the Oakland A’s—yes, those A’s—are passing us by.
And we’re still out here selling hope like it’s a plan.
Very articulate, insightful and well written. Jolly good.
Hear hear!
Let’s see Perry
Trade 37 home runs and an established Major league hitter for a pitcher who has tremendous upside, but has a history of our problems ✅
Bring in a former top prospect who is on his third organization in three years coming off major arm problems✅
Trade for a infielder who has once considered a high prospect with ties to Atlanta, who can’t hit major league pitching✅
Today and another middle infielder who can not hit Major league pitching✅
Hire a former player with absolutely no manager experience at any level and give him a one year contract✅
Which is valuable franchise money to go to the winter meetings and do absolutely nothing✅
Raise beer and ticket prices for the fifth Street season, but Perry gets a pass on that one✅
Perry’s wonderful game plan to this franchise’s first 100 law season and his personal escort to the unemployment office is in process
Operation extreme redundancy is in full effect
Let’s go halos
The Grayson trade will most likely end up being a win for the Angels, though. They’re only giving up one year of Ward.
You don’t replace 37 home runs internally Daniel’s have a hard enough time scoring runs with no contact hitters.
I don’t think i can recall ever seeing a guy win a Gold Glove one year and be practically out of the league the next. I guess good for Yolmer for getting another chance
Funny to see so many people writing articles and comments about how the Angels are totally failing this off-season, and haven’t delivered.
Hardly anything has happened yet in the free agent market besides a few of the big names. People seriously need to chill.
Booo
@saywhat?. It’s probably because they let kenley walk. 11 million for a year wasn’t unexpected, and he has said several times he wanted to come back. With the trades and signings so far. It looks like they are money conscious with the staff only getting one year deals. Its enough to sound the alarm.
The “fiscal angels”
The “rebuild Angels”. There isn’t enough talent on the team to win this year even after adding a few known names. Why waste the money.
Arte Moreno’s Angels: One Man Show
Yeah, I make the calls. I make the decisions.
Translation: I want yes men. I want praise. I want control.
From the front office to the clubhouse, Arte Moreno has built a team that answers to him—and only him. It’s not about teamwork. It’s not about fresh ideas. It’s about doing what Arte wants. And if you don’t? You’re out.
The Angels drafts have stunk and that’s not on Moreno.
Halo11Fan: “The Angels drafts have stunk and that’s not on Moreno.”
Of course it is “on” Moreno. He cuts corners on both the farm and scouting. We don’t recognize talent as well as other teams. We don’t develop talent as well as other teams….and we know it so we end up wasting draft capital on guys who will need less development.
The later picks, maybe, the early picks.. no way.
Remember when the Astros tanked on purpose for years and years to get high draft picks? They drafted smart and built a team that made the ALCS seven times, WS four times, and won a ring? I hate the cheaters and overall their schtick was bad for baseball. But they drafted smart.
Now let’s look at the Moreno Angels. A decade of losing seasons and resulting higher draft positions. Resulting in no playoff appearances and back-to-back 90 loss seasons. The Angels are dumb and blind compared to their competition. And that is all on Moreno for his stupid penny-pinching in areas like scouting and player development.
The highest picks the Angels have ever had was under Minasian. Bachman was a horrible pick. Neto is a nice player, but not really a shortstop, Schanuel was a bad pick. I think Moore was a bad pick and we wasted the number 2 pick in the country.
That’s Minasian.
1) PM has been GM for last five years, how is he at fault for at least 15 years of futility? Moreno is the only constant.
2) How can you judge any GM who has to operate under the special laws of the Moreno-verse? All of Moreno’s rigid little rules and big-splash marketing moves make it impossible for any GM. Maybe PM would be awful under better ownership….but maybe he would be great…..how will we ever know?
I can judge a GM who wastes top picks can’t make trades and has had the worst record in Angel history.
The Minasian apologist kill me.
It’s Bonnie AND Clyde. Why you people give Bonnie a pass and blame it all on Clyde is mind boggling to me.
Moreno runs a team in a way that ignores 150 years of baseball evolution. He does all kinds of things that MIGHT make sense for a billboard company (not even sure of that) but that do not make sense for a baseball team. I don’t think we can accurately judge any GM under such conditions.
But, you are entitled to your opinion, even if it’s wrong. 🙂
Happy Holidays!
Did or did not the Angels ever sign a solid HVAC guy?
@trojan84. Maybe sanchez is going to have a cousin look at it.
Did the Angels ever sign a solid HVAC guy?
Someone who could walk into the clubhouse, check the vents, and say,
Yeah, here’s your problem this whole thing’s been overheating since 2014.
Fix the airflow. Stabilize the system. Maybe even cool things off in August.
We don’t need stars. We need Freon.
@johnny bravo. I believe they just opened up all the job postings right after the press conference and perry minisian was getting grilled over it, but i still want to believe they turned it on and a bunch of dust blew out of it. Im sure they have a maintenance supervisor that gives arte a list of things that need a repair and he just puts it in the paper shredder, but this is probably a well known problem, and im sure it deters free agents.
Rexhudler86 that’s funny 😆
The Angels’ front office didn’t fall apart they just spent 20 years breathing recycled hot dog fumes and moldy popcorn dust. The A/C unit’s been pushing out air last filtered during the Tim Salmon era. Arte thinks the smell of mildew builds character. Perry’s been making roster moves with half the oxygen his brain needs. Free agents tour the stadium, take one breath, and suddenly sign with the Royals. It’s not bad luck it’s bad air.
The man formerly know as Carlos!
Right? But he didn’t become the funnest guy in the show (alongside airplane dude) til he became Yolmer!
Multi-positional 2B/3B and you’d like to add another lefty bat. Nolan Gorman.
Farte
Just rename the team to the Los Angeles Trout.
This sounds about right.
Back when yolmer was considered carlos, he signed my ball at the whitesox game in 2014 against the athletics. Funny enough that was the first game after the trade deadline so Jeff samardzja and Jason hammel were a’s. Jason hammel threw me the ball lol. Wore my cubs jersey to the sox game
This is all they can do? Fire Perry and sell the team, Arturo Moreno!
Arte is too fiscal to fire someone and bring on a replacement because he’d have to pay twice foe the same job. Perry will get replaced when his contract is up.