The Angels are reportedly in agreement with Yoán Moncada on a one-year deal. It’s a $4MM guarantee for the client of The Movement Baseball. The Angels have an opening on the 40-man roster and will not need to make a corresponding move to finalize the contract.
Moncada is back for a second season with the Halos. It’s a similar contract to the $5MM deal that he signed last February. Moncada played reasonably well when healthy but missed a third of the season to a pair of injured list stints. A right thumb sprain and inflammation in his right knee kept him out of action for the majority of the first half. He only played in 36 games before the All-Star Break, though he was available for the entire second half.
The 30-year-old Moncada put together a .234/.336/.448 showing across 289 plate appearances. He connected on 12 home runs and drew walks at a strong 11.1% rate while striking out a little more than a quarter of the time. It was a typical Moncada season — solid power and on-base skills with lots of strikeouts and a couple injury absences.
Moncada was once the top prospect in MLB. He had a couple star-level performances with the White Sox in 2019 and ’21 but didn’t become the franchise player they expected when they signed him to a $70MM extension in Spring Training 2020. Moncada combined for a .234/.288/.386 batting line between 2022-23. He barely played in ’24 because of a serious adductor (groin) strain, and the White Sox had an easy call to buy him out for $5MM instead of a $25MM club option.
A switch-hitter, Moncada has been better from the left side of the plate over his career. The Angels used mostly in a platoon capacity last year, as he only took 27 plate appearances against southpaws. He’ll get the majority of playing time at third base but could cede some at-bats against lefties, with righty-hitting Vaughn Grissom and Denzer Guzman options for at-bats.
Grissom, acquired from the Red Sox in a buy-low trade at the Winter Meetings, is a better fit at second base. The Angels are likely to give former first-round pick Christian Moore another look at the keystone, but he struggled to a .198/.284/.370 line in his first 53 MLB games. Moore has only 30 games of Triple-A experience and could need more time in the minors. Grissom is out of options and will be on the big league roster in some capacity. Former top prospect Oswald Peraza is also out of options but seems less assured to avoid landing on waivers out of Spring Training.
The Angels have signed five MLB free agent contracts this offseason, all via one-year deals. Kirby Yates, Drew Pomeranz, Jordan Romano and Alek Manoah came aboard for $5MM or less. They’ve spent a combined $16.95MM this offseason without making any moves that extend beyond 2026. RosterResource now calculates their payroll around $180MM, about $13MM south of where they opened the ’25 season. They still need to add at least one starter and would ideally upgrade in center field, where Josh Lowe, Bryce Teodosio and Wade Meckler are the top options.
Francys Romero first reported the agreement. Jon Heyman of The New York Post had the $4MM guarantee. Image courtesy of Peter Aiken, Imagn Images.
It’s… something I guess. Please just swing leftie from here Yoan.
If you wanted any more proof that Arte is going to mail in the 2026 season – in preps of a 2027 lockout – this signing is Exhibit F.
If you wanted any more proof that Moreno is broke after having to pay Skagg’s family beaucoup for his organizations complicity in Skagg’s death, this signing is one more.
Not the Skaggs deal. That was paid by insurance. He’s out of money from the loss of broadcasting.
@kellin. Blum attended the court proceedings and said it went to verdict maybe arte slid in a final offer with a NDA, but it relatively quiet with the details still think it’s definitely impacting the spending. People always talked about a arte tax, and he wont go over a certain number i’m guessing we hit that.
@Rex I listened to Blum talk on Trumbo’s new podcast (Halo Territory), and I’m fairly certain he said the money was going to come out of insurance. It’s the reason they ended up settling so quickly as the jury was going into deliberation. There was a question of financial penalties by a juror that caught the defense off-guard. The Angels are out 50 million on the tv contract. You do the math.
Also, it was suggested that the insurance company may have suggested going to court because they felt the Angels could win. This is speculation. Apparently if a verdict came down finding the Angels at fault, then they’d have to pay out of pocket. Settling doesn’t incur any such verdict, which means it can be paid out by insurance.
kellin, insurance never covers more than a tiny bit in liability cases. Typically the max a policy will cover is $300,000 to $1.5 million. In a wrongful death lawsuit that lasted as long as this one did I doubt it covered more than the Angel’s legal fees. He would have to pay all of the settlement out of his pocket.
The Angels have no losses of income from TV yet and they are already on every carrier that they were on with the RSN, they just no longer have the RSN as the middleman taking a cut. They are not going to lose money.
As a business owner that has been through this many times over the past 28 years, I can assure you that the maximum insurance policy was in the $1.0 to 1.5 million range. The Angels attorney’s fees probably ran $10 million on this case.
Insurance agencies never suggest court in a wrongful death lawsuit. They want to settle for as little as possible, not take the chance of a incredibly high liability judgement.
@kellin. Ok. Yeah i saw blum on foul territory, and trumbo the same plugging his new show haven’t watched it yet. Just seems like something is holding them back. Especially with the rendon restructuring to not spend anything. At the end of the day doesn’t really doesn’t matter just hope they make trades at the deadline, and get 15-20 players back like the rays do. Still dont think insurance is covering it, blum said the jury was deciding the percentage of the franchise, and they were wondering if they could increase it, arte probably slid something to the skaggs family. i get it the details are murky, but im following the bread crumbs.
Moncada>Arenado
We can’t make trades because NOBODY wants our prospects and our revenue stream is middle of the pack so we can’t afford enough free agents to be competitive.
The Rendon contract cost us the ability to resign Shohei. Spending 35M or more for two players is our limit based on our revenue stream! If we don’t get front office people that can draft better we won’t be a playoff team going forward.. Our total yearly revenue is around $500M and the Dodgers are over one billion plus they draft in the top 5 year over year!
Solid but unexciting signing
Yawn Moncada
One can only think of a certain saying in a case like this. The kid from the Little Rascals who said” Dey’ll neva Lern’.
At least Rendon is gone.
Moncada had -13 OAA while playing only half a year. That is impressively bad. This is a signing you make when you are not trying.
No one is more disappointed by this move more than the Angel’s pitchers.
Most disappointing overall #1 prospect in recent years?
There are millions more I would put above Yoan the Bomb. Matt Moore, Jurickson Profar, Andrew Benintendi, Matt Wieters, etc. Jackson Holliday will be there soon, as will Adley if the Orioles don’t stop pretending Basallo can catch and fail to get an actual backup who can catch 60 games a year
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I would probably place both Profar and Benintendi above Moncada. Wieters is a catcher, so his similar stats put him above Moncada as well. I guess Matt Moore could be comparable, but it is close. WAY too soon to tell with Holliday. And I would already say that Adley has had more success than Moncada after only a couple years.
Asa Lacey any one? Bubba Starling? At least Moncada is a major leaguer
They were high draft picks and definitely disappointing, but not the overall #1 prospect like Moncada. That is the main reason I used the word “disappointing” and not “bust.” I save the word “bust” for guys that don’t make the majors.
I mean, I’d probably put all the number one picks who never made the majors let alone carved out a pretty respectable career over him.
#1 prospects*
I don’t think there are any #1 overall prospects that never made the majors. The Dodgers had an infielder that was top 5 overall that never saw the majors but I cannot remember his name. But that was quite a while back.
Kinda by their nature that won’t happen, because you usually don’t get “#1 prospect” status with any major publications until you’re already proving yourself to such a degree that you’re *at least* in line for an imminent call-up.
There’s a smattering of #1 overall draft picks who never made the majors, since being a #1 pick in a draft is usually at least a couple steps away from demonstrating pro level productivity that might put you in line for “top prospect” status.
Yeah I misspoke.
I don’t think Brady Aiken ever made it to the bigs.
He was a #1 pick, not a #1 prospect.
Yeah, never ranked higher than #71. Plus he never even signed with the team that picked him #1, so his failure to make it from #1 pick to the majors was sort of by choice.
Well, we got Bregman, so thanks Aiken.
And Kyle Tucker. You have to figure that if that Bregman pick was not added, the Rockies would have ended up with Bregman or Brendan Rodgers and the Rangers would have taken the other. That may have left Dillon Tate for the Astros at #4. Doesn’t mean it would have happened that way, but it could have.
Hi flew
Brein Taylor of Yankees was number one pick overall and he injured his arm in a bar fight and was later sent to the slammer on drug related charges. Never made the show. But I am not sure if he was a number one prospect on a top 100 list.
I am well aware of Brien Taylor. My 15 year old self lost quite a bit of money investing in Taylor rookie cards back in 1992. Well quite a bit of money for a 15 year old anyway. You are correct that he was the only #1 prospect to never make the majors, thus far. I knew he was the #1 pick, but never knew he was the #1 prospect too. Baseball America was not on my radar back then. That was 1 year after BA named Todd Van Poppel the #1 prospect. It is amazing they survived.
Tucker was No. 7, so I think that we still would’ve gotten Tucker either way. Without Bregman, it’s Swanson, Rodgers, Bregman, Tucker, Tate.
Tucker was #5. The three shortstops that year (Swanson, Bregman, Rodgers) were considered the top 3 by practically everyone. Dillon Tate went 4 and Tucker went 5. I remember that draft well because the Astros getting their “bonus pick” cost the Rockies the #2 pick that year. The Rockies may have done some real damage in the playoffs in 2017 and 2018 if they had Bregman instead of Rodgers in the minors.
No. I think that Rodgers has really good talent, it’s the Rockies development system. I remember Rodgers was No. 1 and the Rockies were like, let’s do this thing.
They developed Trevor Story and Nolan Arenado just fine.
There are some exceptions, but a lot aren’t developed well.
I understand that thought, but the player should get most of the blame in my mind. If you get an F on a test, the teacher might deserve some blame, but ultimately the grade goes on your record regardless.
It’s not quite the same, but okay.
It pretty much is the same, but if you want to keep feeling superior, feel free.
When he played last year he was a good hitter for us. *comparatively
nah just in general. i’m sad i have to be excited about a 116 OPS+ hitter on my team
Rendon and I had the same batting average last year!!
Thats what she said
Did you also have the same salary?
The irony is strong with this comment
This is a very standard Angels move.
yep
Crazy this guy was ever paid eight figures.
Exhibit A the Sox weren’t particularly cheap (both Red and White). Just misguided
Pirates could have paid that. What’s the plan at third, Ben??
Yeah, the options are getting more and more slim
Suarez is running out of places to sign. He’s waiting him out.
Suarez still likely has Boston on the table at minimum. I don’t see the Bucs outbidding them, nor do I see them being willing to add the $20M+ they’d have to add for Suarez plus a lefty starter. Suarez might get that himself. This is looking more and more like a classic Ben waiting out some sub one WAR utility infielder who will then be thrown in the starting lineup unless Griffin bats 1.000 in spring training.
I don’t know, I suppose anything is possible but the Sox seem to indicate that they’re looking to improve defensively (which Suarez would be a downgrade) and they’re more interested in improving via trade than FA given luxury tax considerations. They theoretically could get Suarez as a DH but they already have a glut of those anyways as they try to work in their outfield.
I think the main threat to the Pirates getting him is the Mariners potentially getting him on a one year deal. It’ll be interesting to see if he values a more stable contract or a more competitive team. I guess I could see the Astros go for him if they actually trade Paredes but I think that’s far less likely.
If we don’t get Suarez, I could see Ben going the trade route with someone like the Mets or Astros. I am glad they didn’t get Moncada. I don’t see him as much of an upgrade and I think his health is far more of a risk than any upside he’d provide.
I didn’t want Moncada either. At this point I’m hoping for a trade, but expecting this is another case where a glaring hole is filled with hope and little else. See last year’s betting on Jack to play an important part in the OF.
He hasn’t really been up to his 2019 season performance ever since. Just need to deal with injuries, but he’s a pretty solid ballplayer.
Yeah if he plays just half the games, hes a steal at 4 mill/per. 54 games: prolly at par value.
I’m curious to see what kind of playing time the Angels give to Vaughn Grissom and if he actually produces
Shouldn’t be more than a utility infielder. But knowing the Angels, he’ll be their opening day starting second baseman.
As expected. Also, wouldn’t be shocked if they resign Rengifo to a one-year deal.
I would totally be ok with Rengifo in a utility role rather than an every day starter.
Moncada is not going to be healthy enough to not need an everyday 3B most of the season.
We sure the real Rengifo and Moncada aren’t victims of identity theft? Same guy collecting 2 paychecks. Rarely see both guys on the field at the same time. Kinda like Jeff Kent’s cousin Clark and that hurler Justin Steele hmmm
Doesn’t really help our god-awful 3B defense metrics but it could be worse I suppose.
Positive WAR player on a cheap one year deal. Seems like a solid move. Glad to not be committing long term deals
lolangels
Now sign someone to play the other 80ish games and third base is covered.
Just need center field, second base, a couple starters, and maybe we’ll sniff .500.
Cue crying emoji.
Moncada don’t want none
Unless you got a contract
and big buns
Good for Angels. Although that doesn’t help their chances of winning getting in the playoffs much higher.
Perry is a joke!!! Off-season has been a joke!!! Why move money around if they ain’t gonna do anything with it. Arte just recouping money that he lost from being brain dead about knowing how to run a club.
Perry can only do what Arte allows him to. Perry isn’t the problem, Arte is.
Perry’s not the problem. He’s the guy trying to build a house with no lumber, no nails, and a boss who thinks duct tape is a business model.
Until Arte opens the checkbook or sells the team, trades are all we’ve got. And even those come with a budget cap.
I can agree Arte is a bigger problem but that doesn’t account for poor drafting. A team with no winning record since the Obama administration can’t draft, develop or train players is more detrimental than supplementing a roster with high-price free agents. Ohtani and Trout were right there. Where was the pipeline from the farm to the table then?
I would argue that Perry is again, drafting the best he can given the situation he is in. Arte won’t spend, so he is drafting MLB ready talent which is why Neto, Schanuel, Ryan Johnson, and most likely Bremner this year were rushed to the big leagues.
Minasian is not the problem. Arte is.
I will be honest and have no idea what a better alternative would have been, but ugh….. infield defense no better and who knows what the plan for the OF alignment is going to be.
He’s not the generational player he was hyped, but he’s still out there making millions every year.
Just no good alternatives.
Thats My Halos. Trying to upstage the Doyers signing of Tucker.
If the Dodgers, who after taxes are paying 120 million dollars for Kyle Tucker, and he puts up a 4 war season, that’s 30 mill per WAR.
If Moncada puts up a 1 WAR season and the Angels pay 4 million, who’s the team with the advantage?
derall76: “…who’s the team with the advantage?”
The team that actually makes the playoffs?
Of course. But nevertheless, it’s a good signing for the Halos. That’s a great handle, by the way. I am a Seal Beach resident. And while I definitely lean Dodgers, I’m looking forward to better days for the Angels.
Leaning Dodgers was never an option for me. I have relatives in the bay area and the Giants were my favorite NL team. I attended plenty of games at Candlestick, including one where the drunks snuck in 4 foot tall individual letters and then got together and paraded “F*** the Dodgers!” around the upper deck. As far as I can remember, no one tried to shut them down. I literally hated Garvey, Cey, et al.
I can’t do blue.
But Vin Scully did rock.
Sell the team, Arte!
The Angels were dead last at fWAR at third base last year. They were dead last in defense.
Solution, resign their worst defensive third baseman for another year.
At some point, even Minasian apologist have to realize he has no idea what he’s doing.
He’ll go nicely with out 1B with no power.
@halo11fan. Atleast they have madrigal. Moancada wasn’t bad and maybe it was the finger injury. The bad standards is the angels barometer.
Madrigal can catch a baseball. Moncado was awful defensively last year.
@halo. He had a broken finger, unfortunately rengifo has a broken mind.
I like the pen. The lineup, if healthy, is not going to be awful. The pitching can be ok… but the defense will be abysmal.
This will be a hard team to watch.
Basically, good pen. Slightly below average starting pitching and hitting. Horrible defense.
@halo11fan. I disagree about the defense maybe a slight upgrade. Will injuries happen of course it’s the same plan. Im guessing trout is the centerfielder, but at some point it will be whose this 30 yr old prospect batting cleanup.
The Angels were the worst defensive team in baseball last year by far…. I mean not close.
Ward and Rengifo were their two best defensive players…
And that’s not saying much.
Their two best defensive shortstops were Anderson and Newman. Their worst Neto.
How are they going to be better defensively?
Zach Neto is not a bad defensive player. He was in the top 5 SS the past 2 years in DRS. You are only looking at OAA, but that is just a range based metric. There is more to defense than just range.
If he were a bad shortstop, he would have bad OAA and DRS like Bo Bichette. He has subpar range, but I watch him regularly and he is the best defensive player the Angels have.
DRS is formulaic, outdated and obsolete. The Angels didn’t strike batters out and had a lot of ground ball pitchers. DRS doesn’t measure that. The best we have right now is statcast, which Fangraphs utilizes. DRS is a terrible stat.
I’m curious why you brought up statcast OOA. It ranks him 33 out of 37, and no wanted to sign Bichette as a Shortstop.
@halo11fan. I’m optimistic with trout in center, and lowe in left. Same with moancada, madgrigal, grissom,peraza in the infield. I will say I was excited about newman, and was dead wrong.
Trout cant last an entire season in CF. Put Lowe in CF, platoon Trout. Adell in LF. Soler,(gag) in RF.
Platoon the two guys who can’t hit LHP. Lowe and Moncada with Trout and Grissom or Madrigal Provided Moore makes the team. Keep him at second and don’t screw with him.
It’s a bad roster, bot Suzuki has to play with the hand he was dealt.
@halo11fan. I agree with trout not lasting very long in centerfield, but that currently looks like plan. I think the d is going to look better, and they added some slap hitters. Will it last probably not, a month in the season. We will be saying who is this player they signed from the surf dogs. Grissom should be even defensively, just like lowe in left. I’ve seen people say his defense took a hit because of steinbrenner field. I guess we will find out. It was a rays writer on halo territory. Saying players had a tough time tracking the balls because of the lights
I disagree. It has disaster written all over, and if you want the most from Adell, leave him alone….stop screwing with him.
Oh my gosh. Might as well sign like Jake Lamb at this point. Maybe Drury needs another shot. Looking forward to 2027.
Well I guess this was the next best option since Bellinger resigned with the Yanks.
I feel like they could have gotten him for league minimum. Was anyone else really in on him?
for 4 mil, this signing is perfect. he just needs to avoid injury for one season
Yeah this isn’t as terrible as most are making it out to be.
Arte Moreno has a real thing for former top prospects.
Almost every Minasian draft pick quickly becomes a former to prospect.
The amount of success draft picks have had, taking into account the amount of time, or lack thereof, has to indicate some positive level of drafting and or some level of development.
Leave out Neto for a second. I don’t think these guys are good. Schanuel has no power.
Christian Moore had a thirty three percent KRate.
The number two pick in the entire country is not a to 50 prospect. The 2021 draft was one of the worst drafts in Angel history.
And now the problem with Neto. Neto is not a good defensive shortstop, but the real problem is Minasian won’t draft a shortstop. Baseball has gone through one of the greatest runs of shortstop talent in amateur baseball history. They are everywhere on the top prospects list. Minasian won’t draft them.
Like Bichette, Neto is going to be blown away by good hitting shortstops who can play short. Because if you can’t play short, you’re not going to be a top shortstop…not in this generation of shortstops.
Halo11Fan- I think that Neto might be able to improve with the glove, especially noting that injuries have affected him the last 2 years. I noticed big differences during the 1st year. My main thought was that these are all players that had little time to develop so far. The fact that they are doing this, at this age and development at LEAST shows something. Moore”s numbers by itself is poor, but what I saw from him I liked and if you think about taking any drafted players would they do better than worse at this stage.?
Tim… I hope so. We are all optimistic in different ways.
But I don’t often see players break the wrong way on ground balls.
It’s ok, he is just a veteran signing until Dallas McPherson is ready
Brandon Wood sends his regards.
This exactly what I thought they would and should do. 3B is not a lucrative market this offseason and he’s the closest option to that.
He has played 188 games in 3 years. Less than 63 games per season. We still need a 3B because Moncada cannot be counted on to spend less than half the season on the IL.
Like who? These are the moves you make when you know there’s no market left for that position. It’s okay to have a platoon at 3B. Especially with a guy who was one of few hitters in the Angels lineup with patience and an OBP over .300.
RyÅnWKro- Or maybe he told Perry only 1 year deals and that is why Okamoto did not sign.
Ryan, doesn’t change the fact that we still need a 3B because Moncada can’t be counted on to stay healthy for even half a season. It won’t be a platoon, it will be someone or a combination of someones that are playing the position for 80-90-100 games in 2026. It will be a scrub, because Arte is broke after having to pay Skaggs family close to $100 million because the Angels are incompetent as an organization. We still need to get another 3B. so you answer the question of who it will be. Rengifo? Urshela? Those are familiar names. A former 1st round pick that has failed utterly in the majors signed on a minor league deal and then called up in April when Moncada gets injured the 1st time? That is probably the best bet.
Angels needed a 3B for years after Glaus left and were fine with Chone Figgins there. Sometimes that’s what you have to do. Focus needs to be on starting pitching and bench depth. But the number one source of any team jumping back into contention is internal improvements, particularly from a young core. Supplementing with depth moves around their core are where the Angels are now, but they still need their young players and Trout to raise those averages in between all the HRs. That’s what it will take.
We still need on after signing Moncada. He wont stay healthy all year. There is no one to back him up right now. Not even a decent prospect. That is the point.
RyÅnWKrol- I think they should have signed Okamoto. They showed interest early and Okamoto wanted to play for the Angels. Solid but not great glove. Very consistent power bat that hits for AVE and walks a lot with very low strikeout rates. He signed for not a lot more than Moncada did. I think this was another time were Arte told Perry don’t make an offer.
I don’t think it was worth it. There are better places to spend money like starting pitching, perhaps another key reliever and the Angels haven’t really made any bench moves yet.
He’s probably the only free agent willing to go to Anaheim at this point.
Like that 80s hair band ballad: “should I stay or should I stay”
@Dumpster..The Clash was a 80’s Hair Band? Thanks for straightening that one out. Try A band like Winger or Poison or Firehouse
Dolomite: such a frumpy one
Well, that is an Arte thing to do. Last place Angels again in 2026. Hopefully he sells the team. I am getting older and would like to see a playoff team again before I die.
If you told me back in November we’d be bringing Yoán Moncada back to Anaheim, I’d have asked—why?
But here we are. Low-budget payroll. roster. And somehow… Moncada actually makes sense now. None of these minor-league signings are any better
He’s back on a one-year deal. And honestly? I’m not even mad my expectations for the season, preparing myself for a losing season We’re not shopping at the top of the market we’re knee-deep in the clearance bin. And Moncada? He’s a familiar face who might still have a little something left in the tank.
Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out…” welcome back, Yoán.
94 loss season. At least tickets will be cheap again.
After the Pirates missed out on Okamoto I thought perhaps Moncada might work. A little improvement, every little bit counts. Suarez doesn’t seem like the right fit, all things considered. I’m not sure why but this Cleveland fan wants to see new blood rise in the NL. I hope Konnor Griffin soon turns into an A-Rod, minus the roids of course.
I can’t keep going to Angels games any more. Just done until there’s a new owner. The talent level continues to get worse while the tickets go up.
It’s as if this owner is pushing people here into being Dodgers fans.
I’d rather spend less money driving out to see the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) minor league team or the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Angels) minor league team.
Moncada was a relative bright spot in the lineup. Htting .940 OPS with runners in scoring position is great, though a small sample. Hopefully he stays healthy this year and the glove work is more consistent.
Let’s add the latest moves to our review the Angels and Perry MORONassian ‘s absolutely pathetic off season. Can we all say it is a carbon copy of the last three
✅ Trade an established major league hitter with 37 home runs for a pitcher that was a top prospect at one time coming off major arm injuries the last two years and is a huge question mark
✅ Sign a pitcher that was fantastic two years ago. Then forgot how to pitch had major arm injuries and is on his third team in 6 months
✅ Sign a one time highly touted prospect with ties to the braves who cannot hit major league pitching
✅ Sing two pitchers for the bullpen that were both great 6 years ago that will both he DFA candidates by the all star break
✅ Sing a pitcher who is out of options who only has 56 innings of mlb experience and walks to many hitters
✅ Sing a pitcher who was very good before the pandemic then had arm issues and was so bad in the minor he was forced to pitch overseas and wait for it with ties to the Braves
✅ Trade for a middle infielder who at one time could hit but injuries set in and he has not hit above .190 in three years. And guess what. With ties to the braves
✅ Sing a 39 year old reliever who watched his era balloon over five and has hardly pitched due to arm and back problems.
✅ Rendon well SMH LOL 🤮 good riddance. Sums that one up
✅ Hire your fourth manager in five seasons who has not managed a game in little league let alone the minors or the show and give him a one year deal.
✅ Be alleged in on Okamoto a player that said naw I’m good I am gonna sing with a team that is worse than yours because they actually have a direction and are improving
✅ allegedly be in on Nolan Arenado a third baseman that was good four years ago and cannot hit now and his current team is so desperate to get rid of the money. He would be this years Jorge Soler
✅Miss out on another player from Japan who said no I think I will go play third for a team that just came off a World Series appearance
✅ Sing a left handed reliever who was good at one time and then in typical Angel player requirement got hurt and had his career completely implode
✅Claim an outfielder off waivers who has 69 plate in four plus seasons of pro ball and hit .232 at the mlb level but it’s a hand me down from Moronnassian’s brother
✅ Sign another former highly touted prospect who is on his third team in two seasons. The kid can actually make contact and not strike out but in typical Angels fashion coming of a major injury
✅ Sign a reliever who has never had an era under 4.00 and has bounced between triple A and the majors. His velocity is down and walked 12% of his hitters. Shock in true Angels fashion coming off major knee issues
✅ Trade one of the better young relief arms for a corner outfielder coming off a .220 season and struck out 106 times in 396 at bats. And get this. Has a long history of injuries He is Taylor Ward with less power and is always hurt.
✅ Re-sign a third baseman who missed more than half the season in Angels fashion due to injuries and has a long track record of being hurt He only hit .236 and strikes out 28% of his plate appearances. Oh and he needs to sit if there is a lefty on the mound
✅ lose your local tv contract (not your fault) so now MLB and ESPN can price gouge us to watch games Remember in the before time when all the games were on KTLA.
To quote a recent ESPN article a clueless GM making signings that would’ve been all great moves in 2022. Moronassian could run the Angels into the ground in franchise mode on MLB the Show on Xbox
Yet still have not filled the holes of CF,3B( sort of) back of the rotation, closer and anyone that can hit above .230
The quest for 100 losses in in full effect
Can’t wait to wear my paper bag over my head at home games
Operation extreme redundancy is almost complete
Love ya Perry and Artie
Signed
An extremely satisfied fan
soccer_ref – Are you confused about the team that signed Okamoto. He said he hoped to sign with the Angels just before was posted. Your description of the Bluejays I find a bit off. Wait a minute??? I think you fixed that post or some how I . I think you thought he signed with Pittsburg. O.K. move along , nothing to see here.
Pirates dropped another ball at 3B. Not many options are left now.
Could probably sign Kiner-Falefa again on a one year deal as a short term option if Eugenio isn’t signed.
I’d rather not have IKF back. No knock on him but I don’t want him at 3B his defense is lower than Triolo there and at SS id rather have Griffin start over IKF.
Watched Moncada field a low grounder then looked to the dugout before leaving the game. Never batted switch hitter again. Was sure he was set for some sort of off season knee procedure. Have a feeling the knee is the same. Peraza makes the team bc of it. Madrigal might get some play at 2nd
Good signing. Now re-sign Detmers, sign Gallen and Framber and let’s go!
Go where?? Last Place ? 100 losses? Laughingstock of baseball?
Why is Arte Moreno still owning the Angels?
The team underperforms. The fans are fed up. The free agent market Ignored. So what’s the motive?
Arte He’d rather sink the ship than hand over the wheel.
So maybe he’s not here to win. Could it be a tax write off maybe he’s just here to own. And that’s the problem.
We’re not asking for miracles. We’re asking for effort. If you’re not gonna fight for this team, Arte then get out of the freaking way.
We’ve waited long enough. Sell the team. Save the Angels. Let us fan believe again. without you Arte Moreno
The Angels hit .228 as a team in 2025. This signing won’t help improve that number.
Don’t forget get over 1600 strikes outs
We gave up 36 HRs with Taylor Ward and got back 12 with Josh Lowe.
We did add two starting pitchers if they stay healthy, this rotation could be better than last year.
But the bullpen I don’t know what to make of it
Bravo – Home runs are irrelevant when the team can’t get on base for them to have an impact. I would rather have a team of singles and doubles hitters and have zero home runs. You have to get on base to score and this team doesn’t do that. So losing a guy who hits 36 home runs doesn’t matter unless you fix the overall hitting.
The angels front office it’s the deaf man pushing the blind man off the cliff so he can hear him fall
The hardest job in baseball is GM for the Angels under Moreno. He has zero autonomy and gets all the blame from fans when the team sucks until Moreno fires him.
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I totally agree with you. I’m from old school baseball The Angels need to adapt this style of game. 2026 Angels roster isn’t built to slug its way out of trouble. And they’re not built to pass the baton either. That’s style needs to come from the manager.
If this team wants to stay in games, they’ll need to learn how to grind. That means the manager has to embrace a different style one that values contact, pressure, and execution over launch angles and exit velocity. when the occasion called for a bunt move the runner over into scoring position take the extra base, bunt into the shift and manufacture runs
It’s not a philosophical issue, it’s mainly youth and immaturity. Most of these young players are high ceiling athletic types that are made for doing all the other things in between the HRs. They just need grow.
Luis Arraez would fix that fast
Yoan is great. Loved it when they signed him last year. I am healthy, because I want to be. Having yoan and Soler, off the bench is awesome. Go Cuba. Peraza to