The Los Angeles Angels have signed 2019 World Series Champion 3rd Baseman Anthony Rendon to a 7-year deal worth $245M along with a no-trade clause. After missing out on top free-agent Starting Pitchers RHP Gerrit Cole (Yankees), RHP Stephen Strasburg (Nationals), and RHP Zack Wheeler(Phillies), the Angels went after the top position player on the free-agent market. Rendon is coming …

The Angels trade INF Zack Cozart and 2019 1st round pick INF Will Wilson to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Cozart, signed with the Angels on December 15th, 2017, to a 3-year deal for $38MM. Cozart was injured for almost the entire two seasons he spent with the Angels as he …

The Angels have non-tendered Catcher Kevan Smith making him a free agent. Smith, spent the 2019 season with the Angels after they had claimed him off of waivers on October 26th, 2018. He appeared in 67 games and produced a slash line of .251/.318/.393. Smith hit 12 Doubles, 5 Home Runs and drove in 20 runs in 191 at-bats. Now …

The Angels 2019′ season saw their pitching staff as a whole log a team ERA of 5.12. That ERA was the third-highest total in club history with only the 1994′ (5.42) and 1996′ (5.86) teams having a higher ERA. However, there was a big difference between the 2019 team and those other teams. This Angels staff had only 1 pitcher …

Angels’ star Centerfielder Mike Trout was announced as the American League Most Valuable Player of the 2019 season. Mike Trout received 17 first-place votes while Houston Astros’ Third Baseman Alex Bregman received 13 first-place votes. With Trout taking 17 out of 30 first-place votes that means he has now won the AL MVP 3 times (2014,’16,’19). Mike Trout has made …

It may be the offseason but all eyes are already on 2020. According to the opening 2020 World Series odds, the Houston Astros (9/4) open as title favorites even after a crushing loss to the Washington Nationals, with the Angels (25/1) not trailing too far behind. Manager Joe Maddon Joe Maddon makes his return to the organization he had been …

The Angels have declined Right Fielder Kole Calhoun’s club option for the 2020 season making him a free agent. Calhoun’s 2020 club option was worth $14MM and the Angels will pay him $1MM for buying him out. Kole Calhoun was an 8th round pick by the Angels in the 2010 draft out of Arizona State University and he would go …

The Angels announced that 1B Justin Bour, RHP Nick Tropeano, RHP Luis Garcia, LHP Miguel Del Pozo, and INF/RHP Kaleb Cowart had all been outrighted from the 40-man roster and they all elected free agency. 1B Justin Bour Bour was signed this past off-season in hopes that he would be the First Baseman until Designated Hitter Shohei Ohtani came back …

The 2019 season saw the Angels deploy the Opener quite a bit after the Opener had been used a handful of times in 2018. The Opener was often used for RHP Felix Pena’s starts and for a handful of LHP José Suarez’s starts. So, how did the Openers perform? Openers RHP Cam Bedrosian 1 Inning Pitched 1 Walk 2 Strikeouts …

Mike Trout once again proved in 2019, why he is the best player in Major League Baseball and once the calendar hit August, many people believed that Mike Trout was the runaway Most Valuable Player in the American League. Many believed that because no one had anything close to the numbers that Trout had and even heading into September there …