Will it be the year of Los Angeles Angels by reversing signatures strategy?
Unlike the recent past in which the portfolio was opened by giving $ 500 million to three players to arrive only once to playoffs, in 2025 Angels signs short -term players with moderate salaries.
The bet of Los Angeles Angels by Sign millionaire agreements to long term with stars To get to the postseason -As happened with Albert Pujols and Anthony Rendón— ha left in it pastnow the Strategy Change When I achieve Agreements with Tested players and Moderate wages to Short time.
For the 2025 season, they managed to obtain by the way of changes and signature of free agents to players who already won the World Series in recent years, and who have had good seasons without having super contracts.
Los Angels, who have told in their Roster from 2012 to 2023 with Pujols, Rendón or even the two -way star Shohei OhtaniThey seek to break a drought of 10 seasons without appearing in a postseason, after making it for the last time in 2014.
Before the start of the 2012 and 2020 seasons, they compromised $ 485 million in the signatures of Pujols and Rendón, which reduced only the visit to the 2014 playoffs in which they fell into three games in the first round against Kansas City Royals.
In 2018 they won the commitment to achieve the first Shohei Ohtani contract in the major leagues with a bonus exceeding 2 million dollars, and giving the player $ 30 million in 2023, without paying fruits to take them to playoffs, and without offering millions to stay after declaring free agent.
We can add to Mike Trout, the idol of the fans since he debuted in 2011, as the other figure that signed a millionaire contract before the 2019 campaign without being able to appear in postseason since then. With Pujols-control of $ 240 million for 10 seasons from 2012 to 2021-, only appeared in the 2014 playoffs, in which he gave a homer.
With Rendón-contract of 245 million dollars and 7 years from 2020 to 2026-have zero playoffs since the player has only participated in 257 games in five campaigns.
With Trout-control of $ 426.5 million and 12 years from 2019 to 2030-, zero appearances in playoffs from his signature-he called to playoffs in his fourth year with the team in 2014 and hit a flycracks.
With Ohtani-fond of more than 2 million when choosing Angels to play in MLB and $ 30 million in 2023-, they did not reach the postseason either.
By 2025, the portfolio closed and the contracts were made in the short term, adding to experienced players, including a more valuable player in the autumn classic.
Who arrives at Angels in search of putting the team in the postseason and repeating the feat of winning the World Series as they did only once in 2002? Or at least take them to playoffs, as happened in five seasons between 2004 and 2009?
It arrives via change with the Atlanta Braves by the pitcher Griffin Canning. Soler has experience of 11 campaigns in MLB, with 191 homers and 516 career produced, but it is best to have won a pair of world series.
The Cuban was champion with Chicago Cubs in 2016 and repeated with Braves in 2021 in which he was the most valuable player to hit three homers with six produced and .300 of batting.
They managed to sign the receiver with a two -year contract and $ 12 million dollars last November. He has experience of two world series, losing with New York Mets in 2015 and winning with Braves in 2021.
D’Arnaud is 12 years in Major Leagues, reaching postseason in seven of them, playing a total 57 games in 14 series. It has 10 home runs and 29 produced in 199 spin to bat in playoffs.
The proven closer with 447 games saved in 15 seasons, signed for a season and 10 million dollars last February. In 10 postseason in 21 series it has 20 rescues.
He played the world series of 2017, 2018 and 2020 with Los Angeles Dodgers, being champion in the last of them in the season shortened by the Covid-19 Pandemia. He saved two games in the 2017 Autumn Classic.
The right -handed veteran signed one year contract for $ 2.5 million dollars last November. He has the experience of 11 campaigns in Major Leagues, achieving at least 11 triumphs in each.
He was champion in the 2016 World Series with the Cubs, opening a couple of matches accepting a clean race in nine entries. In five campaigns he has participated in the playoffs in a total of nine series with an effectiveness of 3.12.
The free agent signed a season contract for $ 5 million last February. In nine campaigns in MLB, the Cuban adds 93 homers and 339 produced in 747 matches.
It has an Wild Card series appearance in 2021 and a division series in 2021, both with Chicago White Sox.
Zurdo opener Yusei Kikuchi signed for three years and $ 63 million dollars last November, in the firm of more money granted by Angels in the low season. The Japanese has five campaigns in MLB.
In his career he has a 41-47 mark, but he is 20-16 in the last two. It appeared in postseason in Wild Card with Toronto Blue Jays in 2023, launching in a game as a relay.
The nine -seasons veteran in the Major Leagues and twice All Star signed a minor leagues contract with invitation to spring training last January.
In 2020 he was in the Wild Card series and hit .643, while in 2021 he was in division series and hit .368. In both years with White Sox he hit 16 unstoppables in playoffs.
He arrived in November in an exchange with the Philadelphia Phillies for money. He was considered among the best 100 prospects at the beginning of his career. He debuted in 2018 and in five years he has played 325 games with an OBP of .280. Without experience in playoffs.
