Can the defending World Series champs win their division again?
The home of the two best players in baseball, who just wrapped up an incredible, was once again disappointing in 2022. Thankfully the WBC gave their superstars a taste of high stakes baseball, because the Angels have not been able to give them that. After a storybook ending to the tournament, it’ll be pretty hard to top that for them this year.
Despite a bad 2022, the Angels didn’t go out and add much to the roster. They brought in complementary pieces on offense in Hunter Renfroe, Brandon Drury, Gio Urshela and Brett Phillips. Drury and Renfroe combined for 5.5 WAR last year, although that represents a career year for both players, something that the Angels seem to keep chasing and getting burned on.
The biggest addition for the Angels’ offense could come from Anthony Rendon, who has been nothing short of a massive disappointment the last couple seasons. After signing a massive $245m contract after winning the World Series in Washington in 2019, Rendon had a really good 2020, before fighting injuries and ineffectiveness the last couple years, combining for 1.0 WAR over 105 games.
On the pitching side of things, they brought in Tyler Anderson to join a middling rotation headed by Ohtani. The bullpen got a good boost with Carlos Estévez coming in to start the season as the closer, and Matt Moore coming in to give them a good lefty. But Fangraphs still projects the group as the absolute worst in all of baseball with a projected WAR of just 0.9.
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