{"id":463585,"date":"2026-02-07T03:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:18:07","slug":"angels-release-cody-laweryson-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463585\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Release Cody Laweryson – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Angels announced they\u2019ve released reliever\u00a0Cody Laweryson<\/a>. He had been designated for assignment earlier in the week when they finalized their one-year deal to bring back\u00a0Yo\u00e1n Moncada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles claimed Laweryson off waivers from the Twins early in the offseason. The 6\u20194\u2033 righty made five appearances with Minnesota as a rookie. He allowed two runs (one earned) across 7 2\/3 innings, striking out seven without issuing a walk. Laweryson also pitched well in Triple-A, turning in a 2.86 earned run average while striking out a quarter of opposing hitters. The former 14th-round pick has a solid 3.39 ERA with a 27% strikeout percentage over his minor league career.<\/p>\n

Despite the strong production, Laweryson was dropped by a Twins team that has one of the worst bullpens in MLB. His 93.2 mph average fastball isn\u2019t especially imposing. He doesn\u2019t have a power breaking ball either, sitting 85-86 mph with a cutter while mixing in a low-80s changeup. He\u2019ll celebrate his 28th birthday in May.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear why the Angels released Laweryson rather than assigning him to Triple-A. Speculatively speaking, it\u2019s possible there\u2019s an undisclosed injury at play, as injured players cannot be outrighted. (He dealt with a forearm strain in the minors midseason but finished the year healthy and on Minnesota\u2019s active roster.) If there is some kind of injury, they\u2019d presumably look to re-sign him to a minor league deal. In any case, Laweryson is now a free agent who can explore other opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels announced they\u2019ve released reliever\u00a0Cody Laweryson. He had been designated for assignment earlier in the week when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,237694,591,85],"class_list":["post-463585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cody-laweryson","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}