{"id":951429,"date":"2026-11-03T19:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951429\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T19:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:46:16","slug":"stan-kroenkes-l-a-angels-rebuild-could-start-with-infrastructure-front-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/951429\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Kroenke\u2019s L.A. Angels rebuild could start with infrastructure, front office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rams owner Stan Kroenke\u2019s pending purchase of the Angels<\/a> has fans thinking of an immediate rise in payroll to improve the on-field product, but at least one long-time observer of the team feels resources should be directed in an opposite direction. The Orange County Register\u2019s Jeff Fletcher said Angels execs \u201cmostly need to spend money immediately on infrastructure and that kind of thing, that you know works.\u201d That might not excite the fan base because it \u201cdoesn\u2019t show up right away, doesn\u2019t have a return right away.\u201d However, Fletcher said, \u201cThey need to get caught up in terms of what their minor leaguers are (doing). What equipment they\u2019re using, the food they\u2019re eating, the coaching they\u2019re getting, the technology they\u2019re using — all that stuff they could immediately do. Then fill around the big leagues with some more capable guys to raise the floor.\u201d Meanwhile, Fletcher noted the Angels still need to find a top baseball exec and said the organization likely wants to \u201cget somebody experienced as a GM or somebody who\u2019s come from a pretty successful organization.\u201d Fletcher: \u201cObviously what the Angels have done has not worked great and they sort of acknowledged they need to change things\u201d (\u201cLoud Outs,\u201d MLB Network Radio, 11\/2).<\/p>\n

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS: THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Ken Rosenthal writes his \u201cfirst calls,\u201d if he were Kroenke, would be to the Brewers and Rays to \u201cask permission to interview\u201d Brewers GM & President of Baseball Operations Matt Arnold and Rays President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander. Neither \u201cwould necessarily be interested\u201d so their respective teams \u201cmight not even allow them to depart.\u201d Rosenthal: \u201cThe best way for the Angels to send a warning shot to the industry \u2026 would be to lure away the architect of one of the World Series participants. Or at the very least, try.” The Angels\u2019 job is the one \u201cevery major-league executive wants, or should want, even if the exec already is a sitting head of baseball ops.\u201d Kroenke Sports and Entertainment \u201ccannot hire a head of baseball operations\u201d until MLB approves its purchase of controlling interest from Angels owner Arte Moreno at a $4B valuation. That vote \u201ccould take place next month, after the start of a lockout that is expected to begin\u201d when the CBA expires at 11:59pm ET on Dec. 1. Rosenthal: \u201cA proven executive would be preferable, accelerating the franchise\u2019s turnaround without needing to learn on the job\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 11\/3<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rams owner Stan Kroenke\u2019s pending purchase of the Angels has fans thinking of an immediate rise in payroll…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,4034,591,85],"class_list":["post-951429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951429","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=951429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}