{"id":399859,"date":"2026-01-10T05:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399859\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T05:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T05:20:09","slug":"anthony-rendons-2026-salary-deferred-over-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399859\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Rendon’s 2026 Salary Deferred Over Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Angels finalized their buyout<\/a> with\u00a0Anthony Rendon<\/a> shortly before the New Year. That was known to include some kind of contract restructure to defer his $38MM salary for the upcoming season, the final of his seven-year contract.<\/p>\n

Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register<\/a> reported last night that it\u2019ll be an even five-year deferral plan. The Angels will pay him $7.6MM annually between 2026-30. That\u2019ll save them $30.4MM this year relative to what they would have paid had there been no buyout. Rendon will not play for the team again. He is not officially retiring but it certainly seems as if his MLB career is over.<\/p>\n

Will the Angels reinvest any of their short-term savings? Sam Blum of The Athletic<\/a> wrote this week that\u2019s not guaranteed, noting that general manager Perry Minasian avoided a question about a potential payroll reduction. \u201cI\u2019m not going to make any statements. We\u2019ll see where the offseason takes us. There\u2019s still a lot of good players available. There\u2019s still time to improve the club,\u201d the GM said.<\/p>\n

The Angels entered the offseason with $126.7MM in guaranteed salaries. They\u2019ve added another $12.95MM via one-year contracts for Kirby Yates<\/a>,\u00a0Drew Pomeranz<\/a>,\u00a0Jordan Romano<\/a> and\u00a0Alek Manoah<\/a>. Their arbitration class will cost roughly $20MM. That\u2019d put them around $160MM before accounting for minimum salaries to round out the roster. Rendon\u2019s deferrals drop that back to the $130MM range. The Halos opened the \u201925 season with a $193MM payroll.<\/p>\n

If they\u2019re willing to match last year\u2019s spending, they\u2019d have the money to be involved on any free agent. Only owner Arte Moreno and the front office know where they\u2019ll draw the line. The Angels are among the nine teams whose local broadcasting contract with Main Street Sports collapsed this week<\/a>. That\u2019s again an uncertain revenue stream. There has also been speculation that the Angels could be reluctant to make multi-year commitments with the likelihood of a lockout in December. A contract gap was reportedly a big reason that discussion with their preferred managerial candidate, Albert Pujols, didn\u2019t result in a deal. They eventually hired Kurt Suzuki on a one-year contract, an atypically short managerial commitment.<\/p>\n

The Angels continue to have glaring needs around the roster. Second base, third base and center field are all concerns on the position player side. Catcher is as well, though\u00a0Logan O\u2019Hoppe<\/a> has enough of a track record that it\u2019s understandable they\u2019re sticking with him and\u00a0Travis d\u2019Arnaud<\/a> for another season. They\u2019re light at least one mid-rotation starter and would benefit from another high-leverage reliever, even if the bullpen market has essentially dried up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels finalized their buyout with\u00a0Anthony Rendon shortly before the New Year. That was known to include some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[95200,49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-399859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-anthony-rendon","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}