{"id":143823,"date":"2026-01-21T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143823\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:44:11","slug":"angels-predicted-to-sign-29-million-two-time-all-star-would-finally-replace-anthony-rendon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143823\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels predicted to sign $29 million two-time All-Star, would finally replace Anthony Rendon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Kazuma Okamoto off the market, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>&#8216; options for a new third baseman to replace Anthony Rendon are starting to dwindle. Luckily, there\u2019s still a decent third baseman for a good price tag left on the market, if they want him.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bleacher Report\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25362759-ranking-mariners-3b-eugenio-suarezs-top-7-landing-spots-amid-latest-mlb-rumors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tim Kelly<\/a>, the top landing spot for two-time All-Star Eugenio Suarez is the Halos. Suarez would bring massive power to the Angels\u2019 lineup, and replace Taylor Ward\u2019s right-handed power bat.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/san-francisco-giants\/news\/proposed-blockbuster-giants-trade-sees-san-francisco-gut-punch-dodgers-dealing-152-million-two-time-all-star-ace-create-1-2-punch-logan-webb\/e46d83043a350267b91b843a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposed blockbuster Giants trade sees San Francisco gut punch Dodgers by dealing for $152 million two-time All-Star ace, create 1-2 punch with Logan Webb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven those two factors, the Halos have as much reason to sign Su\u00e1rez as anyone. The Angels have a need for a third baseman that Su\u00e1rez could fill, unless they are ready to hand the keys to former first-round pick Christian Moore for the entire season. They also need to replace the right-handed power production lost when Taylor Ward was traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/baltimore-orioles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a> in November, which Su\u00e1rez would do and then some,\u201d Kelly wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This past season, Suarez fell apart near the end, but still finished slashing .228\/.298\/.526\/.824 with 28 doubles, 49 home runs, and 118 RBI in 159 games. Even with those shaky hitting stats, the power he brings more than makes up for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/news\/proposed-diamondbacks-trade-sees-arizona-land-56-million-all-star-ace-create-1-2-punch-corbin-burnes\/179b92b6d848f1a91ecbb2d0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposed Diamondbacks trade sees Arizona land $5.6 million All-Star ace, create 1-2 punch with Corbin Burnes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On top of all that, Suarez is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/14147\/eugenio-suarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">projected to receive<\/a> a contract of around two-years, $29 million. And for a money-conscious team like the Angels, that could be a good bang for their buck.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the Angels contact Suarez\u2019s camp soon; otherwise, another contender who\u2019s desperate for a third baseman might swoop in and take him.<\/p>\n<p>MORE\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLB<\/a>\u00a0NEWS<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/nl-east-contender-revealed-top-rival-dodgers-freddy-peralta-trade-sweepstakes\/f00db5a50f296aefe9f2fc5a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NL East contender revealed as top rival<\/a><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/nl-east-contender-revealed-top-rival-dodgers-freddy-peralta-trade-sweepstakes\/f00db5a50f296aefe9f2fc5a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0to Dodgers in Freddy Peralta trade sweepstakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/news\/royals-predicted-sign-27-million-three-time-all-star-two-time-silver-slugger-upgrade-mj-melendez\/6ed0207e6dc184a12c3a33fe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royals predicted to sign $27 million three-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger to upgrade from MJ Melendez<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\/news\/proposed-braves-signing-sees-atlanta-acquire-14-million-all-star-emergency-replacement-ha-seong-kim\/c05e2988f8a7c6689b48fdc0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposed Braves signing sees Atlanta acquire $1.4 million All-Star as emergency replacement for Ha-Seong Kim<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Kazuma Okamoto off the market, the Los Angeles Angels&#8216; options for a new third baseman to replace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-143823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}