{"id":159632,"date":"2026-02-02T00:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159632\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:41:16","slug":"angels-add-mike-trout-insurance-with-latest-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/159632\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels add Mike Trout insurance with latest signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mlb\/teams\/los_angeles_angels\/14&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770069523517000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0G5PNDhjqTkuWT6MJ9iRP_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mlb\/teams\/los_angeles_angels\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Los Angeles Angels<\/a> have seemingly been content with mediocrity, notching 10 straight losing seasons and not making the playoffs since 2014 despite having arguably one of the greatest players to don a uniform in three-time MVP Mike Trout.<\/p>\n<p>Still a great player, Trout has been limited to 241 games (out of a possible 486) since 2023 due to injuries, which led the Angels to sign veteran outfielder Jose Siri to a minor league contract, according to The Athletic\u2019s Will Sammon. Signing Siri adds more outfield depth in case Trout gets hurt again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Siri is primarily a glove-first player whose best position is centerfield \u2014 he&#8217;s posted eight defensive runs saved \u2014 while his bat has never come around. In 1,222 plate appearances, Siri is hitting slightly over the Mendoza line (.200),\u00a0<a data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sirijo01.shtml&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770069523518000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YQJQcElTnW_6dxHOSVXwp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sirijo01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">batting .206<\/a> with a career OPS of .663.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Siri has also shown the ability to steal bases, swiping 45 bags for his career, with a high of 14 in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Angels have seemingly been content with mediocrity, notching 10 straight losing seasons and not making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-159632","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\/159632","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=159632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}