{"id":162363,"date":"2026-02-03T19:49:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/162363\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:49:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:49:35","slug":"angels-sign-former-tigers-reds-third-baseman-who-once-led-mlb-in-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/162363\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels sign former Tigers, Reds third baseman who once led MLB in doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> continue their offseason trend of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/transactions\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">taking fliers on veterans<\/a> who had one to two excellent seasons in MLB, especially on the pitching side of the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This winter, they&#8217;ve signed Kirby Yates, Alek Manoah, Drew Pomeranz, and Jordan Romano.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles looked to upgrade their corner infield production with their latest move, signing third baseman Jeimer Candelario to a minor league contract on Monday. Candelario&#8217;s deal includes an invite to spring training, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonheyman\/status\/2018633508709949450?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York Post&#8217;s Jon Heyman reports<\/a> he will earn $780,000 if he makes the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why signing Candelario makes sense for Angels\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Angels utility man Luis Rengifo is a free agent, and a return to Los Angeles does not seem likely. <a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\/news\/luis-rengifo-could-be-steal-teams-looking-lineup-versatility\/53c8b845e2a4ecbb7dd389cb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rengifo&#8217;s potential return<\/a> became less likely when third baseman Yoan Moncada re-signed with the Angels this past weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A player with Candelario&#8217;s experience is good depth for the Angels to have in case of injury. He is a career .237\/.315\/.411 hitter since making his debut with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/chicago-cubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Candelario unlocked some untapped potential during his six seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/detroit-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>, hitting 65 of his 110 career home runs there while leading MLB with 42 doubles in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More MLB news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Angels continue their offseason trend of taking fliers on veterans who had one to two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-162363","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\/162363","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=162363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}