LOS ANGELES ANGELS<\/p>\n
2025 finish: 72-90 (5th in AL West)
\nManager: Kurt Suzuki (1st season)
\nLeading the front office: Perry Minasian, general manager (6th season)<\/p>\n
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DOLLARS AND SENSE<\/p>\n
Largest luxury tax hit: OF Mike Trout ($35.5 million)
\nTop returning players: SS Zach Neto (3.1 fWAR), Trout (1.8), 1B Nolan Schanuel (1.4)
\nTop returning starting pitchers: RHP Jose Soriano (3.0), LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2.5), LHP Reid Detmers (1.2)
\nTop returning relievers: RHP Robert Stephenson (0.1), RHP Chase Silseth (0.1)<\/p>\n
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ROSTER WATCH<\/p>\n
Key additions: OF Josh Lowe (trade), RHP Grayson Rodriguez (trade), LHP Alek Manoah (free agent), LHP Drew Pomeranz (free agent), RHP Kirby Yates (free agent), RHP Jordan Romano (free agent), LHP Brent Suter (free agent), INF Vaughn Grissom (trade), 1B Trey Mancini (minors), 1B\/3B Jeimer Candelario (minors), OF Jose Siri (minors), LHP Jayvien Sandridge (minors), RHP Shaun Anderson (minors)
\nKey losses: LHP Tyler Anderson (free agent), OF Taylor Ward (trade), INF Luis Rengifo (free agent), RHP Kenley Jansen (free agent), RHP Luis Garcia (free agent), INF Kevin Newman (free agent), LHP Andrew Chafin (free agent), INF Tim Anderson (free agent), UT Chris Taylor (free agent), 1B LaMonte Wade Jr. (free agent), RHP Jose Urena (free agent), RHP Kyle Hendricks (free agent)
\nBaseball America top-100 prospect(s): RHP Tyler Bremner (51)<\/p>\n
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![\"Kurt](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SUT-l-kurt-suzuki-02102025.jpg\")
Kurt Suzuki, left, speaks after being announced as the new manager of the Los Angeles Angels by General Manager Perry Minasian during a press conference at the stadium in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)
\nKEEP AN EYE ON<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, the Angels did not play a postseason game while rostering both Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout and haven\u2019t been to the playoffs since Trout\u2019s Age 22 season in 2014. Signing 3B Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $240 million deal in 2020 has been problematic because injuries have limited him to just 257 games (.717 OPS) and finally forcing the Angels to buy out the final year of his contract.
\nTrout will turn 35 years old on Aug. 7, has played more than 110 games just twice since 2021 and in 2025 saw his OPS dip below .800 for the first time since his first call-up in 2011 (.672 OPS). He\u2019s no longer a center fielder and played more DH than anywhere in 2025, but he\u2019ll have to share that spot with OF Jorge Soler as the Angels rotate Trout, Soler, Jo Adell and newcomer Josh Lowe in their outfield.
\nFormer first-round LHP Reid Detmers threw a no-hitter in 2022 in his second year in the majors, but he\u2019s got a 4.90 ERA over 75 career starts and spent all of 2025 in the bullpen (3.96 ERA). The Angels, of course, have struggled to pair Trout with a good pitching staff throughout his career and so the 26-year-old Detmers will move back into the rotation to see if he can help right the rotation.<\/p>\n
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