{"id":380749,"date":"2026-01-01T00:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380749\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:51:04","slug":"angels-third-baseman-anthony-rendon-reportedly-agrees-to-restructure-final-year-of-his-245-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380749\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon reportedly agrees to restructure final year of his $245 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 Anthony Rendon has agreed to restructure the final year of his $245 million, seven-year contract<\/a> with the Los Angeles Angels, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Angels hadn\u2019t announced any developments with Rendon, who didn\u2019t play last season following hip surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team and Rendon have amended the deal to restructure the remaining $38 million owed to the third baseman in 2026, presumably spreading the money over time.<\/p>\n

Rendon is still on the roster and continuing to rehab at home in Houston, but his horrendous tenure with the Angels could be over.<\/p>\n

Rendon\u2019s massive free-agent contract has paid almost no dividends for the Halos. The former Washington Nationals standout has been injured for the majority of the past five seasons and has played just 257 games in an Angels uniform, batting .242 with 22 homers, 125 RBIs and a .717 OPS.<\/p>\n

If Rendon doesn\u2019t play in 2026, he will have appeared in only about a quarter of the Angels\u2019 total games during his seven seasons with the team.<\/p>\n

Rendon led the majors in RBIs, earned an All-Star selection and won a World Series ring in 2019 to cap an outstanding four-year stretch for Washington. After playing fairly well for Los Angeles during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, he was nowhere close to that player in the ensuing four years with the Angels, who haven\u2019t made the playoffs or had a winning record during his tenure.<\/p>\n

Rendon dealt with injuries to his groin<\/a>, his left knee<\/a>, his left hamstring<\/a>, his left shin<\/a>, his oblique muscles<\/a>, his lower back<\/a>, both wrists<\/a> and both hips<\/a> during the past five years.<\/p>\n

Rendon also alienated Angels fans with public comments in which he appeared to say he doesn\u2019t like baseball, although he attempted to clarify his connection to the game as a business relationship that isn\u2019t as important as his family or his religion. Rendon had previously criticized the length of games and excitement level of baseball, saying he doesn\u2019t watch the sport.<\/p>\n

Luis Rengifo and Yo\u00e1n Moncada largely played third base last season for the Angels. Both are currently free agents.<\/p>\n

Rendon\u2019s deal might top the long list of high-priced player acquisitions that have worked out terribly for the Angels during owner Arte Moreno\u2019s tenure, including the signings of Gary Matthews Jr., Josh Hamilton and Zack Cozart and unsuccessful trades for Vernon Wells and Justin Upton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 Anthony Rendon has agreed to restructure the final year of his $245 million, seven-year contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-380749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}