Anthony Rendon has basically change into a part-time participant for the Los Angeles Angels, and now the workforce might be treating him as such.
Jon Heyman of the New York Publish reported on Friday that new Angels signing Yoan Moncada is anticipated to be the workforce’s beginning third baseman in 2025. That may thus boot the previous All-Star Rendon from the beginning gig (with Heyman noting that Rendon’s standing is now “TBD”).
Rendon, 34, has maybe the only worst contract in baseball proper now. The Angels signed him to a seven-year, $245 million contract previous to the 2020 season and but have gotten solely 257 complete video games performed out of Rendon since then. Rendon has change into a mainstay on the injured listing, and his illnesses seemingly get more and more ridiculous by the year.
All in all, Rendon has hit .242 in his 5 seasons as an Angel, posting a sub-4.0 complete WAR and by no means reaching 60 video games performed in a single yr. He has also been accused of unprofessionalism throughout his stint in Anaheim … and but stays MLB’s highest-paid infielder by common annual contract worth (making over $38.5 million in every of the following two seasons).
After all, Moncada just isn’t precisely an image of well being himself, having been restricted to simply 12 video games final yr for the Chicago White Sox as a result of a extreme left adductor pressure. However Moncada, 29, is at the very least far youthful than Rendon. Between Moncada and this other new signing capable of playing third, it seems that the Angels are lastly beginning the method of phasing out the previous World Collection champion Rendon.
