The Los Angeles Angels finished the 2024 season with a record of 63 wins and 99 losses, missing the playoffs for the tenth consecutive time.
Coming off their last American League West title and playoff appearance in 2014, the Angels have struggled over the past decade.
Losing Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Mike Trout to injuries hasn’t helped the Angels, but they’re already making moves this offseason.
Former MLB GM Steve Phillips revealed his thoughts on Angels signee Travis d’Arnaud.
“I really like what they’ve done so far,” Phillips said.
“I really like what they’ve done so far.”
– @StevePhillipsGM About Travis d’Arnaud signing a 2-year contract with the Angels pic.twitter.com/ADSX8FZxoj
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) November 14, 2024
D’Arnaud signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Atlanta Braves.
In 2024, d’Arnaud played 99 games where he batted .238 with 15 home runs, 48 ​​RBIs and a .739 OPS.
Phillips notes that d’Arnaud was part of a tandem with Sean Murphy in Atlanta.
Now that he’s part of the Angels organization, d’Arnaud could be involved in another exciting tandem with Logan O’Hope.
Phillips likes d’Arnaud’s leadership qualities and notes his ability to come up big when his team needs it most.
D’Arnaud is a 12-year veteran of the league and will give the Angels an experienced catcher while allowing them to use him as a DH to keep his bat in the lineup on O’Hope’s catching days.
The Angels have had a good start to the offseason and it will be interesting to see if they make more moves as the season goes on.
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