The Angels need to burn it all down.
The walls, the floors, even the foundation needs to go.
Blow everything up and start over because this is absolutely the worst franchise in Major League Baseball.
The A’s are the worst team but they have a plan.
Is this about as evil as a plan can be in sports?
Absolutely…but it is a plan.
I have no idea what the Angels are doing or what they are trying to do.
They stood pat every time.
Meanwhile, they went 73-89 in each of those two seasons.
You don’t see many 89 loss teams mortgaging the future but that’s the Angels.
As an aside, they didn’t fire their GM Perry Minasian.
One wonders why brutal crime that man must commit to actually be let go.
They have roughly $150 million dollars on the payroll for next year after accounting for arbitration.
Half of that is tied up in just two guys: Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon.
Rendon is a lost cause.
He’s owed a total of $115.8 million dollars over the next three seasons.
He hasn’t played 59 games in a season since 2019.
The Angels just need to ride this one out.
It’s different with Mike Trout.
He’s hurt all the time but unlike Rendon, he’s productive when he plays.
He did have 40 home runs in 2022.
It was rumored a couple weeks ago that the Phillies were looking to move Nick Castellanos.
Our own General Smitty suggested to me that the Phillies should move him for Trout.
I know it is Smitty saying it but disregard that.
It does make a lot of fucking sense.
The Phillies lineup is deep enough to not need him in the lineup to win.
Trout becomes this incredible bonus.
Philadelphia is a city that I think Trout would absolutely waive his no-trade clause for.
He’s from that area and is a huge Eagles fan.
How good the prospect is depends on how much money the Angels are willing eat.
This will not be an easy trade for Arte Moreno to greenlight but it has to be done.
He never seems to want to waive the white flag even when it would help the franchise.
Someone with that mindset is a terrible person to own a baseball team.
you’re gonna wanna be able to pivot if the situation dictates that.
This is less about Mike Trout or even the Phillies.
This is all about the Angels and what a disaster of a franchise they are.
They have the worst farm system in baseball.
The major league roster has been bad for years and now Ohtani is gone.
It’s only going to get worse and it’s already terrible.
The Astros, Rangers and Orioles have proved that bottoming out can be a successful path.
Mike Trout is the greatest Angel in franchise history.
He also has played three post-season games in his entire career.
The only way forward is starting over.
