Yoan Moncada has discovered a brand new house out on the West Coast.
Moncada and the Angels agreed to a one-year contract value $5 million on Thursday, The Submit’s Jon Heyman reported.
The White Sox declined Moncada’s $25 million membership possibility in November.
The 29-year-old is coming off an injury-plagued season with the 121-loss White Sox, enjoying simply 12 video games in 2024.
The third baseman has performed in over 100 video games simply 4 instances all through his nine-year profession, with the final being in 2022.
Moncada was one among baseball’s most hyped younger skills upon getting into the league, being named the MLB’s No. 2 prospect getting into the 2017 season, in response to MLB Pipeline.
Moncada was additionally a key piece for Chicago within the deal that despatched Chris Sale to the Crimson Sox.
The infielder will probably be one other addition to the Angels’ infield depth, because the workforce lately signed Tim Anderson and J.D. Davis to minor league offers.
Nevertheless, Moncada does have an opportunity to combat for the workforce’s beginning third baseman job after basic supervisor Perry Minasian revealed that Anthony Rendon should earn his spot this spring.
“We have to be open to at least looking at that spot and seeing if there are other alternatives make us better,” Minasian stated on the Winter Conferences. “Obviously, a healthy Anthony Rendon makes us a lot better. But with the last four years being the last four years, we need to take a look and kind of see what else is out there.”
Rendon, 34, performed in simply 57 video games final season, with accidents bearing a typical theme since signing a seven-year, $245 million take care of the Angels in 2019.
Since signing with the Angels, Rendon has but to play greater than 58 video games in a season.
