Anthony Rendon, a third baseman who won a ring in 2019 with the Washington Nationals, went on the free agent market and signed a $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels for seven years, covering the 2020-26 seasons.
That arrangement has not turned out great for the Holy messengers up until this point. Rendon was dynamite in the pandemic-abbreviated 2020 season, setting up a 2.86/.418/.497 cut line in 52 games, really great for a 2.2 bWAR, and completed tenth in the American Association MVP casting a ballot. In the a long time since, Rendon has played a sum of 148 games, slicing .235/.338/.364, and collected 1.0 bWAR. He has been hounded by wounds, yet has additionally gone under investigation for a disposition towards playing that is in conflict with most headliners.
Sam Blum tweeted a trade with Rendon from today, where Rendon says baseball has never been a main concern for him, yet is a task, and something he does to earn enough to pay the bills. The trade, which you can find in full beneath, closes with a touch of pissiness from Rendon, which we have seen previously:
Anthony Rendon’s baseball career:
“It’s never been a first concern for me. This is a task. I do this to support myself. My confidence, my family start things out before this work. So assuming those things precede it, I’m leaving.”
Here is the full trade: pic.twitter.com/xtgaywzNx9
— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) February 19, 2024
In average Arte Moreno design, Rendon’s agreement is backloaded, and he is expected $38 million every year for the following three seasons.
On the off chance that you review, the Texas Officers went hard after Rendon after the 2019 season, just to be outbid by the Holy messengers once Moreno turned out to be actually engaged with the offering. The Officers got a ton of analysis for offering “in particular” a long term bargain at somewhat under $200 million, however Rendon had offered expressions at the time recommending he would fundamentally not liked to play into his late-30s, which would make organizing a more limited term bargain more reasonable.
The Officers clearly avoided a disaster by passing up Rendon, and by and large, neglecting to sign him might have been quite possibly of the greatest figure the Officers winning the 2023 Worldwide championship, as I don’t know if Corey Seager and Marcus Semien would have both been marked in the event that Rendon were on the books at $33 million every year at that point. That being said, one can likewise sensibly, everything considered, find out if the Officers merit more analysis for going weighty for a person who, it shows up, isn’t really all that put resources into significance.
