The Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Angels are a pair of sisyphean MLB clubs both pushing their rocks up the same impassable mountain. They simply go about their pushes in completely different fashions.
While the Reds have leaned into being spendthrift and entrusting their long-term process to mostly pre-arb guys, the Angels keep throwing dollar after dollar at the problem to no avail.
The end result? Both clubs have been pretty miserable for years now, though at least Los Angeles has Mike Trout.
The Reds and Angels will go about their business with different models in Cactus League action today, with LA trotting out a Name Brand Lineup™ featuring the likes of Jorge Soler, Tim Anderson, Yoan Moncada, Travis d’Arnaud, Jo Adell, and even old friend Kevin Newman.