Every year, the LA Angels and the rest of the MLB receive at least a handful of talented free agents from foreign countries. Obviously Shohei Ohtani is the Angels’ most notable get, but other pitchers such as Masahiro Tanaka, Yu Darvish, and Yusei Kikuchi were all signed via the posting system.
This year, the biggest foreign star making the move to the MLB is Japanese slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, who I’ve already derailed in another post (click here for more on why Tsutsugo makes sense for the Angels).
Howevever, he doesn’t help solve the Angels’ biggest problem: starting pitching.