ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Dodgers approached this year's winter meetings with striking aggression, but nonetheless whiffed on the two biggest prizes in free agency. They offered Gerrit Cole a contract that reached $300 million, but watched him join the New York Yankees on a record deal. They expressed interest in Anthony Rendon, but learned that the sentiment was not mutual.
Instead, Rendon joined the Los Angeles Angels, who play 30 miles south in Anaheim, California, located outside of L.A. County.
Rendon, speaking during his introductory news conference on Saturday, spoke highly of the Dodgers organizationally, but said from the podium "the Hollywood lifestyle" of L.