The Los Angeles Angels have been an embarrassment for a long time. They’ve made the playoffs just once in the last decade despite employing the best player in the sport since 2012, and they haven’t even finished above .500 in any of the last five seasons despite a hefty payroll.
Their failure usually comes from not having enough pitching, and they usually don’t have enough pitching because they forget to add any during the offseason while they’re off signing the next luxury superstar right-handed bat they don’t need.
But now there’s a new general manager in town, so perhaps the Halos will finally adjust their strategy toward constructing a baseball team instead of a flashy marketing catalogue.