In his quest to end the franchise’s seven-year postseason drought, Angels general manager Perry Minasian took his first big step of the offseason by reportedly agreeing to a one-year, $21 million deal with starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard. One move alone does not address the club’s glaring need to overhaul its pitching staff, but it could signal the first in a series of acquisitions that finally get a team with Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout into the postseason.
The Angels pitching staff has performed like a ship taking on water for years. Every offseason they try to to plug holes, and every season, the deluge only seems to get worse.