Angels News: MLB Veteran Predicts Huge Offseason Move for LA

We're here to share our MLB odds series and make an Angels total win prediction for the 2024 season while previewing their roster. The Los Angeles Angels will try to move on without Shohei Ohtani as they prepare for the 2024 season. We're here to share our MLB odds series and make an Angels total win prediction for the 2024 season while previewing…

In the second year of MLB's expanded playoff system, plenty of teams will undoubtedly feel they're within striking distance of a playoff spot as the Aug. 1 trade deadline approaches, but there are still just 12 spots to go around. That means some teams are going to have to make some difficult decisions if they're on the fringe of the playoff…

Nothing says summer is close quite like MLB Opening Day. The latest: All 30 teams will be in action on Thursday, including the Toronto Blue Jays. After a horrific ending to the 2022 season, the squad has its sites set on a bigger and better campaign. Shohei Ohtani's Los Angeles Angels face a divisional rival in the Oakland Athletics, while the New…

ANAHEIM -- It was the kind of moment the Angels dreamed about when they convinced two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani to sign with the club before the 2018 season. With the championship on the line, Ohtani registered a huge strikeout to secure the title and flung his glove to the ground and his hat in the air in celebration. But as we all know, it…

It's baseball time and we love to talk about elite pitching! Join us as we share our MLB odds series and make a 2023 American League Cy Young prediction and pick while detailing the odds. Here are the 2023 American League Cy Young MLB odds, Dylan Cease: +700 Alek Manoah: +1200 *Watch MLB games LIVE with fuboTV (click for a free trial)* The Texas…

2022 record: 68-94, fourth in American League West Offseason headlines: Hard feelings over the outcome of the 2010 World Series are forgotten now that then-Giants manager Bruce Bochy is in the Texas clubhouse. The Rangers lured the 67-year-old skipper out of retirement with a three-year deal in October. Bochy, who won two more rings in 2012 and…

Texas Rangers vs Los Angeles Angels 3/18/2023 Picks Predictions Previews The Texas Rangers will go against the Los Angeles Angels in MLB action in Tempe Diablo Stadium, Tempe, AZ, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at 4:10 PM ET. The Rangers spent about $700 million on Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Jacob deGrom over the course of two straight winter…

Baseball is just around the corner as spring training has started and teams are gearing up for the season. This is the perfect time for predictions and hot takes to claim them before the new year starts. Just a little over two months ago, I made a way-too-early bold predictions article for the upcoming season. Now after watching some games and…

It was a very busy offseason for the American League West with teams like the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners trying to compete with the Houston Astros who have won the last six straight AL West Titles. So did any of these teams get better so they can overtake the Houston Astros? Here are the offseason grades for every…

MLB.com predicted the best Texas player in 2023 and he wasn't on the club in 2022. The Texas Rangers have made plenty of noise this offseason when it comes to starting pitching. One of those hurlers could be the team's best player in 2023, according to MLB.com. The site put together predictions on which player would be the best player for each…

Business remains brisk in the starting pitching marketplace. While the Cardinals have yet to make a move to improve their rotation quality or depth, other franchises have been busy. The Texas Rangers signed Nathan Eovaldi to a two-year, $34 million contract that could become a three-year, $63 million contract if he hits all of his bonuses and…

In franchise lore, the list of all-time Mets starting pitchers for a while now has looked like this: Tom Seaver, and somewhere below grouped closely are Dwight Gooden and Jacob deGrom. It will stay that way. As of Friday night, deGrom is the ace of the Texas Rangers after signing a five-year deal with $185 million guaranteed. He's a generational…

Throughout the offseason, the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. Last week we did a Thanksgiving theme. This week we're going to examine a top free agent pitcher. R.J.…

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me an arm, catch me a bat... Front-office executives won't be serenading potential free agents with bad baseball puns sung to the tune of the "Fiddler on the Roof" classic, but they'll all be trying to upgrade their respective rosters in the coming weeks and months. With that in mind, it's time for our…

These past few years have been tough for baseball. First the sport was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, then it dealt with the financial fallout of the shortened 2020 season, and last year the offseason was overshadowed by labor strife and eventually a lockout the shut down the sport for 99 days. Now, finally, we're heading into a somewhat normal…

Max Scherzer was a free agent last winter, but his name is being mentioned a lot in conjunction with the top two pitchers on the free agent market this offseason. The three-time Cy Young Award winner reached the open market at age 37. While teams weren't committed to signing Scherzer to a contract with a longer term, the New York Mets gave him a…

MLB free agency gets underway in earnest on Tuesday with a plethora of top-end MLB talent potentially switching teams. Our amNew York staff weighs in on where they think the top 15 free agents will sign. Judge turned down the Yankees' seven-year, $213.5 million extension offer at the start of the season and made bet on himself that was a little…

Jacob deGrom is the most dominant pitcher in the sport. Well when he's actually on the mound. The problem is he has been dealing with injuries for much of the past two seasons. That will make his free agency even more interesting this offseason. A dominant 34-year-old starting pitcher with injury concerns could still easily command $40 million a…

The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels will begin their 2022 seasons at Angel Stadium on Thursday, April 7. These AL West rivals boast some of the greatest individual players in the sport, including All-Stars and future Hall of Famers. The Opening Day pitching matchup will feature the incredible Shohei Ohtani and lefty Framber Valdez. This is…

Just a few weeks ago, it was unclear when MLB's Opening Day may occur. The lockout was ongoing and there was seemingly no end in sight. But eventually, cooler heads prevailed and the two sides reached an agreement. Now, April 7 is here, and so is baseball. Now, gamblers will be able to bet on the sport almost every day for the duration of the…

The Los Angeles Angels have not seen much success during the Mike Trout era. Since Trout entered the league in 2011, the Angels have made the playoffs only one time (2014) and have finished in the bottom half of their division eight times. Trout has performed exceptionally well on an individual standpoint, being named an All-Star nine times and…