Angels News: Halos Want to Field Winning Team in 2024, Won’t Be Rebuilding
Angels GM Perry Minasian addressed the media in a press conference on Tuesday following the team's disappointing 2023 campaign and the announcement of the decision to part ways with manager Phil Nevin.
The front office executive fielded many questions from the media and relayed a shocking development about next year's roster, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com.
Nevin took the fall for a tough season at the Big A while Minasian kept his post as general manager for at least another year.
Anaheim narrowly missed 90 losses on the season, but another fourth-place finish in the AL West won't make fans feel any better about another year without playoff baseball.
The 2014 season remains the Angels last playoff team and their most recent playoff win came in 2009 before Mike Trout was even drafted.
The Halos' streak over the past nine years isn't where any team wants to be and Minasian's recent comments through ownership border on delusion.
Brandon Drury remained the lone healthy and consistent bat for the roster but many of his teammates bit the injury bug on both sides of the ball.
Taylor Ward's injury proved so catastrophic that he missed the entire year due to his facial fracture.
Anthony Rendon's bone bruise turned leg fracture lingered from early July and turned into one of the most embarrassing stories in all of baseball.
Trout continued to open his 30s with yet another season-ending ailment, this time to his wrist in what turned out to be 82 games for his 2023 season.
Rookies Nolan Schanuel, Zach Neto and Logan O'Hoppe should prove to be key pieces to the Angels' future, but the present remains bleak at best.
Shohei Ohtani sees the writing on the wall and after six aforementioned seasons without playoff baseball, the best player in baseball could very well leave Anaheim in the winter.
If he does, the Angels' chances to make good on Arte Moreno's wishes of fielding a competitive roster become all the more unlikely.
No matter who's calling the shots, buying the players or suiting up for each game, the Angels' streak without postseason baseball doesn't appear likely to buck the trend any time soon.
