LA Angels Monday News Crash:

The Angels had pretty good luck this season on the injury front, but that luck seems to have run out now. With Zach Neto’s wrist acting up, the Angels called up Denzer Guzman and Christian Moore. With both d”Arnaud and O’Hoppe on the concussion IL, Chad Wallach is back with the big club. Here is an article about the Angels prospects at the Arizona Fall League. Ryan Goins got a chance to manage a couple of Angels games over the weekend. The Angels lost them but I don’t really think Goins can be blamed for that. The Angels set a new record for how many times a team struck out in a four game series.

The Brewers clinched a playoff spot.

Will Smith is now on the injured list. Frequent flyer Chuckie Robinson got called back up. Jose Quintana will have an MRI on his calf injury. The Cubs placed outfielder Owen Caissie on the 7 day concussion IL.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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Fansince1971
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Kikuchi seems to be the first Angels free agent in a while to produce value for his salary. The numbers bear that out almost exactly.

Kikuchi has produced almost 3 WAR and the Angels are paying him $21.225 million. With each 1 WAR in production being valued at approximately $8m, Kikuchi has been a good value this season.

The worst value on the team in 2025? Well we all know it but might as well list it. Rendon’s 0 WAR for $38.571 m and Trout’s 1 WAR for $37.116M combine to result in 1 WAR of production for approximately $76m in salary. If the Angels got fair value for that $76m, they would be 10 games better to .500 – at 79-71 they would be the in the playoff hunt.

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