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Angels Sign Two More Former Big-League Pitchers To Deals
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The Los Angeles Angels continued to go bargain hunting in the free-agent pitching market, signing pitchers Angel Perdomo and Huascar Ynoa to minor league contracts, per Baseball America's Matt Eddy via Steve Adams of MLBTradeRumors.com , with both hurlers expected to come to camp with the Angels this spring.
Both are former big leaguers, with the 31-year old Perdomo having pitched in parts of four big-league seasons, including a brief 2025 appearance with the Athletics . Perdomo's ERA was 5.53, but the 6'8' lefty has an impressive career strikeout rate of 34.2 percent, according to Adams.
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Consider him another reclamation project for new pitching coach Mike Maddux. Perdomo can get his fastball up to 94 mph, and the extension is obviously top-shelf, but he struggles with command and control with a 16-percent career walk rate.
He's also a member of the Tommy John surgery club, which cost Perdomo the 2024 season and parts of 2025. If Maddux can get him back on track, the Angels will have contract control for three more seasons, but Perdomo is also out of minor league options, so if he sticks on the roster and fails, he's likely gone.
Ynoa is younger at 27, but pitching-wise he's been off the radar for some time. The native of the Dominican Republic was signed by the Minnesota Twins as a teenager back in 2014, and in 2021 he pitched like a rotation staple for the Atlanta Braves after they acquired him, posting a 2.90 ERA through is first 11 starts and 62 innings.
After that things went off the rails for the right-hander. Injuries crept into the picture, and Ynoa underwent Tommy John surgery that wiped out his 2023 campaign. He's struggled since, and Ynoa represents more of a wild card than Perdomo given that he spent last year in the Mexican League then the Dominican Winter League, where he's posted an ERA of 2.16 as a reliever.
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Like Perdomo, Ynoa is out of minor league options, so the Angels will have to be confident that he can fill a role if he makes the club this spring.
Both Maddux and the medical staff will have their work cut out for them this spring. Usage plans will have to be developed, and Maddux will likely end up plotting the spreadsheet from hell to align all the pitching programs he'll have to put together. Hopefully this results in a better pitching staff, but it would be nice to see the Angels shift gears and sign some healthy pitchers to at least anchor the starters and solidify the closer slot.
