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The Angels appeared to sign a free agent for 50 minutes Wednesday
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It wouldn't have been the biggest signing of the baseball off-season, even if it was real. But for a Los Angeles Angels team that currently has Alek Manoah and Grayson Rodriguez penciled into their rotation — neither of whom has pitched a major league inning since 2024 — it would have made sense.
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Wednesday afternoon, the Inside Halos Twitter/X account posted a screengrab showing free agent left-hander Tyler Anderson re-signing with the Angels.
The internet then did what the internet does in 2026. It took the transaction alert as gospel .
Fifty minutes after the original post from Inside Halos, veteran Angels beat writer Jeff Fletcher of the Southern California clarified the record.
"The Angels have NOT signed Tyler Anderson to a minor league deal," Fletcher wrote on Twitter/X . "It's a data entry mistake from MLB, perhaps confusing him with Shaun Anderson ."
Anderson, 36, is a two-time All-Star coming off his third straight season in Anaheim. He was 2-8 with a 4.56 ERA (94 ERA+) in 136.1 innings last year.
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It wouldn't be a surprise to see Anderson reunite with an Angels team that has been perennially short on pitching depth since it last made the playoffs in 2014. As data-entry mistakes go, this one wasn't an obvious mistake.
Alas, the Angels' latest free agent signing was just a false alarm. For Tyler Anderson's agent, the offseason work is not done.
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