Angels Nearing Deal With Veteran Lefty Reliever Brent Suter
The Los Angeles Angels are signing another veteran pitcher in an attempt to fortify and bolster their bullpen depth for 2026.
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Sure, they've brought back Yon Moncada and stabilized the bullpen with a cast of veterans, but the lull that is Angels baseball is expected to continue in twenty twenty-six.
These are good disses.
This is brutal.
But and that's it, that's, that's how the article opens, and then it goes into the idea that the Angels could trade for Byron Buxton, obviously with the Twins having a fire sale at the trade deadline.
There was a lot of speculation about whether or not Byron Buxton would get traded.
He didn't go last year, but the fact that the Twins are pretty obviously in a rebuild mode, there's still always a possibility that he gets moved.
So fellas, this, this just, just this article, I found out-- I found it because the harsh language is so funny because after all, the Angels aren't giving any other legitimate options to be excited about ahead of opening day.
This is purely a head canon from this fella, but just how interesting would it be if Byron Buxton ended up an Angel?
I mean, that would definitely be interesting.
It'd be nice to see the Angels actually make a move for once.
I think that'd be a pretty good move as well.
I really like B- Buxton.
I think he's a very good player, when healthy.
That's obviously his biggest worry, but at this point, the Angels, I would take anything you can get.
Buxton is a, is a very good player and a very good talent to have, I think.
I personally have no problem with Joe Adell.
I would see no point in trading for Buxton.
That's just me, though.
Buxton got good defense, though.
His card in-- his cards in MLB The Show are always really good.
That's how I- I, I love your, I love your measurement- ... that's how I rate players -of players.
Well, where was it?
MLB What year, what year was it?
Twenty-one, where he had the player of the month card, the ninety-five overall.
Yeah.
Oh, my goodness, that lightning card was just- Yeah.
That lightning card was just- It was ridiculous.
The amount of bombs I've given up to that stupid lightning card.
Oh, my goodness!
Oh, my goodness.
And yes, we're totally qualified to host an MLB podcast because m- much like Woody Johnson, we base our knowledge of players off of video game ratings.
I found it.
Was it MLB Twenty-One?
It was MLB Twenty-One.
That card was out of control.
Best show game of my lifetime, by the way.
Anyway, so back to Byron Buxton.
Pete, like you mentioned, the biggest issue with Byron Buxton is just when he's healthy.
But this past season, twenty twenty-five, he played in a hundred and twenty-six games, which isn't fantastic, but it's also better than the alternative.
So in a hundred and twenty-six games, thirty-five home runs, he batted two sixty-four, on-base percentage of three twenty-seven.
He slugged five fifty-one.
He was an All-Star and won a Silver Slugger, his first Silver Slugger of his career.
So, I mean, this is a guy who packs a punch.
It's just a matter of whether or not he can stay on the field.
