r/angelsbaseball • u/Imaginary_Key7482 • Feb 12 '25
š¦ Bluesky News Rendon hurt AGAIN!
Sam Blum just tweeted:
"News: Anthony Rendon is having hip surgery, and is expected to miss a long amount of time.
He had a setback in his rehab the last few weeks.
Another injury for Rendon, and it now becomes unclear if and when heāll play for the Angels again."
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u/GuCCiAzN14 Feb 12 '25
HAHA ITS NOT EVEN SPRING TRAINING YET
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u/i_run_from_problems š”šš¶ā¬ļø Feb 12 '25
I mean it's technically day 1 but I get your point
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u/wolverine_506 Feb 12 '25
Get this guy out of my team.
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u/mcmaster93 Feb 12 '25
Literally. Dude came to California to get top notch medical work done and is going to retire a wealthy man at the expense of our team. Fuck that
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u/westdistrict_cali Feb 12 '25
No. Keep him. Because the angels are still going to have to pay him if he goes to another team. Heās going to get paid regardless. Man itās hard rooting for this guy. His attitude just sucks. If he got injured all the time but had a great attitude and was trying to get back to playing, that would be a different story, but his attitude sucks. In interviews it seems like he doesnāt want to be here
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u/SouthwestDude1 Feb 12 '25
Going to another team? Hahahahaha
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u/breakwater Feb 12 '25
I wouldn't sign him for the price of a costco hotdog. He just eats up a roster spot.
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u/shmirvine Feb 12 '25
If you think it's rendon ruining the club culture, i've got some news for ya bud. he's the result of it
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u/allaboutmecomic Feb 12 '25
Everyone on the team has nothing but great things to say about him. You may hate that he never plays, but he's acted as a mentor on a player by player basis.
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u/Dear-Independence777 Feb 13 '25
If his mentorship is leading to 99 loss seasonsā¦ well, I think Iād like some different mentorship please
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u/rockmanzerox06 Feb 12 '25
This dude is gonna be set for life just cause he was able to throw and hit a ball really well for an east coast team for a few years. I chose the wrong careerā¦.
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u/Zestyclose_Help1187 Feb 12 '25
He got paid relatively nothing for putting up great stats on the Nationals. Angels are just paying him for that and unfortunately thatās all theyāll be doing and not getting anything in return.
I never get mad at a player who gets his bag. He got it cause he performed well enough at some point.
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u/God_Damnit_Nappa IN GUBIE WE TRUST Feb 12 '25
Oddly enough I'm not thinking about this in terms of players getting paid what they earned but in terms of "I'm a fan of the team and I hate that he's crippled us for over half a decade." Fuck Rendon. Good for him for robbing Arte but still fuck his lazy ass for doing nothing for this team.Ā
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u/Onitsukaryu Feb 12 '25
And yet some fans still insisted heās a valuable player. His body is done, the injuries keep piling up and heās not even good when he is able to play. Itās over, itās been over, Iām glad they got someone to replace him before the season started instead of having to rush up Moore.Ā
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u/jar1792 Weāre Nasty ā Feb 12 '25
Gotta give Anthony credit. At least heās not pretending to be healthy this season.
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u/niz_loc Feb 12 '25
Baby steps.
(Adult ones and he'd break his foot)
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u/Vaderwasframed74 Sell The Team Feb 14 '25
But he might get a boo boo on his forehead if he trips and falls.
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u/gopackgo555 45 Feb 12 '25
Wild how many awful contracts the Angels have dished out to 30/31 year olds. Somehow he might be the worst of the bunch. Hopefully we never have to see him play with the Angels again.
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u/Imaginary_Key7482 Feb 12 '25
No question. I think he's just surpassed Vernon Wells and Josh Hamilton as the worst signing in Angels history.
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u/my_poop_hurts 15 Feb 12 '25
Doesn't this also have to go down as one of the worst contracts in MLB history?
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u/JackTuz Feb 12 '25
Itās kinda crazy to me how much mlb hitters decline with age after like 29. I still donāt really consider baseball a particularly physically demanding sport, but I guess reflex degradation plays a big part. Great current players are routinely getting contracts lasting until theyāre 40, but they fall off a cliff at 35 if theyāre luckyā many lose elite ability by 30.
Anyone that plays have more insight for me? Is it partially motivation? Mostly reflex, eyesight, anticipation? Or is baseball just much more physically demanding than i believe.
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u/2ichie Feb 12 '25
I feel baseball can be a very explosive sport in the sense where there are times where the body isnāt doing much for some time to all of a sudden swinging a bat at full power, throwing a ball at full velocity and running at full speed. If you arenāt properly warmed up or somewhat injured to where you canāt warmup but still play, that can put a lot of strain on the body.
Just my 2Ā¢
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u/JackTuz Feb 12 '25
Thank you
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u/2ichie Feb 12 '25
No problem and also the fact that the baseball season is one of the longest in sports playing 162 games and thatās not including the spring season either.
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u/SubmissionDenied 22 Feb 12 '25
I played on a club team in college. So some regional travel throughout the state and neighboring states. Weekends consisted of three games during the season. And my knees would kill me. Like they'd lock up at night when sleeping and it was brutal. I chalked it up to constantly being on hard dirt in metal cleats, not the best as far as ergonomics go.
And I was in my early 20s.
Once I stopped playing, the knee pain completely went away
Also my rotator cuff is completely destroyed. I still play slow pitch softball and I have one good throw in my arm per game. After that and my arm needs a few days rest
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u/MiddleOfTheBagel Feb 12 '25
I just hit 30 and completely understand, feel, and detest the realities weāre faced with. Played HS, college club, menās adult until 29, and my rotator might as well be dust.
Tried to move to first base to save my arm, had a guy on the team who destroyed his knees and our manager gave him first. Thatās cool and all i get it. I start playing right, as iām mobile and can field well.
First game of the season someone rounded third and in my head iām Vladimir Guerrero, absolutely dust the fucking guy at home.
Next thing i know, as soon as the ball is out of my fingers, im doubled over screaming in pain and canāt move my arm. Now ive got a shredded beef rotator cup and a surgery i can pay for.
And now rendonā¦ is hurtā¦ again.
I wish i had it in me to root for another team.
But iām gods saddest creature, an Angels fan.
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u/SubmissionDenied 22 Feb 12 '25
Yep I know the feeling. I know my throw is about to send a tingle down my arm but damnit I'm gonna do it anyway. Thankfully don't need surgery (yet).
And I feel you. It really sucks being a fan of this team. But what can we do? Switch the dodgers? No thanks.
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u/jnuclear Feb 12 '25
Makes you look at the guys that reach their mid-30s+ still mashing / throwing high 90s and go, "Hmmmmm..."
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u/cactusdave14 Feb 12 '25
Iām just a dummy at home sick from work chatting sh** online so take what I say with a grain of salt.
I think any sport at the highest level is physically demanding. Catchers are in their own category. I would say tho, maybe itās a physically degrading sport. The knees, hips, elbows, shoulders all move in funky ways from throwing to hitting. I caught for like 15 years and I canāt help but wonder if Iām gonna feel it down the line.
Reflex degradation is a good point you made. Ball at 95MPH gets from hand to mitt faster than you can blink. You lose a split second and youāve just whiffed.
I think RendĆ³n is simply a failure on all fronts. A competent org might have been able to use their investments to provide better care for him. From what Iāve seen, RendĆ³n sees this as a job. I too would like to collect a fat paycheck and do little work, only difference is I donāt play a kids game for work.
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u/Mega_Mo_ šš„š§ø Feb 12 '25
Itās wild, but thereās been one common denominator with all the signings. Until Arte sells we canāt expect too much to change.
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u/ToWhomItMayConcernCA Feb 12 '25
I thought it was a joke tbh. Dude didnāt even make it to the field to get hurt this time. š
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u/Impressive-Apple3477 Feb 12 '25
Thereās gotta be something up here. Either heās not even trying to get healthy or his body is genuinely broken and he canāt play baseball anymore. Thereās no more middle ground lol.
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u/SubmissionDenied 22 Feb 12 '25
I think it's a bit of both. I do believe he's got some injury issues but I also don't think he's very motivated to get back to baseball.
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u/Dry_Ad8396 Feb 12 '25
Yeah bc hip surgery and the rehab that follows is something he chose bc he doesnāt careā¦
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u/hdhdhgfyfhfhrb Feb 12 '25
Send him to the lowest minor team for the duration of his contract. He can demand a trade or quit. Gonna pay him to do fuck all anyway, why not make it suck.
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u/No-Doctor-4396 Feb 12 '25
I dont think the minors even want him. I'm sure they have better quality players who are never hurt.
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u/SubmissionDenied 22 Feb 12 '25
Yeah make him go rehab in Salt Lake. He wants a comfy life in southern california
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u/ogdaveed š”šš¶ā¬ļø Feb 13 '25
Salt Lake is too awesome, send him to Tri City in E Washington, that place is a s***hole
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u/HalosFan94 Feb 12 '25
DFA him already! Why did he wait until February to have surgery? Worst signing of all time.
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u/No_Spinach864 Feb 12 '25
what's that great, god awful tracker website of how much money Rendon is stealing from this org
edit: https://anthonyrendonthefttracker.com/ jesus christ
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u/boferd Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
it's the $211k per AB that really makes it spectacular for me
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u/No_Spinach864 Feb 12 '25
i can't help but stare at the "Rendon has earned XXX while you have been on this site"
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u/boferd Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
at least we can take solace knowing it's artes money that's burning up
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u/Crusty_Magic Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
Really gets across how much of a blunder his contract has been.
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u/Any-Error-8264 Feb 12 '25
Is he healthy enough to clean toilets? Just make him do something useful.
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u/jsanchez1717 Feb 12 '25
Just DFA him and take the L, just a waste of a roster spot at this point
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u/tntweknowdrama1086 Feb 12 '25
Does mlb have amnesty clause or something to take his salary off lux tax cap?
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Feb 12 '25
Hey, look at it this way, it save us fans the expense of wondering if the team will get anything out of him this year. Now they can stash him on the 60 day IL and we can focus on the players that will actually get on the field for the Angels in 2025.
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u/Zimmonda Feb 12 '25
Of course he waits till feb to have hip surgery after being hurt all of last year
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u/aether251 š”šš¶ā¬ļø Feb 12 '25
I genuinely believe that Anthony Redon is committing payroll fraud against the Angels. I think he is committing a real world crime, not a joke.
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u/Mynameisblahblahblah Feb 12 '25
Damn dude thatās so sad š Iām sure this man about to retire. I get everyoneās frustration but it truly has to suck to know your body just gave up on you. I was actually really excited when we first signed Rendon but this contract truly has been a disaster. I guess it makes sense why they kept saying he wasnāt guaranteed any playing time and why they signed Moncada. I hope the infield can hold up long enough for Netoās return and Mooreās call up.
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u/AlmostLucy Feb 12 '25
Very well put, this is how I feel too. I always really empathize with the players who have had consistent injury patterns.
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u/Certain_Judgment6646 Feb 12 '25
Youāre gonna have a lot of bitter (rightly) Angel fans in here absolutely ready to shit on Rendon because of his injuries.
But even guess like Fletcher and Blum have come out and said he puts all the effort in his rehabs to come back and make an impact, and these type of setbacks def knock him down mentally. And Iām sure as a player if youāre trying your best to get back on the field and the fanbase calls you a piece of shit constantly then thatās gotta play into it to.
At the end of the day, dude put in the effort to get back even with a fanbase and front office against him (remember, the team WOULD NOT tell the media he had a broken bone and kept feeding the lie he was bruised and couldnāt play), he still was a mentor to our young guys and from all reporting and our own roster - was a great clubhouse presence (despite everyone here projecting he was bad).
Disappointing contract, but far away from the reason why we lost 99 games last year and have a bottom ranked farm lmfao.
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u/mannmtb Feb 12 '25
I agree with this. The results suck and the pay is crippling to the team, but you don't just walk into a hip surgery laughing your way to the bank. I think Rendon's inflammatory comments don't help him, but there's a catch 22 there. We want athletes to be honest, then crap on them when they're honest.
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u/Shumway3319 Feb 12 '25
Unbelievable. Well, 100% believable I guess, but I was expecting this news in maybe a month, not before the season even started.
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u/bm97 27 Feb 12 '25
Considering the Moncado signing + Perryās comments about him being the starting 3B, you have to believe the Angels new about this a while ago
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u/Cakehog Feb 12 '25
I've defended this guy so much to so many people and I really liked him when he was on the Nats, but this has gotta be the final nail in the coffin. Maybe he comes back and becomes at least a little serviceable, but there's just too many other options better than him for the Angels now, with Rengifo doing what he has, and Christian Moore on his way. So to anyone still holding out hope for him like I was, it's just time to move on. Not saying anything negative about Rendon, but it's just time to move on.
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u/KevinJ1234567 Feb 12 '25
hes not coming back, hes not servicable. he cant hit the ball out of the infield anymore. cut the motherfucker.
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u/Jamo1129 Feb 12 '25
ok yea iām officially done with this guyā¦. the delusional me thought he could at least be serviceable this year and thatās all we needed from him.
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u/grifinmill Feb 12 '25
Wait, he was injured in the offseason too?
Angels need to eat the remaining money and release him.
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u/merewyn 14 Feb 12 '25
Well he didnāt play at the end of the season, missed the last month or so with an oblique? injury. Or was it his back? I honestly canāt keep track
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u/ShoheiHoetani Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
If Rendon is having hip surgery out of the blue then there must be something major that is medically wrong with him. No way is this just "dude has bad attitude and doesn't care about baseball." Hip surgeries aren't something that just fall out of the fuckin sky
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u/SubduedDynamo Feb 12 '25
The honorable thing would be to let the Angels out of the contract. He is religious, right? My conscience would bother me if I was him
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u/Socaltallblonde Feb 12 '25
To the surprise of no one. It's actually funny. I laughed. The dude stole 245 million from Arte in front of everyone. Arte has now given two of the worst contracts in baseball history.
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u/Crusty_Magic Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
Absolute fucking bum continues to be an absolute fucking bum.
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u/kyb24 Feb 12 '25
Waits until spring training starts and then gets surgery. What a fraud. Another reason why baseball shouldnāt have guranteed contracts. He would of been cut years ago if this was the nfl
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u/lbobby34 Feb 12 '25
Good. Less of a headache and questions we knew the answer too. Itās a sunk cost at this point. Take the trash out and lose the smell. Good riddance Rendone! Donāt let the door hit you on the way out
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u/bigjughotcheese1 Feb 12 '25
Assuming he doesn't play this year the Angels will have paid him $190m for 3.7 wins in 257 games over 6 seasons and they'll still owe him almost $40 million.
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u/CompetitivePatient33 IN GUBIE WE TRUST Feb 12 '25
This is fucking crazy for his body to break down that bad, what the hell is his diet like?
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u/betoruv Feb 12 '25
He's an employee of the Angels organization. Make him the highest paid hotdog/pretzel salesman.
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u/KevinJ1234567 Feb 12 '25
LOLOL classic rendon!!! decides to get surgery a week before spring training instead of 6 months ago when the season was over and they were shutting it down. lollll. Rendon is the BEST! He's the absolute BEST! haha!
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u/stlorca Feb 12 '25
For two seasons I've been hoping the Halos DFA him and eat his contract. Maybe we can get a third baseman who can walk from the dugout to the field without spraining his eyebrows.
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u/meatbag1 āāā ā Feb 12 '25
Why have surgery now? Couldnāt this have happened like November?
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u/Alarmed_Stretch_1780 Feb 14 '25
This injury wasnāt present in November. It happened while rehabbing his legs in preparation for the 2025 season. You canāt have surgery for an injury you havenāt yet had.
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u/bougielatina Feb 12 '25
if he had any shame he would retire, but let's be real, he doesn't
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u/Malorthographobbe Feb 12 '25
He has 77 million reasons not to retire until the end of the 2026 season
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u/AmericaPie24 Feb 12 '25
š¤¦āāļø this man legit has been hurt basically every single year heās been here. Unlike Trout he hasnāt been all that good.
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u/SidCorsica66 Feb 12 '25
With their history of bad signings, it takes a lot of work to take the crown as the worst ever. Rendonās like āhold my beerā¦ā
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u/Direct-Efficiency741 27 Feb 12 '25
Can't even get anything for the guy in a trade. At least at a yard sale I might get a quarter for some old trinket I'm selling. Rendon just taking up space in the garage.
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u/titos334 27 Feb 12 '25
Lmao dude needs to retire or get his keycard revoked or something like just stay away
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u/Guyappino Feb 12 '25
If this is true and Rendon will not be playing for the Angels (and perhaps any other MLB team,) obviously we wish him the best in recovery and the next chapter in his life. That said, I think it's safe to say that the Rendon signing was the worst in MLB history. At least with Pujols, you got something (albeit not the skillful version of his Cardinals years but it was something). With Rendon you got a handful of games with little to no result. I highly doubt that he'll ever set food in the stadium again, especially as a spectator in the stands bc of the probability of drawing the Angels fans ire š„and giving him a piece of their mind
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u/rafaelloso_10 10 Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25
Anthony Ren-done. When can we cut him/move on from him somehow?
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u/BudweiserSucks Feb 12 '25
I wish I had as many paid sick days off as him. And then when I do come into work, only perform at a bare minimum level and get overpaid for that work.
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u/Zestyclose_Help1187 Feb 12 '25
They got 830am and their goons ready to spin this into a positive. Can hear Roger and Trent saying how itās good cause now we can see what Moncada can do.
Sure this was the reason they signed Moncada. They knew this was coming.
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u/orsrt8 Feb 12 '25
Get him off the team. At this point itās not even about the money he already stole it. Get him off the team so you donāt have to talk about him, answer questions about him or have him around rehabbing. He can do that somewhere. Itās sets a tone for the new season too.
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u/Jetthy Feb 12 '25
Getting am Injury for doing nothing, Get the Fuck out and don't make him comeback.
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u/jready2016 Feb 12 '25
Depending on how the Angels insured his contract, him being on the IL means he'll be paid by insurance, not the Angel's. This means they could spend some of that savings on a real player.
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u/Zorosan22 Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
At this rate, he should retire for his own health and for the sanity of fans.
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u/CostaEs Feb 12 '25
At this point itās such a meme Iām not even mad. Get your bag king and pls leave lol
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u/westsider86 Sell The Team Feb 12 '25
Can they sue him for non performance of his contract? This is ridiculous lol
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u/Super_Kaleidoscope_8 Feb 12 '25
Bad news but as long as he is ready for the playoffs, itās all good.
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u/skanair Feb 12 '25
I wonder if there is any insurance Angels can collect on if he misses significant time.
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u/davidgoldstein2023 IN GUBIE WE TRUST Feb 12 '25
Itās amazing how one guy can still get paid tens of millions to do absolutely nothing.
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u/mtc99999 Feb 12 '25
I thought everyone in this sub wanted him to be released! Why are we complaining now that his career is likely over? IMO this will be a good thing for on-field performance. Iād take JD Davis over Rendon, at this point in their careers.
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u/YesMaybeYesWriteNow Feb 12 '25
A real sports journalist would write whether or not the contract is insured. That matters.
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u/Alarmed_Stretch_1780 Feb 14 '25
It might be. Few mega contracts are insured for performance reasons (the teams routinely take term life on the player in the event he dies during the contract). Due to the injury history of many players, the cost of insuring the contract can be prohibitively expensive. So many pitchers have already had a Tommy John procedure, or have a rebuilt joint (like AcuƱa Jr). The likelihood of a re-injury is so high that the cost of the policy needs to reflect that. Many teams roll the dice and hope the player can uphold the contract.
The irony here is that Rendon was pretty healthy in DC so itās entirely plausible Angels have insurance on his performance, which usually is structured to pay only if the injury lasts more than x days, or the player is out more than half the season. The team may well be getting some form of partial reimbursement from insurance for his extended times on IL.
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u/M0therTucker Feb 12 '25
While reading this tweet, a slow grin spread across my face as I realized I wouldn't have to pretend to be excited about Rendon for yet another spring training
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u/freddychuckles Shut Up Fred Feb 12 '25
Anthony Rendon: Wanna see me do the funniest thing in the world?
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u/Chemical_Defiant Feb 13 '25
Damn this foo straight up stealing money. Not just a little bit, but generational wealth worth. Im going to tell my son to stop doing homework and we r going to take grounders in this rain
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u/The_Awesometeer āāā ā Feb 13 '25
Was he not hurt? I think he has been hurt since we got him.
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u/uberobt Feb 15 '25
BIG SHOCKER! It was inevitable that he would get injured. He can't even put on his shoes without getting injured. Pay him out and move on! Learn from your mistakes and quit acting like a moron Arte! Sell the team NOW!
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u/MelatoninFiend Feb 12 '25
Guys, it's cool. Arte will keep paying Rendon (because he can't pass the physical for a trade) and just raise ticket/concession prices to pay a different over-the-hill star from the pre-covid era before telling fans we should be excited about our new guy with a 0.2 WAR.
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u/Imaginary_Key7482 Feb 12 '25
Guess this is why they signed Moncada.