Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the Angels’ incoming ownership group, will conduct informal meetings with candidates for their general manager job at this week’s GM Meetings. Interim GM John Mozeliak relayed the update to Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register on Monday.
While this marks a preliminary start to the GM search, the organization remains in a holding pattern. They’re awaiting approval of the franchise sale from Arte Moreno to KSE from Major League Baseball. Mozeliak said last week that the Angels weren’t likely to hire a full-time GM until MLB approves the sale, which he reiterated this evening.
Mozeliak remains in charge of the front office until December. He could handle the team’s offseason business right up to the inevitable December 2 lockout. It’s an odd spot for the organization, as they’d surely prefer for their new ownership group and permanent front office to handle any significant moves. That could force them to miss out on free agent and trade opportunities over the next few weeks. The market is expected to move more quickly than usual as teams try to get business done before the transaction freeze.
“It’s awkward but my responsibility right now is to explore the trade market, see what that looks like,” Mozeliak acknowledged. “We’ll touch base with a handful of agents, but overall it’s really to allow ourselves to, whenever that vote happens, to ultimately be nimble and be able to react.” While he suggested the Angels would need to “be open-minded to (trade discussions concerning) our entire roster,” he has downplayed the chance that he and his current staff will be the ones actually making big roster decisions.
The Angels should be open to a rebuild. They made one retooling move at the deadline in trading starter José Soriano, who was under arbitration control for two and a half seasons, to the Blue Jays for a package led by shortstop prospect Arjun Nimmala.
Starter Reid Detmers (controllable through 2028) and shortstop Zach Neto (controllable through ’29) are their big potential offseason trade chips. The Angels would presumably be happy to offload part of the $21MM salary owed to Yusei Kikuchi in the final season of his three-year contract. They could listen on first baseman Nolan Schanuel (controllable through ’29) and potentially try to cash in on lefty reliever Samy Natera Jr. after an encouraging rookie season. Other teams are sure to call on Walbert Ureña coming off an excellent debut campaign, but trading a 23-year-old starter is probably a bridge too far even if they embrace a full rebuild.
It seems the short term will mostly be about Mozeliak’s group laying the groundwork for further trade talks down the line. The Halos could make moves around the margins, dangling fringe trade chips like reliever Tayler Saucedo while looking into mid-tier free agents to add veteran experience to the infield or bullpen. They could also bring in an experienced catcher to split time with bat-first Moisés Ballesteros, particularly if they opt not to tender a contract to Tyler Heineman at next Friday’s deadline.
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