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share-square-240694 When the Angels won their last World Series title in 2002, Kurt Suzuki -- who at the time was a freshman at Cal State Fullerton -- was among the many fans in Southern California going crazy in celebration. There wasn’t much of an opportunity for Suzuki to catch live professional baseball in his hometown of Wailuku, Hawaii, growing up. So when he enrolled at Fullerton -- just a few miles down the road from Angel Stadium -- Suzuki immediately became a regular at the ballpark...

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Its a one-year pact worth $1.5 million, sources told Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Suzuki spent the last two seasons with the Washington Nationals, where he was part of a catching tandem with Yan Gomes. He played an important role in the Nationals 2019 World Series run, posting a .809 OPS with 17 homers that year and adding another dinger in the Fall Classic. The 37-year-old Hawaii native hit .270/.349/.396 with two homers and 17 RBIs over 129 plate appearances for the Nats last season. For hi...

The Los Angeles Angels avoided arbitration with right-hander Dylan Bundy and four other players Friday. The Angels agreed to 2021 contracts with Bundy ($8,325,000), left-hander Andrew Heaney ($6.75 million), right-hander Mike Mayers ($1.2 million), right-hander Felix Peña ($1.1 million) and catcher Max Stassi ($1.6 million). Two-way standout Shohei Ohtani is the team's last remaining player still eligible for arbitration.

The Angels explored several avenues to improve their catching situation and ultimately decided to sign veteran catcher Kurt Suzuki to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million on Friday, giving them more fle

MLB Trade Rumors Jose Iglesias, but things have slowed to a crawl for the team in recent weeks. It’s not for lack of effort by new general manager Perry Minasian, who hopes Major League Baseball’s glacial offseason picks up the pace. It seems like there’s been less activity. We’ve been one of the more active teams and it seems like we haven’t done anything in a year.” “I have been as active as I can be,” added Minasian, who still intends to address the team’s starting rotatio...

Contreras is under contract for two more seasons. Hes been one of the best catchers both at and behind the plate, hitting .265 with 74 home runs and 253 RBI in five seasons with the Cubs. 

MLB rumors: Mets ‘won’t rule out’ Yankees target DJ LeMahieu; Francisco Lindor, Brad Hand, Michael Brantley updates Updated Jan 07, 2021; Posted Jan 07, 2021 The latest baseball news includes updates on (clockwise from left) DJ LeMahieu, Francisco Lindor, Brad Hand and Michael Brantley.AP Facebook Share There’s been speculation that the Mets eventually will have interest in stealing LeMahieu from the Yankees, too, and that scenario indeed is a possibility, Bob Nightengale of USA Today...

MLB Trade Rumors 9:23am CDT The Angels are making a bid to reunite manager Joe Maddon with his World Series winning backstop in Chicago Willson Contreras, writes the Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. No deal is imminent, but the match is certain to raise a few eyebrows because of the potential fit between the two clubs. Given the recent return for ace Yu Darvish, the Cubbies would seem interested in restocking a thin farm system (though it’s possible they consider that box now checked). The Angel...

MLB Trade Rumors The Angels have agreed to a minor league contract with catcher Juan Graterol, as first reported by Efrain Zavarce of Venezuela’s IVC Networks (Twitter link). He’ll be in Major League camp this spring. Graterol, 32, in February, made his Major League debut with the Halos back in 2016 and has since had brief MLB stints in Minnesota and Cincinnati as well. He spent the 2020 season in the Twins’ 60-man player pool but didn’t get a call to the big leagues from their alterna...