{"id":496202,"date":"2025-12-30T22:55:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/anthony-rendon-will-not-play-in-2026-after-restructuring-his-contract-with-the-angels\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T22:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:55:50","slug":"anthony-rendon-will-not-play-in-2026-after-restructuring-his-contract-with-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/anthony-rendon-will-not-play-in-2026-after-restructuring-his-contract-with-the-angels\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Rend\u00f3n will not play in 2026 after restructuring his contract with the Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ANAHEIM.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Los Angeles Angels<\/strong> and third baseman <strong>Anthony Rend\u00f3n<\/strong> agreed to restructure the last year of his contract, which implies that the player <strong>will not see action during the 2026 season<\/strong>, a source informed <strong>MLB.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nYou may be interested in:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/albert-pujols-95-por-ciento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albert Pujols: &#8220;95 percent of the Dominican roster for the World Baseball Classic is defined&#8221;<\/a>\n\nRendon, who signed a <strong>seven-year, $245 million<\/strong> deal prior to the 2020 season, was owed a salary of <strong>US$38 million<\/strong> for 2026. That amount will now be <strong>deferred and paid over several years<\/strong>, although the exact terms of the agreement have not been disclosed and the organization has not yet made it official.\n\nDuring the Winter Meetings, general manager <strong>Perry Minasian<\/strong> mentioned that the club was exploring alternatives to gain short-term financial flexibility by restructuring Rend\u00f3n&#8217;s contract, a process that required negotiations with his agent, <strong>Scott Boras<\/strong>, as well as the approval of Major League Baseball and the players&#8217; union (MLBPA).\n\nThe agreement marks the <strong>second consecutive season without playing<\/strong> for Rend\u00f3n, who underwent hip surgery before the 2025 campaign. Although he has not retired and will remain on the roster, the team can place him on the <strong>60-day injured list<\/strong>, thus freeing up a spot on the 40-player roster before the start of the championship.\n\nRendon&#8217;s time with the Angels was marked by injuries and underperformance. In five seasons with the franchise, he participated in only <strong>257 games<\/strong>, with an average of <strong>.242<\/strong>, <strong>22 home runs<\/strong> and <strong>125 RBIs<\/strong>. In his last performance, in 2024, he batted <strong>.218\/.307\/.267<\/strong>, with no home runs and 14 RBIs in 57 games.\n\nThroughout his career in the Major Leagues, between the <strong>Washington Nationals and Angels<\/strong>, Rend\u00f3n has an offensive line of <strong>.280\/.364\/.464<\/strong>, with <strong>158 home runs<\/strong>, <strong>295 doubles<\/strong> and <strong>671 RBIs<\/strong> in <strong>1,173 games<\/strong>. He was called to the <strong>All-Star Game<\/strong> in 2019, won two <strong>Silver Bats<\/strong> and was a key player in the <strong>Nationals&#8217; World Series<\/strong> championship that same year.\n\nWith Rend\u00f3n out of the picture, the Angels <strong>are looking for a third baseman<\/strong> for next season, in addition to reinforcing their starting rotation, bullpen, and center field. Part of the financial flexibility obtained was used to sign reliever <strong>Kirby Yates<\/strong> for one year and <strong>US$5 million<\/strong>, adding to other acquisitions made during the offseason.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANAHEIM.\u2013 The Los Angeles Angels and third baseman Anthony Rend\u00f3n agreed to restructure the last year of his contract, which implies that the player will not see action during the 2026 season, a source informed MLB.com. You may be interested in:Albert Pujols: &#8220;95 percent of the Dominican roster for the World Baseball Classic is defined&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":496203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-496202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-255g","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/lvdmqljaxned4jix7gym.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/lvdmqljaxned4jix7gym.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}