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Anthony Rendon’s Controversial Remarks Stir Debate, Merrill Kelly Comes to His Defense

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After a season where he hit 34 home runs, 1126 RBIs, 44 doubles, scored 117 runs, and maintained a .319 batting average, helping lead the Washington Nationals to an improbable World Series championship in 2019, Anthony Rendon inked a monumental 70-year, $245 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels.

Teaming up with Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout, the trio appeared to be one of the most formidable lineups in baseball.

However, since then, Rendon’s contract has proven to be disastrous. In his four years with the Angels, he has never played more than 60 games in a season, has posted a sub-.