The Los Angeles Angels are the kings of unimportant, non-newsworthy roster transactions during the Perry Minasian era. Minasian's biggest splash during his tenure as general manager was trading for Lucas Giolito, and the big prize of the 2025 trade deadline was Andrew Chafin. He signs players like Kevin Newman, Tim Anderson, Chris Taylor, Nicky Lopez and prays they over-perform all projections. However, every now and again, a few of these waivers Minasian takes shine.
Kyle Hendricks
Hendricks' stats for the season are not the prettiest, but the Angels would be so much worse off without "The Professor.