Before we get into which Angels signings have been the worst over the past ten years, let’s baseline this conversation by being thankful Angels ownership spends money at all. There are some teams, in Pittsburgh, or Miami, to name a few, where payroll is a scarce commodity. There aren’t as many bad contracts on those respective owners’ ledgers because they’re unwilling to invest in their teams.
The Angels have ranked in the top six or seven, if not higher, in team payroll over the past decade. They might not always spend that money wisely, which is the reason we are writing this piece, but from Disney to Art Moreno, ownership has been committed to spending money.