As the 2025 trade deadline approaches, it's a perfect time to look back at perhaps Arte Moreno's biggest failure as the Angels' owner. Moreno, who famously puppeteers the general managers he hires in order to be the one who truly runs baseball operations, has torpedoed several opportunities for the Angels to significantly improve their roster over the years. José Ramirez reportedly was on the table to join the Angels in the past, and Moreno submarined that chance. Well, during the winter of 2007, Moreno meddled the Angels out of the chance to acquire a different future Hall of Famer.
Angels History: Arte Moreno ruins chance to acquire future first ballot Hall of Famer
