After a quiet first half of the month including a Winter Meetings that saw the Angels only make a small trade, Perry Minasian locked in earlier this week to bolster the bullpen with a duo of veteran pitchers in Drew Pomeranz and Jordan Romano. The fan base was reasonably excited about the front office's first big signing of the offseason (although, still fairly cheap as the combined total of the deals is $6 million), and more moves were expected. A lot of top free agents are still on the board, but two star players that had been linked to the Angels were taken off the market on Thursday, with the San Diego Padres making their first big splash of December.
Angels miss out on duo of All Star free agents as Padres make huge splash
