Get ready for baseball's best No. 2-3 lineup punch: Anthony Rendon's signing with the Angels for seven years and $245 million late Wednesday night pairs two of the game's best hitters, as the third baseman joins Mike Trout in the top third of their lineup.
With the move, the Angels are the only team that can claim multiple players that were worth at least six Wins Above Replacement on offense alone in 2019 -- Trout was worth 8.3 wins, Rendon 6.4 -- and if not for Rendon missing by a fraction of a win in 2018, they'd be able to claim both players having amassed at least five WAR on offense in each of the past three seasons.