TEMPE, AZ - FEBRUARY 28: Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels looks on during the spring training game against the Texas Rangers on February 28, 2020 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)
The Angels are getting closer to a point of payroll flexibility that will allow them to contend.
The Halos haven’t been in the playoffs in quite some time, but that is about to change. The Angels are getting closer to a position where they will have more payroll flexibility than they have seen in quite some time. The Angels have long been the victims of payroll suicide as they continue to sign men like Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, and others to huge contracts that don’t pay off at the end of the term or in the case of Hamilton and Pujols, don’t really pay off ever.