Covering the Los Angeles Angels is a relatively difficult task -- the organization keeps their cards close to their chest, which is a roundabout way of saying that Arte Moreno is unpredictable and nobody knows which way he will lean on any given day. The Angels are undoubtedly a big market team, but they do not embrace that reality and instead count pennies and dimes rather than spend big in order to free Mike Trout from baseball purgatory.
The Angels are saving $13 million from a win-win Taylor Ward for Grayson Rodriguez trade, which gives Moreno roughly $40 million to spend before hitting the luxury tax he refuses to dip into.