The idea of signing Gerrit Cole is something the LA Angels have likely been thinking about for years now. They kept all of their free agent signings last year to one-year deals (thank you Billy Eppler), and they’ll have the money to flaunt this offseason. However, at least a dozen of other teams will be pursuing Cole. There’s no guarantee he comes home to SoCal, and even if he does the Padres could very well be the team for him.
And what would the Angels do in that situation? I looked at three potential pivots for the team should they miss out on Cole, and broke them down here.