The Angels are currently committed to a payroll of about $192 million, which is roughly what they had budgeted for 2022. With regard to the luxury tax, they’re at about $206 million, with the…
If the Angels are truly going to consider themselves a playoff-caliber team, as opposed to a team that could maybe, possibly, if everything goes right, get there, they have room to upgrade.
So far this winter, they’ve added Anderson , Urshela and Renfroe . They are also going to pay Shohei Ohtani $30 million in 2023, after paying him just $5.5 million in 2022. The luxury tax is based on average salaries, which can differ from what a player is actually making in a given year. Also, it includes bonuses and benefits which are generally not included when calculating a team’s base payroll.
The Angels also could look to deal for an infielder who becomes surplus from one of the teams that signs one of the top shortstops. For example, if the White Sox sign one of them, the Angels might be able to get Tim Anderson from Chicago. If the Padres sign a marquee shortstop, perhaps they would trade Ha-Seong Kim.
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