Overview
- ESPN reports the Angels and Anthony Rendon are negotiating a buyout of the final $38 million season of his seven-year, $245 million contract.
- Rendon, 35, is expected to retire if a buyout agreement is reached, according to multiple reports.
- The third baseman missed the entire 2025 season following hip surgery and has been limited in recent years by multiple injuries.
- Any buyout could include deferred payments under MLBPA rules, which would also open a 40-man roster spot this winter.
- General manager Perry Minasian has targeted an everyday third baseman for the offseason, and 2025 fill-ins Yoán Moncada and Luis Rengifo are free agents.