Overview
- Multiple outlets report an agreement between the Angels and Yates for 2026, with the team yet to confirm the deal.
- Yates, 38, posted a 5.23 ERA for the Dodgers in 2025, making three injured-list trips and not appearing in the postseason.
- In 2024 with the Rangers, he recorded a 1.17 ERA with 85 strikeouts and 33 saves, earning an AL All-Star nod.
- His medical history includes elbow bone-chip removal in 2020 and a second Tommy John surgery in 2021, following earlier career setbacks.
- If finalized, Yates would compete for late-inning work alongside Jordan Romano, Robert Stephenson and Ben Joyce as the Angels continue low-risk veteran additions, including recent moves for Alek Manoah, Grayson Rodriguez, Vaughn Grissom and Drew Pomeranz.