Overview
- Ward, 31, posted a .228/.317/.475 line with 36 home runs and 103 RBI in 157 games in 2025, setting multiple career highs.
- Thirty-five of Ward’s 36 homers came while playing left field, a franchise record for the Angels at that position since 1961.
- Rodriguez missed the 2025 season with right elbow inflammation and a right lat strain.
- Across 2023-24 with Baltimore, Rodriguez went 20-8 with a 4.11 ERA and 259 strikeouts over 43 starts.
- The Orioles’ 40-man roster is full at 40 players, necessitating a corresponding move to add Ward.