The LA Angels part ways with five players from 40-Man Roster. Could there be more?

Two moves that were a little tougher was releasing Kaleb Cowart and Nick Tropeano.  Cowart was an Angels first round draft pick in 2010, but could never consistently hit big league pitching and that was his demise.  He was great with the glove and even tried pitching some this year, but in the end it did not matter as he was not offered a contract for 2020 and elected free agency rather than being sent to Triple-A Salt Lake.

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In 373 career at-bats Cowart struck out 121 times batting .176. He hit six homers and drove in 34 runs in his Angels career. In the minors Cowart hit 80 homers and drove in 536 runs while hitting .268, but that was as far as his success reached.

Nick Tropeano on the other hand had shown a lot of promise in his first three seasons in Anaheim compiling an 11-10 record with a 4.15 ERA. He had a 1.32 WHIP during that span and struck out 183 batters in 204 innings pitched.

Tropeano had Tommy John Surgery in 2016, but seemed to bounce back well in 2018 going 5-6 with a 4.74 ERA.  However his season would be cut short in 2018 due to right shoulder inflammation. This year Tropeano could never seem to recapture the magic he had shown at times over his first three seasons.  He ended up 0-1 with a 9.88 ERA with a 1.76 WHIP.  Tropeano gave up six homers in 13.2 innings and opponents hit .316 off of him.  So the Angels decided to give Tropeano his walking papers as well.

Trevor Cahill will most likely not be back as he is a free agent and did not have a great season.  Kole Calhoun‘s future with the Angels is up in the air as he has a club option worth 14 million dollars which the Angels have until five days after the World Series ends to decide on whether to pick it up or pay the 2,000,000 dollar buy out.

We will see what happens.  There still may be more tough decisions to be made before next season.