LA Angels Trade Market: Hunting for Starters in the AL Central

The LA Angels have acquired Dylan Bundy and Julio Teheran to boost their rotation this offseason, but still need help in the starting pitcher department.

With Hyun-Jin Ryu the LA Angels last option in free agency, they’ll likely need to turn to the trade market. Today, we’ll be exploring trades in with the five American League Central teams, most of them in hopes of acquiring rotation help… or even an ace.

Minnesota Twins

This one was difficult to work out, as a lot of the needs that the Angels have, the Twins also have. Starting pitching is the biggest need for both teams, so I made the Angels “sellers” in this scenario. Tommy La Stella is a luxury player to have, so sending him to Minnesota, whose second biggest hole is corner infield, makes sense.

Lewis Thorpe is a young starter who saw his first taste of the MLB last season. He didn’t see much success, and doesn’t appear to have a role for the Twins going into 2020. However, with the much more desperate Angels, Thorpe could very well earn a spot in Spring Training.

This trade isn’t all that exciting, and has some risk. However, Thorpe has had a solid minor league career and could be a back-of-rotation starter for years to come if all works out.