LA Angels: 3 players the Halos should try to keep this offseason

The LA Angels need to make many roster changes this year, but there are also some parts of this roster that need to be kept together.

This team had good players, but dealt with too many injuries to be able to compete. The Angels have the chance to keep any of the players that they had from last year, and there are a few in particular who need to be kept.

The Halos need to prioritize keeping them as soon as free agency starts.

No. 3 player the LA Angels should try to keep this offseason: Steve Cishek

Steve Cishek had some inconsistencies last year, but he’s still a solid pitcher that we can absolutely use in this pen.

We need bullpen help, so let’s not part ways with a useful arm that we already have.

He threw 74 games for us this year, and posted a 3.42 ERA. Yes, he walked too many guys, but he wasn’t giving up a ton of runs.

Cishek isn’t a dominant bullpen pitcher, and hasn’t been since 2018.

But he’s still a quality pitcher who has lots of experience pitching and pitching well in this league.

We spent just $1 million on Cishek this season, and he didn’t have a good enough year to deserve much more coming into next season.

Re-signing him is very attainable, and needs to get done. He was one of our better relief pitchers, and he’s proven to be solid over a long career and body of work.

No. 2 player the LA Angels should try to keep this offseason: Alex Cobb

Alex Cobb is a good ballplayer, and he’s right back to where he was now that he got his needed change of scenery with the LA Angels.

After a few years where Cobb didn’t look like himself in Baltimore, he really looked a lot better with LA.

Cobb posted a 3.76 ERA and a 1.264 WHIP with the Halos this year. He unfortunately could only go 18 starts this year due to an injury, but he pitched well when he had the chance.

Cobb isn’t an Ace, and he’s honestly not even that close to that level. That being said, he’s a good number three option, and a great number four option.

He’s someone that the Angels need to prioritize bringing back. He made $15 million this year, and will likely cost even more than that this offseason. He’s worth it, though, as we know what we’re getting from him.

There’s going to be plenty of free agents currently on this team who we’re not going to bring back, so we’ll probably have the money to spend on Cobb as well as some other arms to bolster the starting rotation.