Potential Angels free agents after the 2023 season

The list of Los Angeles Angels free agents is not long for this offseason. The headliner is Michael Lorenzen who's nothing more than a back-end starter and is now a Tiger. Guys like Matt Duffy, Archie Bradley, and Kurt Suzuki are on the list as well.

The list for the 2023 offseason is a little longer with much bigger names. It includes multiple pieces to what we hope is a playoff team for this season.

Here're the players who could be entering free agency after the 2023 campaign.

1) Potential LA Angels free agents after the 2023 season: Shohei Ohtani

Everybody knows that Shohei Ohtani is going to be a free agent after the 2023 season. The ideal scenario here is he signs an extension with the Angels that keeps him with the organization for his entire career, but that's obviously unlikely for right now.

The Angels are going to have to prove to him that they're able to be the competitive team they promised him they'd be if they have any chance at retaining him.

If they are unable to extend, my position has always been to trade him to not lose the value he'd bring in with a big trade.

After seeing the contract Aaron Judge signed and how much starting pitchers are getting paid, Ohtani has no reason to extend with any team, let alone the Angels, before free agency.

Ohtani is going to get the largest contract a player has ever received and will deserve every penny. My hope is it comes from the Angels.

4) Potential LA Angels free agents after the 2023 season: Aaron Loup

Last offseason, the Angels made a big effort to bolster their bullpen. They signed Raisel Iglesias to a massive four-year deal only to trade him at the deadline of the first year. They also signed two veterans coming off of outstanding seasons in 2021.

Aaron Loup was the first reliever the Angels signed, inking him on a two-year $17 million dollar deal. He makes $7.5 million dollars annually with a third year being a club option worth another $7.5 million dollars with a $2 million dollar buyout.

Loup wasn't horrible but he wasn't anywhere in the same stratosphere of being as good as he was in 2021. He wasn't the high leverage arm the Angels desperately needed.

It's possible Loup has another great year as relievers can be very volatile but at his age it seems unlikely. The likely outcome here is the Angels decline his club option.

5) Potential LA Angels free agents after the 2023 season: Ryan Tepera

The other reliever signed last offseason was Ryan Tepera. He signed a two-year $14 million dollar deal with no option for a third year. He will be a free agent after the year.

Tepera was also coming off of an outstanding 2021 but saw his strikeout rate and his whiff rate in general take a big dive down.

Tepera wasn't awful but wasn't the guy they needed either late in games. He's going to have a big role again if the Halos don't sign anybody else so here's hoping he performs better.

Again, at his age, a massive bounceback seems unlikely and the likely scenario here is the Angels just let him go after the year.