Should the Angels re-sign any of their free agents?

2) LA Angels free agent: Archie Bradley

Archie Bradley was an intriguing signing the Angels made last off-season. They signed him on a cheap one-year deal to try and help out the bullpen.

The veteran got off to a shaky start but was kicking it into gear before breaking his elbow as he fell after jumping over the dugout railing. This was an injury that could only really happen to an LA Angel.

Bradley would miss the rest of the 2022 campaign. In his 21 appearances, he posted a 4.82 ERA in 18.2 innings pitched. While on the surface that might look bad, he had a 3.33 FIP and a 3.36 xERA. He was the victim of some bad luck on the mound as well.

Bradley has been a solid reliever for much of his eight-year MLB career, posting a 3.09 ERA as a reliever with a 9.3 K/9. Bradley is only 30 and because of the injury, will be cheap to retain.

If I were the Angels, I'd consider re-signing him for the right price. The Angels will need to sign an even better reliever than Bradley but as a middle reliever, he's a solid option.

Something similar, maybe a little less than the one-year $3.75 million dollar deal he got the last offseason is good for me.

3) LA Angels free agent: Matt Duffy

Matt Duffy is a player that had to play more than he probably should have because of the injuries to Anthony Rendon and David Fletcher. He's a versatile player who can be fine at the MLB level but is someone the Angels should look to move away from.

Duffy slashed .250/.308/.311 with just two home runs and 16 RBI in 77 games. Duffy had a 77 OPS+ in his 247 plate appearances.

The veteran infielder struggled defensively as well, as he had -3 DRS and was in the 29th percentile in outs above average according to baseball savant.

Duffy did grow up an Angels fan and would be cheap to re-sign but I'd rather the Angels just look to guys like Livan Soto and Michael Stefanic or perhaps a different veteran to be a backup.

Duffy in his career has performed much better than he did during his stint with the Angels and he did have a 101 OPS+ last season, but he's likely going to be closer to the player he was this season than in 2021.

Hopefully, the infielders can just stay healthy so the Halos won't have to turn to backups to play almost half the games.

4) LA Angels free agent: Mike Mayers

I thought the Angels had something in Mike Mayers after they claimed him off waivers in the 2019 offseason. During the shortened 2020 campaign, Mayers had a 2.10 ERA in 29 appearances with a 2.19 FIP. He was tied for third in all of baseball with those 29 appearances.

Mayers had a 12.9 K/9 and allowed just two home runs in 30 innings pitched. In 2021, Mayers was also an effective reliever, posting a 3.84 ERA and a 3.84 FIP. The strikeouts were still high (10.8 K/9) and he did a decent job limiting the long ball, allowing 11 home runs in 75 innings pitched.

Mayers began this season as a reliever for the Halos and despite a 5.40 ERA in his first 15 appearances, he really only had a couple of bad outings.

After allowing two runs in two innings on an outing on May 25, he was DFA'd and went unclaimed, and was sent down to AAA. He was probably unclaimed because he was making over $2 million dollars.

Despite Mayers being an effective reliever for the past couple of seasons, the Angels decided to have him stretched out and work as a starter in the minors.

Mayers did not perform well in his new role as an opener/long reliever for the Angels.

I wouldn't mind the Angels re-signing Mayers to a cheap deal as a one-inning reliever to help with depth. I think his stuff is good and he's still posting decent strikeout numbers. I wouldn't lose any sleep if they let him walk either.