The Los Angeles Angels are starting to liquidate some assets.
Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe has been traded to the Texas Rangers, the team announced on Wednesday. RHP Chase Silseth is also headed to Texas as part of the deal while the Rangers are sending 19-year-old shortstop prospect Angel Arredondo back to the Angels in return.
O’Hoppe, 26, had spent his entire MLB career with the Angels up to this point and at one point was their No. 1-ranked prospect. He peaked in the 2024 season, hitting .244 with 20 home runs and 56 RBIs through 136 games.
But O’Hoppe’s production had been cratering ever since then. That included this year where O’Hoppe had become a negative WAR player in Anaheim with a career-low .209 batting average to go along with four home runs and 23 RBIs through 75 games.
Now O’Hoppe will be headed elsewhere in the division with the Rangers. Also coming along with him is Silseth, a 26-year-old converted reliever who had gone 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA over 47 appearances out of the bullpen for the Angels this season.
The Angels themselves do have something to be excited about too with Arredondo, a righty batter who hit .310 with an .813 OPS in rookie league for the Rangers last season. But the bigger storyline here is that the Halos (under new interim GM John Mozeliak) appear to be willing to sell at this year’s trade deadline, begging the question of if this notable name will be the next one to go.
