Locked On Angels - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Angels

On Wednesday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire continues a series that will extend for much of the offseason. Brent will look at the top 50 players in Angels franchise history based on their Fangraphs Wins Above Replacement (fWAR). On Wednesday, you'll hear the players ranked #45-41

(45): Garrett Richards (11.3 fWAR)

(44): Dick Schofield (11.7)

(43): Devon White (11.8)

(42): Francisco Rodriguez (11.8)

(41): Maicer Izturis (12.3)

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Tuesday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire talks to Taylor Blake Ward about the current state of Minor League Baseball. In addition to previously hosting Locked On Angels, Taylor also worked in MiLB for the High Desert Mavericks and has covered the minors in numerous outlets, most recently with Scout. Brent and Taylor dive into the recent reduction of MiLB teams, what it means for the sport, the players, the fans, and the communities that will lose affiliated baseball. The two of them also have some brief Angels banter at the end of the episode.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Taylor can be found on Twitter at @TaylorBlakeWard

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-Brent's top-10 starting pitcher article at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Monday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire kicks off a new series that will extend for much of the offseason. Brent will look at the top 50 players in Angels franchise history based on their Fangraphs Wins Above Replacement (fWAR). On Monday, you'll hear the first five players from this list, starting at the bottom at #50. Those players are:

(50): Mike Napoli (10.2 fWAR)

(49): Fred Lynn (10.3)

(48): Gary Pettis (10.7)

(47): Orlando Cabrera (10.9)

(46): Geoff Zahn (10.9)

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

-Fangraphs 2021 Angels ZIPS Projections

-Ken Rosenthal's piece at The Athletic

-MLB.com's Blake Snell article

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On Friday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire finishes off a two-part series looking at the best starting pitching targets for the Angels. Brent found the ten best targets based on their projections from the Fangraphs depth charts and their availability either in free agency or via trade. On Friday, Brent looks at targets #1-5.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Thursday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire kicks off a two-day series looking at the best starting pitching targets for the Angels. Brent found the ten best targets based on their projections from the Fangraphs depth charts and their availability either in free agency or via trade. On Thursday, Brent looks at targets #6-10.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Wednesday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire finishes the series looking back at the most impactful offseason acquisitions in Angels franchise history. Brent simply looked at the players who the Angels acquired during the offseason and which players went on to accumulate the most Wins Above Replacement (WAR) with the Angels in a career. On Wednesday, you'll hear the second of a two-part series, which looks at the top five players on this list.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-Brent's Raisel Iglesias article at CtPG: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/12/08/raisel-iglesias-is-really-freakin-good/

-All audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Tuesday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire breaks down the trade that sent Raisel Iglesias to the Angels. Iglesias, one of the best relievers in baseball over the last half-decade, helps beef up an Angels bullpen that was wildly mediocre in 2020 and was recently gutted during the non-tender deadline.

The longtime Cincinnati Reds closer will likely take on the same role with the Angels in 2021. Iglesias will make $9.125 million next season before hitting free agency for the first time.

In exchange, the Angels sent Noé Ramirez and a Player To Be Named Later or cash considerations to the Reds (the Angels also received cash considerations).

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Monday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire kicks off the 2020 Winter Meetings by looking back at the most impactful offseason acquisitions in Angels franchise history. Brent simply looked at the players who the Angels acquired during the offseason and which players went on to accumulate the most Wins Above Replacement (WAR) with the Angels in a career. On Monday, you'll hear the first of a two-part series, the first of which looks at the players who were #6-10 on this list.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-All highlight audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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On Friday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire explores the non-Angels non-tenders who could be possible options for the Angels. Brent then spends the remainder of the episode answering questions from the fans in a mailbag segment. The questions touch on new Angels shortstop José Iglesias, a very strange Jo Adell trade proposal from The Athletic, and many more Angels-related topics.

-You can find Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-Fabian Ardaya's non-tenders article at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2238367/2020/12/03/angels-non-tendered-free-agents/

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On Thursday's episode, Locked On Angels host Brent Maguire talks about the busiest transactional day of the offseason so far for the Angels. Shortly before the 5 PM non-tender deadline, the Angels acquired veteran shortstop José Iglesias and non-tendered five Angels relievers. The Iglesias acquisition shores up the middle infield need for the 2021 season while the reliever non-tenders means the bullpen needs even more bodies now.

-You can follow Brent on Twitter at @bmags94 and the podcast at @LockedOnAngels

-Brent's written work can be found at Crashing the Pearly Gates

-Mike Petriello's article featuring José Iglesias at MLB.com: https://www.mlb.com/news/analyzing-2020-mlb-breakout-hitters

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