I'm not an Angels fan and I doubt anyone in this thread is either. Now, would I like it if a player signed with the Cardinals and promptly sucked? I would not.mattmitchl44 wrote: ↑01 Jan 2026 10:22 amI really don't care about this entire Rendon conversation - but I would say that most fans (of the Angels, or the game in general) aren't "mad" because he took $X million of Moreno's money.
They're more inclined to be angry about the fact that Rendon taking that money, and giving little production for it, directly impacted the Angels' ability to be competitive. And fans of other teams know they would not want to see that happen to their team either.
You could rationalize it by saying - "well, Moreno got nothing for the $35 million a year he gave Rendon, but he should just reach in his pocket and put another $35 million into the Angels' payroll to make up for it." But it doesn't work that way.
But a lot of people are putting it all on Rendon as if he just gave up trying and I don't know if that is true. No one knows except for Rendon. Doesn't stop all these accusations, though. And again, I have a big question why it's okay for some people to get away with much worse and be praised for it.