On the 28th (Korea time), Bleacher Report selected the 10 most damaged contracts, that is, the worst contracts, based on the 2024 season. Although he did not rank it, the first place in the worst was decided when Stephen Strasburg really retired.
He is Anthony Rendon (34) of the Los Angeles Angels. Since his debut with the Washington Nationals in 2013, he has played diligently until the 2019 season. He hit 20 or more home runs for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018, and 34 home runs for 2019. He also hit .300 for three consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. He won one All-Star and two Silver Sluggers.
Rendon signed a seven-year, 245 million-dollar contract with the Angels in the 2019-2020 FA market. Then, people changed drastically. Except for 2020, which was played as a shortened season, he played only 58 games, 47 games, 43 games and 19 games, respectively, from 2021 to this year. It is 167 games over the past four years, with an average of 42 games.
Rendon was plagued by various injuries. According to his injury history after joining the Angels, he was on the 10-day injured list with a left groin injury on April 13, 2021. He returned on April 27, but made the 10-day injured list with a left knee contusion on May 6. He then made his comeback on May 15, but went on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring injury on June 7. Finally, he went on the 60-day injured list with right hip impingement syndrome on August 5.
On May 29, 2022, he started going on the injured list due to right wrist inflammation. On June 18, he went on the injured list again to have wrist surgery, and the next day, he was listed on the injured list on June 60. On June 20, 2023, he went on the injured list on June 10 due to a bruised left wrist. On July 15, he went on the injured list on July 10 due to a bruised left shin. On August 19, he moved to the injured list on August 60. 슬롯사이트 순위
This season, he was put on the injured list on April 10 due to a left hamstring injury, and moved to the injured list on May 10. This situation is comparable to that of a general hospital patient, going beyond the glass body. He is definitely the longest-serving major leaguer on the injured list since 2020.
It is natural to smash the record. He had a batting average of 0.240 with six home runs and 34 RBIs in the 2021 season, a batting average of 0.229 with five home runs and 24 RBIs in the 2022 season, a batting average of 0.706, a batting average of 0.236 with two home runs and 22 RBIs in the 2023 season, a batting average of 0.678, and a batting average of 0.267 with three RBIs and an OPS of 0.632. When he said he had a long schedule for the Major League season, it was a “high-earning remark.”
Blitzer Report recommended breaking up with Rendon for the Angels. “He made a good debut with an OPS of .915 in the 2020 season at least. However, there is no way to sugarcoat the situation that Rendon and the Angels are facing. If he fails to return this year, he will be recording below WAR 1.0 and single-digit home runs for the fourth consecutive year.”
Blitzer Report continued, “Rendon has been signed for two more years after the 2024 season (through 2026), but the best thing for the Angels is to pay him and let him go this winter. It will be better for both the team and Rendon so that no one gets nervous.” It means to share and release the remaining salary, which means to “eat and fall.”