The Angels trade with the Brewers, acquiring Hunter Renfroe for three pitchers:

“Obviously, it’s a productive player who’s done it year in and year out for a while,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian said on a Zoom conference with reporters. “It’s a quality two-way guy. Not only can he produce on the offensive side, he’s a quality defender. He can really throw. Just the total package. We felt like he was a really good fit for us.”

Renfroe, who turns 31 in January, is eligible for arbitration again and likely to get a raise after earning a $7.65 million salary this year. He can become a free agent after next season.

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On offense, Renfroe excels in one dimension, power with a .250 career isolated power. The cost is high in outs, however, as he owns a .300 OBP and strikes out 26% of the time. At seasonal 31 in 2022, those weaknesses are unlikely to get better.

FanGraphs disagrees that he is a two-way player, showing Renfroe costing runs in most of his seasons. On top of that he is a one-year stop-gap.

The Brewers get Janson Junk, Elvis Peguero, and minor league lefty Adam Seminaris. None of them exactly sets the world on fire, which you might expect for a trade of this nature. Given the Angels pitching woes over the last decade, I’m surprised they needed to clear their minor league roster.

I see this as a pretty minor move. The Angels offense needs to keep Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon healthy for a season. If they can get that to happen, then Renfroe’s power will drive in some runs. Otherwise, he’s just another black hole of outs on a team that posted a .297 OBP in 2022.