With the Angels 2025 season coming to an end in unceremonious fashion (as has been the case for the last 11 years), I figured I would make a post regarding the 2025 season and make it open for discussion.
I would love to hear peoples opinions on the season, who they thought the team MVP was, a rising and falling player, someone they are worried about and someone who excites them in the organization, who you hope the team signs/resigns or doesnt sign/resign.
I will start by saying my vote for team MVP will go to Zach Neto. Jose Soriano is someone who I view is certainly rising in the organization. I think most people would agree Logan O’Hoppe is falling fast, but id love to hear someone elses name. Jo adell is certainly someone who excites me in the organization. I do hope the halos consider bringing Chafin back, I also wouldnt be opposed to Jansen or Moncada returning. I hope the team doesnt go dumpster diving for starting pitching, but they dont need to sign a TRUE ace, the market also isnt the greatest for that either. Two quality or decent starters would stabilize our rotation while our young starters continue developing.
Let me know what you all think!
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Adell went from being one of the worst players in baseball to actually pretty good. That was a success.
Other successes? Neto is a guy every team in baseball would like to have. Other ones?…..Ron Washington is on the mend. That is good. Other ones? …..They had a lot of nice weather in Anaheim this year.
I’m going to try to put September aside, because my attitude toward the team is quite different pre- and post-September. It’d be easy to watch the last month of games and conclude that this is the same team as last year and this is how it’ll always be. I think that’s a valid conclusion to reach but it’s not how I’m choosing to remember this season.
Through the second series with the Dodgers, I felt this was a fun and enjoyable team to watch. The chase for .500 was engaging and frustrating but also completely inconsequential in a good way. I felt like I could just tune in every night to watch my favorite team play without having any idea of what the outcome would be. I got to love and enjoy baseball games without the external worries of wasting Trout’s career or failing to hold on to Ohtani.
Neto is the clear MVP and has the fire to be the emotional leader of this team. Adell took a huge step forward. Trout stayed healthy for most of the season. Soriano had classic young pitcher struggles but I’m optimistic about him going forward.
When it was all said and done, we swept the Dodgers and took one game from the Astros in the final series to keep them out of the playoffs. Considering our recent history, those are two absolute wins I’m happy to take away from this season.