{"id":704364,"date":"2026-05-20T23:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704364\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:21:14","slug":"angels-outright-alek-manoah-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704364\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Outright Alek Manoah – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Angels announced that right-hander Alek Manoah<\/a> has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake. There wasn\u2019t any announcement about him being designated for assignment but it appears the Halos quietly put him on waivers and he cleared. The club\u2019s 40-man roster count drops to 39.<\/p>\n

Manoah has the right to elect free agency but isn\u2019t likely to do so. A player with at least three years of big league service has the right to reject an outright assignment in favor of the open market but needs five years of service to exercise that right while keeping his salary commitments in place. Manoah\u2019s service count is over four years but less than five. The Angels signed him to a deal worth $1.95MM this offseason. With roughly $1.35MM left to be paid out, it\u2019s fair to expect Manoah will accept his assignment and won\u2019t be walking away from that money.<\/p>\n

For the Angels, signing Manoah was a bet on a bounceback. He was a borderline ace earlier in his career. With the Blue Jays in 2022, he posted a 2.24 ERA over 31 starts and finished third in Cy Young voting. But he hasn\u2019t been anywhere close to that level since. He posted a 5.87 ERA in 2023. Shoulder and elbow issues held him back after that and he ultimately required Tommy John surgery. He made five big league starts in 2024 and none in 2025.<\/p>\n

He was put on waivers late last year and was claimed by Atlanta, but that club non-tendered him. That sent him to free agency and allowed the Angels to scoop him up, but that hasn\u2019t panned out thus far. He started the season on the IL due to a middle finger contusion. He came off the IL earlier this month and has made three relief appearances. The first two were scoreless but he was torched by the Dodgers in the third, allowing eight earned runs in an inning and a third. He was optioned to the minors a few days ago and is now off the 40-man.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if the Angels want to keep Manoah stretched out or use him out of the bullpen. He made just one rehab appearance before coming off the IL, tossing 4 1\/3 innings. Once activated, he started with a single-inning appearance, then tossed five frames in the second outing. That was followed by the aforementioned drubbing from the Dodgers in an inning and a third.<\/p>\n

With Yusei Kikuchi<\/a> on the IL, the rotation currently consists of Jos\u00e9 Soriano<\/a>, Reid Detmers<\/a>, Jack Kochanowicz<\/a>, Walbert Ure\u00f1a<\/a> and Grayson Rodriguez<\/a>. They have George Klassen<\/a>, Caden Dana<\/a> and Sam Aldegheri<\/a> on the 40-man but currently on optional assignment. If Manoah is used as a starter in Triple-A, he can try to pitch his way into that group.<\/p>\n

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