You know things aren’t good when the announcers for the Colorado Rockies can’t make sense of what your Major League Baseball franchise is doing.
The Los Angeles Angels are coming off consecutive seasons of finishing in dead last in the American League West, and the prognosis for the 2026 MLB season isn’t too exciting so far. As SI writer Jeff Joiner recently put it, “The Angels are a long way away from having that depth,” and “while the quality of the Angels’ versatility is in doubt, the quantity is evident.”
It doesn’t help matters that team owner Arte Moreno recently admitted that winning wasn’t a priority for Angels fans, implying it wasn’t a priority for him either.
The Angels took on the Rockies in Cactus League play on Tuesday. Jack Corrigan and Jesse Thomas were on the call for Colorado, and during a break in the second inning, they tried to make sense of the Angels’ roster strategy.
“A ball to [Jeimer] Candelario, another minor league veteran signee,” said Corrigan. ‘[We had] a stretch right here in a row of the three guys — [Jose] Siri, [Chris] Taylor, and now Candelario — all guys with big-league resumes, who have been brought into camp. You figure, a couple of them have a chance to make this roster. It’s a team, the Angels right know, that it’s hard to figure what the plan is.”
“A lot of Angels fans wondering that as well, I think, Jack,” added Thomas.
Corrigan and Thomas have gotten an up-close view of a Rockies franchise that hasn’t had a winning record since 2018 and has lost over 100 games in each of the last three seasons. So if they think the Angels look like they don’t know what they’re doing, trust them. They’re experts in that field.
About Sean Keeley
Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.