Current:Home > reviewsAngels sign Travis d'Arnaud: Former All-Star catcher gets multiyear contract in LA -Wealth Pursuit Network
Angels sign Travis d'Arnaud: Former All-Star catcher gets multiyear contract in LA
View
Date:2025-04-15 00:53:03
Travis d'Arnaud wasn't out of work very long.
The former Atlanta Braves All-Star catcher, cast onto the free agent market after his team declined an $8 million option for 2025, signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, the club announced Tuesday.
D'Arnaud, who turns 36 in February, was a key member of Braves teams that won four National League East titles and made five playoff appearances from 2020-2024. He hit 60 home runs and produced a .749 OPS in that span for Atlanta.
He hit a pair of home runs during Atlanta's 2021 run to the World Series title, and had three two-hit games in their six-game conquest of Houston in that year's Fall Classic.
- MLB FREE AGENTS: Top 120 players available this winter
- DODGERS WIN WORLD SERIES: Celebrate with this commemorative coffee table book!
Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.
Yet after the Braves traded for Oakland's Sean Murphy before the 2022 season, d'Arnaud fell into a timeshare role, though he caught the majority of games this year after Murphy suffered an oblique injury. He'll be in a similar situation in Anaheim, where second-year player Logan O'Hoppe produced 20 homers and a 2.7 WAR season last season.
A resident of Lakewood, roughly halfway between Angel and Dodger Stadium, d'Arnaud may look to play recruiter now for the always pitching-hungry Angels. His next-door neighbor in Atlanta, L.A. native Max Fried, is a free agent, as is Fried's high school teammate, Jack Flaherty.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (3536)
Related
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Delivery drivers are forced to confront the heatwave head on
- 10 years ago Detroit filed for bankruptcy. It makes a comeback but there are hurdles
- 3 lessons past Hollywood strikes can teach us about the current moment
- See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu
- Environmentalists Praise the EPA’s Move to Restrict ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water and Wonder, What’s Next?
- The Poet Franny Choi Contemplates the End of the World (and What Comes Next)
- Texas Environmentalists Look to EPA for Action on Methane, Saying State Agencies Have ‘Failed Us’
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Bachelor Nation's Clare Crawley Expecting First Baby Via Surrogate With Ryan Dawkins
Ranking
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Amazon Prime Day 2023 Flash Deal: 52% Off a Revlon Heated Brush That Dries and Styles at the Time Same
- Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico’s Record-Breaking Wildfires
- Summer School 2: Competition and the cheaper sneaker
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Wide Leg Pants From Avec Les Filles Are What Your Closet’s Been Missing
- How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
- Behavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias
Recommendation
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Expedition Retraces a Legendary Explorer’s Travels Through the Once-Pristine Everglades
Delivery drivers are forced to confront the heatwave head on
Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
These 25 Amazon Prime Day 2023 Deals Are Big Sellout Risks: Laneige, Yeti, Color Wow, Kindle, and More
Behavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias
A former teen idol takes on crypto