The Los Angeles Angels won the Salary Adjustment Committee with Geo Ursella, but lost to Hunter Renfro.
On the 19th (Korean time), 메이저사이트 local multiple media, including John Heyman of the US’MLB Network’, reported the results of the Los Angeles Angels’ Salary Adjustment Committee. The Angels won Ashela but lost to Renfro.
The Angels acquired Ashela and Renfro after parting ways with the Minneso Twins and Milwaukee Brewers in November last year. Ursella made her major league debut with the Cleveland Indians (now the Guardians) in 2015 and went through the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Minnesota to wear the Angels’ uniform.
Ursella, who failed to leave such an impact in the early stages of her debut, began to wake up after a career high season with 139 hits, 21 home runs, 74 RBIs, 73 runs, a batting average of 0.314 OPS and 0.889 in 132 games in the 2019 season. Hits, 62 homers, 256 RBIs, 246 runs, a batting average of 0.275 OPS and 0.749.
After being nominated by the San Diego Padres with the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2013 rookie draft, Renfro made his big league debut in 2016 and played for the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee. Less sophisticated than Ashella, but far superior to Renfro in power.
Renfro hit 26 home runs in 122 games in San Diego in the 2016 season, 26 home runs in 2018 and 33 home runs in the 2019 season. Renfro was very sluggish with a batting average of 0.156 OPS 0.645 in 2020, when the shortened season was held, but after moving to Boston in 2021, he played in 144 games and recorded 31 home runs OPS 0.816. He had a batting average of 0.255 and an OPS of 0.807.
The Angels hired Ashela and Renfro while negotiating salaries. In the case of Ursella, they hoped for 10 million dollars (about 13 billion won), but the Angels offered 8.4 million dollars (about 10.9 billion won), Renfro asked for 11.9 million dollars (about 15.4 billion won), and the Angels offered 11.25 million dollars (about 146 billion won). billion) was proposed. They could not reach an agreement until the deadline for salary negotiations, and decided to listen to the opinions of the Salary Adjustment Committee.
As a result, the Salary Adjustment Committee sided with the Angels regarding the Ursella case. On the other hand, in Renfro’s case, he won against the Angels. Therefore, Ursella will spend his first season with the Angels with an annual salary of $8.4 million for the 2023 season and $11.9 million in the case of Renfro.