Anthony Rendon’s time with the Los Angeles Angels and as a Major League Baseball player appear to be at an end.
ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez reports the team is in discussions to buy out the final year of his seven-year, $245 million deal with the expectation that Rendon is set to retire.
Rendon is owed $38 million for 2026.
Rendon, 35, missed the entirety of the 2025 season with a hip injury.
A native of Houston, Rendon inked the deal with the Halos coming off of a career year in 2019 when he finished third in National League Most Valuable Player voting and helped lead the Washington Nationals to the franchise’s first World Series title.
Rendon’s six years with the Angels have been riddled by injuries with the third baseman missing at least 100 games per season from 2020 to 2024.
In 257 games with the team, Rendon has batted .242 with 224 hits, 22 home runs, 125 runs batted in and a .727 OPS.
