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MLB • Roster News

Angels add Morejon to revamped pitching staff

By Jordan Reyes • Staff Writer • December 16, 2026 • 5 min read

Adrian Morejon figures to be a key arm for Rocco Baldelli in 2027. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

The Los Angeles Angels signed left-hander Adrian Morejon to a two-year, $23.3 million contract on Thursday, continuing an offseason spent rebuilding a bullpen that lost three of its most-used arms to free agency.

Morejon, 27, posted a 4.03 ERA over 82.2 innings in 2026, allowing 37 runs with a 1.17 WHIP and a 4.14 FIP. The workload was among the heaviest for any reliever in the National League, and the underlying numbers suggest the results were roughly what he earned.

"The stuff didn't change. The ball just found more grass."

The Angels are paying for the year before. In 2025, Morejon threw 73.2 innings with a 2.08 ERA, a 0.90 WHIP and a 2.14 FIP, one of the best seasons by any left-handed reliever in baseball. The FIP is what makes the case interesting. A 2.14 mark means the strikeouts, walks and home runs all supported the ERA rather than getting bailed out by defense or sequencing, which is the difference between a fluke season and a repeatable one.

The 2026 decline showed up in the same places. The FIP rose two full runs alongside the ERA, meaning the walk rate and the home run rate both moved in the wrong direction. That is a real regression, not bad luck, and the Angels are betting it is correctable.

Morejon has been in the majors since 2020, when he debuted with San Diego at 21 after signing as one of the top international prospects of his class. Tommy John surgery cost him most of 2021 and 2022, and he did not become a full-time reliever until 2024. .

He joins a bullpen that has been almost entirely reconstructed. Robert Stephenson, Jordan Romano and Drew Pomeranz all reached free agency, and general manager Kim Ng has replaced them with Brusdar Graterol on a one-year deal, Connor Phillips in the Jo Adell trade and Sam Hentges in last week's Reid Detmers deal. Ben Joyce, who converted 27 saves with a 2.18 ERA, remains the closer.

[James]

Really trying to splash it out on the bullpen this winter.