The Angels are in agreement with lefty reliever Drew Pomeranz on a one-year deal, reports Ari Alexander of Boston 7 News. It’s a $4MM guarantee, reports Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register.
Pomeranz earned a big league deal after a comeback season with the Cubs. The 37-year-old southpaw had not appeared in an MLB game between 2022-24, as a brief stint on the Giants’ MLB roster in ’24 didn’t result in any game action. He began this past season on a minor league contract with the Mariners. Pomeranz posted big strikeout numbers in the season’s first few weeks to convince the Cubs to add him to the MLB bullpen. Pomeranz exercised an upward mobility clause in his contract to head to Chicago.
It worked out quite nicely. Pomeranz tossed 49 2/3 innings of 2.17 ERA ball across 57 appearances. That included a remarkable stretch to begin the season, as he didn’t allow a single earned run in his first 26 outings. He hit a rough patch in July but rebounded with a 2.21 mark in 20 1/3 innings from the beginning of August through season’s end. Pomeranz fanned 28.1% of opposing hitters against a 7.4% walk percentage. While the Cubs didn’t use him in a ton of high-leverage situations, he recorded 14 holds while giving up the lead just twice.
More to come.
