Arte must love John Fisher taking the heat away from otherwise being called out as the worst owner in MLB. This franchise is a complete shit show and has been for quite some time. What makes no sense, other than Arte changes his mind on his irrational whims of the moment, is deciding to go for it at the deadline and immediately reversing course in the offseason. Don't get me wrong, I am glad that they did reverse course but I'd like to think that Perry knew they should trade Ohtani and some others to build depth and start the rebuild last season but Arte stepped in to sink the franchise even further into irrelevance.
I am trying to find the positives, mostly in that there are some nice young hitters that could develop but it is a really sad time to be an Angels fan. I can barely make it through three innings of a game and we are still in April. The best moments of the past decade all came outside of the on-field performance: Trout signing an extension, Ohtani signing, and when it was announced that Arte was pursuing selling the franchise. The worst moment, by far for me and I'd imagine many others, was when Arte again reversed course and decided to keep the team. Thankfully, I have Oregon football to look forward to in the fall at least.