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OC Register: Angels sign SS Zack Cozart, likely for third base, for 3 years and $38M


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The Angels signed Zack Cozart to a three-year, $38-million deal Friday, presumably with the idea of putting the longtime shortstop at third base.

Cozart, 32, is coming off his best offensive season, hitting .297 with 24 homers and a .933 OPS for the Cincinnati Reds. He made his first All-Star team. He is a career .254 hitter with a .716 OPS.

Cozart has never played any position but shortstop in the majors, but the Angels are set up the middle with shortstop Andrelton Simmons and newly acquired Ian Kinsler at second. Having Cozart also gives the Angels some roster flexibility, because he can act as their backup middle infielder.

Cozart is a right-handed hitter, so the Angels’ lineup continues to be heavily slanted to that side. They are likely to have only two left-handed hitters in their everyday lineup, Kole Calhoun and either Luis Valbuena or Shohei Ohtani.

More to come on this story.

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