The Los Angeles Angels finally embraced reality at the 2026 deadline, dealing away seven big leaguers under interim general manager John Mozeliak in the club's first true sell-off in years. But the Angels' biggest mistake of the deadline came days earlier, when they sent catcher Logan O'Hoppe and reliever Chase Silseth to the Texas Rangers for a single third-base prospect who wasn't even ranked among Texas's top 30 prospects. In exchange, the Angels received Arredondo, a prospect who sat outside Texas's top 30 and only projects to slot in around No. A Bullpen Mistake Compounded by the Rest of the DeadlineThe Arredondo trade becomes an even bigger miscalculation when viewed alongside the rest of Los Angeles's deadline activity. Why the Timing Made It WorseWhat compounds the error further is that the Angels didn't need to move fast on O'Hoppe.