Mike DiGiovnna: Angels are mired in free-agent purgatory. Why haven’t they signed any top players?
The Angels seem mired in baseball purgatory as spring training approaches, one big bat and frontline starter away from possible playoff contention, and one or two injuries away from another fourth-place finish in the American League West.
They had a chance to — but didn’t match — the 10-year, $700 million deal Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers and lost the two-way phenom to their Southern California rivals, leaving gaping holes at the top of the rotation and in the middle of the lineup.
Those voids
