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He signed a contract with the team. Anthony Rendon Elijahandskip ( talk) 19:47, 12 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Elijahandskip, provide a source that says it is complete. The sources I see attribute this news to "anonymous sources", which sometimes are wrong. We are an encyclopedia, not a newspaper. –  Muboshgu ( talk) 20:09, 12 December 2019 (UTC) reply

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28279696/sources-anthony-rendon-agrees-7-year-245m-deal-angels ESPN is a very reliable source for sport related information. The source wanted to be anonymous, so we have to respect that. Just like the whistleblower was anonymous, but Wikipedia went on with adding information with anonymous sources. If you do not want an update tag, at least add a tag about a free-agent is effecting this article. Elijahandskip ( talk) 01:45, 13 December 2019 (UTC) reply

Elijahandskip, the headline says "Sources: Anthony Rendon agrees to 7-year, $245M deal with Angels". Emphasis mine. The article says "Third baseman Anthony Rendon has agreed to a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Wednesday. The deal includes a full no-trade clause and doesn't contain an opt-out clause, sources said. Rendon is tentatively scheduled to undergo his physical Friday and be introduced at Angel Stadium on Saturday." Emphasis mine. What that means is that there's an agreement in principle, but without a signed contract, it's meaningless. What if Rendon fails his physical? What then? It could happen. It has happened. Agreements fall through. We don't update pages based on anonymous reports. We wait for the team to confirm the deal. –  Muboshgu ( talk) 02:52, 13 December 2019 (UTC) reply

The Franchise history section still says "Although the deal was never finalized, as of 2020, most official sources omit the "of Anaheim" suffix. However, officially speaking, the club is still officially referred to as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."

I don't think this is supported by any sources. I changed these lines to say "Starting in the 2016 season, the team dropped the "Anaheim" name and now is referred to as the Los Angeles Angels. ^{[1] [2]}", but my changes were reverted and I was asked to discuss here.

Per the previous talk discussions, it appears that the Angels dropped the "of Anaheim" part of their name in 2016. Natg 19 ( talk) 01:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC) reply

The sources provided above have been known since 2017, but the team's been annoyingly inconsistent on the matter. Are these two articles (reporting on the same incident) really enough to prove the team changed its name? O.N.R.  ^(talk) 01:44, 21 September 2020 (UTC) reply

I just want to be consistent, since the rest of the article has changed the name to remove "of Anaheim". Also, the previous discussions #Source for name change? and #Requested move 28 April 2017 seem to show that the team is now the "Los Angeles Angels". Natg 19 ( talk) 18:41, 21 September 2020 (UTC) reply

Hello I just wanted to know I changed the headline to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim can someone please change the title to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim because I called the front office and they said it was Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Please do not be angry. Thanks

Hello, IPv6 editor. What you did qualifies as original research, so it isn't verifiable and can't be used on article pages. O.N.R.  ^(talk) 22:45, 11 December 2020 (UTC) reply

I am sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8001:4F40:40:502D:9596:352B:CA96 ( talk) 01:56, 12 December 2020 (UTC) reply

Category:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Natg 19 ( talk) 20:42, 17 May 2021 (UTC) reply

It seems to me that the team name should be merged in the infobox as "Los Angeles Angels (1961–1965, 2016-present)" instead of having two separate lines. Similar to the LA Rams' infobox, "Los Angeles Rams (1946–1994, 2016–present)" Orange2001 ABC ( talk) 18:18, 19 August 2022 (UTC) reply

The film featured the California Angels, I believe this is worth mentioning in the Popular Culture section 2600:4041:4A2:8F00:E160:28CB:ED83:9652 ( talk) 03:10, 19 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Agreed 67.150.0.30 ( talk) 06:14, 6 September 2023 (UTC) reply