The Los Angeles Angels could be sold by Opening Day of next season, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has revealed.
The Angels have been owned by Arte Moreno for over 20 years, but the 76-year-old announced in August that the club would explore 'strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the team'. Reports have been conflicted over a sale, with the Angels still going about their business and signing pitchers Tyler Anderson and Carlos Estevez to multi-year contracts.
But Manfred has claimed that the Angels are looking to handover the organisation before Opening Day, which takes place March 30. "My understanding is that the club would like to have the sale resolved by Opening Day," Manfred said at the annual meeting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America during the Winter Meetings on Tuesday.
