Logan O’Hoppe didn’t wait long to make his presence felt in Texas.
After the Angels sent him and reliever Chase Silseth to the Rangers at the trade deadline in exchange for infield prospect Angel Arredondo, O’Hoppe was called up and made his Rangers debut on Sunday. He went 1-for-2 in a 5-3 win over his former club.
For O’Hoppe, though, the move was about more than just a new uniform. In an interview with Ayako Oikawa of MLB.com, he opened up about how hard his time in Los Angeles had become.
“Whether on the field or off it, I didn't like myself. The four years with the Angels were the most painful four years of my baseball life,” O'Hoppe said.
The Angels first acquired O’Hoppe in 2022 from the Phillies in the Brandon Marsh deal, and for a while it looked like they had landed a catcher with real middle-of-the-order upside. He flashed it in 2023, when he hit 14 home runs in only 51 games and 199 plate appearances. At 23 years old, the ceiling looked obvious.
He followed that with a stronger 2024, putting up 20 home runs and 56 RBIs across 136 games and 522 plate appearances, production worth 2.2 fWAR. But the last two seasons have gone the other way, with Fangraphs crediting him with -1.7 fWAR combined in 2025 and 2026, and his game bottoming out enough that a split between O’Hoppe and the Angels felt inevitable.
Now he gets a reset with Texas. The comparison that jumps out is Mike Napoli, another former Angels catcher who went on to become a star with the Rangers. O’Hoppe is only 26, and the Rangers clearly believe there may still be more there as they keep pushing for a postseason spot.
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