An MLB franchise does not languish in irrelevance for a decade without having a slew of organizational problems, but the biggest issue that has faced the Los Angeles Angels in their lengthy run of incompetence is an inability to build a formidable starting pitching rotation.

The Angels announced the signing of veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks to a one-year deal. The Wassrman client reportedly receives a

“It was a slow process, throughout the course of the year,” Hendricks said of when he realized his time in Chicago was ending. “It’s a results-based league. Of course, I would have loved to be a Cub my whole life if it could have happened. But you have to produce, and it didn’t happen for me.”