Halo Territory: A Los Angeles Angels Podcast

Trent Rush is a self-described "grinder" whose philosophy--"say yes to every assignment"--has served him well with the Angels, for whom he works as a TV/radio play-by-play man, on pregame and post-game shows and as host for a radio call-in show. He joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to reflect on a 100-loss season and what lies ahead for the Angels under new owner Stan Kroenke. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Ready to save time and win more jobs? For a limited time only, our listeners get 50% OFF their first 3 months at HousecallPro.com/FOUL #ad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will the 2027 season start on time? How long could a work stoppage last? Can owners and players, who seem miles apart in negotiations for a new CBA, hammer out an agreement in time to salvage the bulk of the 2027 season. Evan Drellich of The Athletic provides some answers for Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hank Conger, who has been mentioned as a possible managerial candidate for the Angels, joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to opine about the dominance of playoff bullpens, the nuances of the ABS system, the art of catching, what playoff teams impress him the most, his favorite Korean BBQ joint in Orange County, Calif., and more. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo crack open the mailbag to answer a wide variety of questions about the Angels, from what free agents they should target, to how they should be built for the long-haul, to whether Kurt Suzuki deserves another chance to manage and to what kind of player first baseman Nolan Schanuel can be. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angels beat writer Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to discuss Mike Trout’s lack of pop over the final three months of the season, shortstop Zach Neto’s improved attitude and play, first baseman Nolan Schanuel’s long-term future in Anaheim and much more. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Start your FOX One 3-day Free trial today at FOXOne.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down Monday's press conference in which interim GM John Mozeliak said the fate of manager Kurt Suzuki would be determined by the team's incoming owners (Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Group) and that three-time AL MVP Mike Trout approached the team about moving from center field to left field. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Use our code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo identify four managerial candidates--Ryan Flaherty, Hank Conger, George Lombard and Daniel Descalso--who fit the mold of the types of field, court and rink bosses incoming owner Stan Kroenke has hired for his NFL, NBA, NHL and English Premier League teams. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEBALL at takeultra.com ! #UltraPouches #ad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Blum of The Athletic joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to make their year-end picks for Angels most valuable player, most improved player, unsung hero, biggest disappointment, most frustrating player and more. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEBALL at takeultra.com ! #UltraPouches #ad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down the superb debut season of 22-year-old Angels right-hander Walbert Ureña, whose 9-10 record and 2.74 ERA in 28 games, 26 of them starts, along with 140 strikeouts and 67 walks in 144 1/3 innings, will earn him American League rookie-of-the year votes. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code BASEBALL at takeultra.com ! #UltraPouches #ad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo crack open the mailbag to answer a wide variety of questions ranging from Stan Kroenke's agenda as new Angels owner, to the struggles of youngsters Denzer Guzman, Christian Moore and Kyren Paris, to the reasons the Angels need a new--and not a renovated--stadium and Mike's memories of working alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jim Murray. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. To explore coverage, visit aspcapetinsurance.com/ FOUL . The ASPCA® is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down why Angels left-hander Reid Detmers has an MLB-best 1.65 ERA in 11 starts since the All-Star break and what his performance means for his short- and long-term future in Anaheim. They also express growing concern about hard-throwing closer Ben Joyce. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. To explore coverage, visit aspcapetinsurance.com/ FOUL . The ASPCA® is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MintMobile.com/Territory . That’s it. there’s no catch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Athletic's Sam Blum joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to explain why the possibility of Kurt Suzuki, who is on a one-year contract and has the club barreling toward the franchise's first 100-loss season, returning as Angels manager next year might not be as far-fetched as it seems. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to MintMobile.com/Territory . That’s it there’s no catch. Get 20% off your first order of $125 or more at MackWeldon.com with promo code FOUL. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Athletic's Eno Sarris, one of baseball's foremost expert on the Wins Above Replacement statistic, joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to unpack the importance of WAR, how front offices are using it to evaluate players and how the Angels can best utilize it during their rebuilding process. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A hitter’s park or a pitcher’s park? An intimate feel with 40,000 or fewer seats, or a large capacity in the 50,000-seat range? Tall outfield walls or shorter walls that encourage home run robberies? Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo and USA Today baseball writer Gabe Lacques, who covered the Angels’ 2002 World Series team, kick around some ideas on what they’d like to see in a new Angel Stadium. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Go to Quince.com/foul for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Shop now at Fabletics.com/Foul and get 70 to 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Blum of The Athletic joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to examine what immediate changes the Angels can and will be made under new owner Stan Kroenke, how much more attractive Anaheim will be to free agents and how quickly a team with the worst record in MLB can transform itself into a playoff contender. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Shop now at Fabletics.com/Foul and get 70 to 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. Go to Quince.com/foul for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory host Mike DiGiovanna welcomes long-time L.A. Times NFL writer and Rams expert Sam Farmer, aka "The Stan Kroenke Whisperer," and L.A. Times baseball writer Bill Shaikin, who has covered the inner workings of the Angels for decades, to the show to discuss what the Angels--and a potential new stadium--could look like under the Halos' new owner. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo unpack Tuesday's stunner: Arte Moreno is (finally) selling the Los Angeles Angels. This has been a long time coming for Halos fans, and it will have ripple effects on the franchise's future for years to come. The guys dig into what we know about new owner Stan Kroenke, whether he could build a new stadium and put a winning product back on the field. Shop now at Fabletics.com/Foul and get 70 to 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory co-hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a weekend sweep at the hands of the Phillies, which included manager Kurt Suzuki's controversial decision not pinch-hit Zach Neto on Sunday, a very peculiar start by Ryan Johnson on Saturday night and a spectacular home run-robbing catch by Wade Meckler on Friday night. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Shop now at Fabletics.com/Foul and get 70 to 80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo examine whether playing "spoiler" could motivate the Angels in the final month of their 11th straight losing season. They also break down a three-game sweep at the hands of the Guardians, Grayson Rodriguez's resurgence and whether 22-year-old rookie Walbert Ureña should be shut down. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. Use our code for 10% off your next order of MLB tickets on SeatGeek*: seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/TERRITORY10 Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount. To explore coverage, visit aspcapetinsurance.com/ FOUL . The ASPCA® is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo examine two former Angels who appear to have benefitted from a change of scenery--outfielder Jo Adell, who had 18 RBIs in his first 18 games with the Cleveland Guardians, and catcher Logan O'Hoppe, who was relieved to be demoted to triple-A after he was traded to the Texas Rangers. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and share Halo Territory with a friend. Part of the Foul Territory Network. To explore coverage, visit aspcapetinsurance.com/ FOUL . The ASPCA® is not an insurer and is not engaged in the business of insurance. Go to Quince.com/foul for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.