Angels Suffer First 100-Loss Season in Franchise History as Ownership Change Looms

The Los Angeles Angels closed out the 2025 season with a 7-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Sunday, finishing 62-100 and recording the first 100-loss season in the franchise’s 65-year history.

The loss removed the Angels from a list they had occupied alone: the only team among all 30 Major League Baseball clubs never to lose 100 games in a season. Every franchise has now crossed that threshold.

First-year manager Kurt Suzuki oversaw the finish, which surpassed the previous franchise low of 63-99 set under manager Ron Washington in 2024. Star outfielder Mike Trout sat out the finale on a scheduled day off, watching from the dugout as his younger teammates tried and failed to avoid the milestone.

Shortstop Zach Neto had said earlier in the week that the team’s pride would carry them past the mark, and a 5-4 record over the season’s final nine games briefly kept that possibility alive. Sunday’s game put an end to it.

Pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, a former Mariner, took the loss, allowing three runs over five innings against his old club. The Angels cut the deficit to 3-1 in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly from Bryce Teodosio, but Seattle answered quickly. A throwing error and a two-run double from Randy Arozarena put the game out of reach. A solo home run from Jose Siri briefly narrowed the gap, but the season ended when Dominic Canzone caught a fly ball off the bat of Christian Moore.

The Angels’ roster looked far different by season’s end than it had in the spring. After general manager Perry Minasian was fired on June 26, interim GM John Mozeliak traded away several established players, including Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Logan O’Hoppe and Chase Silseth, in exchange for prospects. That left Suzuki managing a young, rebuilding roster for the stretch run.

The historic low point comes as the franchise itself is changing hands. Longtime owner Arte Moreno has agreed to sell his controlling interest in the team to a group led by Stan Kroenke, in a deal reported at $4 billion. Kroenke’s ownership groups have built championship rosters in other professional sports leagues, giving Angels fans a new direction after a season that ended in franchise-worst fashion.