Anthony Rendon Hates Baseball

The 2024 MLB season is starting soon and Los Angeles Angels All-Star third baseman, Anthony Rendon, is pissed about it.

In a recent interview with The Athletic, Rendon made it abundantly clear baseball is just a 9-to-5 for him:

On Monday, in speaking to reporters after reporting to Angels camp, he made one thing very clear.

“It’s never been a top priority for me,” Rendon said regarding the game. “This is a job. I do this to make a living. My faith, my family come first before this job.”

When asked if it was a priority at all, Rendon quipped, “Oh it’s a priority for sure. Because it’s my job.

“I’m here, aren’t I?”

This sounds rough, especially considering Rendon signed a 7-year $245 million contract with the Angels in 2020 following a 2019 World Series Championship with the Washington Nationals where he was a crucial contributor to a title team that just lost their star, Bryce Harper, and was treated like they had no chance to win without him.

But who among us genuinely loves the thing they do for money? Outside of like Gary Vee, I assume most people reading this would rather be at home watching baseball than at their job just like Anthony Rendon would rather be at home than, well, watching baseball.

I can’t help but imagine Anthony Rendon driving to the team clubhouse, sitting in the parking lot and cursing into his steering wheel as he musters the strength to go clock in for another 4-hour shift with the Angels.

In his defense, the man hasn’t even really been able to play baseball since leaving Washington. 2020 was the Covid year. In 2021, he needed hip surgery and in 2022, he needed wrist surgery. In 2023, he fractured his shin. He hasn’t played 60 or more games since 2019. Of course he doesn’t love baseball. He barely plays that shit.

You have to feel bad for Mike Trout who could go down as one of the best baseball players in human history except he won’t since he’ll never have a meaningful at-bat because Anthony Rendon stole a quarter billion and would rather be at church than standing on the third base line and half the team is snorting fentanyl during the 7th inning stretch.

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