Commentary: What might have been if the Angels had signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a decade ago

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a World Series star for the Blue Jays, was never offered a contract by the Angels, his father’s former team.

The Angels’ 2015 international signing bonus went to failed prospect Roberto Baldoquin, not to then-teenage Guerrero Jr.

Although easy to recognize in hindsight, the misstep exemplifies a decade of Angels personnel failures.

TORONTO — This is a brutal October for the Angels , and not just because they are defendants before a jury that must determine whether the team is guilty of negligence or ignorance that contributed to the death of one of its players .

On the field, baseball’s longest postseason drought extended to 11 years. They just hired their fourth manager in five years and gave him a one-year contract, which makes him a lame duck before he