ANAHEIM ¨C The Angels today agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with C Travis d¡¯Arnaud. In a corresponding 40-man roster move, RHP Guillo Zu?iga has been designated for assignment.

d¡¯Arnaud, 35, completed his 12th big league season in 2024 and fifth with Atlanta, batting .238 (73/307) with 40 runs scored, 16 doubles, 15 home runs and 48 RBI in 99 games played. His 15 home runs tied for fifth among National League catchers. d¡¯Arnaud caught 706.2 innings behind the plate across 89 catching appearances, and threw out 19.1% of runners attempting to steal. In the Postseason, d¡¯Arnaud appeared in both of Atlanta¡¯s Wild Card Series games against San Diego and went 1-for-5 with a double.

A native of Long Beach, CA, d¡¯Arnaud was originally selected by Philadelphia in the first round (37th overall) of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft out of Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA). He made his Major League debut with the New York Mets on Aug. 17, 2013 and has gone on to win a Silver Slugger Award in 2020 and was a National League All-Star in 2022. A veteran of 57 Postseason games, d¡¯Arnaud was a member of the Braves 2021 World Series Championship team. In 884 career regular season games (797 as a catcher), he has compiled a .248 (753/3032) career average with 157 doubles, 123 home runs and 438 RBI across 12 seasons with the Mets (2013-19), Dodgers (2019), Rays (2019) and Braves (2020-24).