Los Angeles manager Ron Washington has found his man.

When the team signed former Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud to a two-year contract, the two were reunited and Washington found the perfect person to help Logan O’Hoppe become one of the best safety nets in the game.

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According to Angels play-by-play manager Wayne Randazzo, Washington said the ideal catcher O’Hoppe should try to become is d’Arnaud. That hope could become a reality quickly as d’Arnaud looks forward to helping O’Hoppe become the best catcher in Angels history.

“I want him to be the greatest Angels catcher of all time,” d’Arnaud told Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on Wednesday. “I contacted him moments before this was released to the press, because I want him to know that I am here for him. I don’t want anything to be disrupted by outside sources. I made sure to contact him to let him know that I am always here for him and for anything he needs or wants.

“I’m always listening. I will always tell him exactly what I think and I won’t try to say the wrong thing to make him feel good. I want him to learn the right way, grow and become a great player. I am thankful and grateful to be able to work with such a stud.

O’Hoppe is the future of the Angels and has shown glimpses of greatness despite lacking a veteran like d’Arnaud to help guide him in the right direction.

“I think having a veteran receiver like Travis d’Arnaud, with what he brings and how he can explain things like sequencing, is a huge deal,” general manager Perry Minasian said. “The game is really hard to quantify. He is exceptional when it comes to putting the right fingers.

D’Arnaud doesn’t expect to play all the time and his playing time depends on Washington’s discretion, but having the opportunity to play a high-caliber backup is a luxury the Angels haven’t had in a few years .

“The receiver position is so important to a club, to have two players of that caliber on the same team and to feel like we can put a receiver on the field every day, that will give us an exceptional chance to win is huge, » » said Minasian.

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