Ahead of Monday’s 1 p.m. PDT trade deadline, the Angels made only one minor move. They traded veteran right-handed reliever David Hernandez to Arizona and received minor league right-hander Luis Madero, according to a source who requested anonymity because the trade has not yet been announced.
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The 2017 Angels are not a great ballclub, but until Sunday afternoon in Toronto, they had preserved leads like one. They were the only team in the sport to win every game they once led by three runs this season.
They soiled that feat in mortifying fashion at Rogers Centre, frittering away a six-run,…
In the final hours before Monday’s 1 p.m. PDT deadline to make nonwaiver trades, the Angels are not pursuing potential deals for players who will be free agents at year’s end, so-called rentals. They will not be buyers. But they could execute a trade that will break with traditional selling roles.
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The relay throw from Kole Calhoun traveled rapidly to Andrelton Simmons, and the Angels shortstop decided before receipt that he’d keep the chain going and try to eke an out at third base. He transferred the baseball from his glove to his hand and let go without choosing his target. It landed in…
Kaleb Cowart will be the Angels’ regular second baseman. They made the decision official Saturday when they designated for assignment Nick Franklin, who had been their other option to man the spot against right-handed pitching.
“He’ll get most of the looks,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of…
Troy Scribner went unselected through 1,216 picks in the 2013 MLB draft. But the right-hander from Sacred Heart University beat all but 89 of those selections to the major leagues.
He arrived at Rogers Centre on Friday to work out with the Angels. They will promote the 26-year-old to the major…
Parker Bridwell’s pitching philosophy is simple, necessitated by reality. He does not have the extreme velocity or natural action on his pitches to strike out gobs of major league hitters. He does have a willingness to engage.
“I’m gonna throw my stuff up there and see if you can hit it,” Bridwell…
Before they were teammates, Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma clashed in a key Pac-12 matchup.
It’s nice to see that Bill Plaschke has once again decided to become the general manager of the Dodgers. Even though Dave Roberts stated that despite Clayton Kershaw’s injury, the team would continue winning games, Plaschke concluded that Roberts was really yelling, “Help!”
As usual, Bill wants…
Luke Walton and Magic Johnson represented the Lakers at Clayton Kershaw’s PingPong4Purpose, while Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also made an appearance.
Faced with an inopportune situation at an important time, the Angels have decided on an all-hands approach to handle their vacant starting-rotation spot for Saturday’s game at Toronto.
They might deploy their entire bullpen to pitch, beginning with long reliever Yusmeiro Petit.
Manager Mike Scioscia…
Wednesday’s game was played at night, Thursday’s in the early afternoon, but the identifying factors of the Angels’ losses were the same. One strike from escaping the seventh inning with a tie intact, their starting pitcher permitted the go-ahead hit.
Right-hander JC Ramirez was the culprit this…
Julius Randle’s 28-point, 18-rebound performance earned him Player of the Week honors at the Drew League.
The Angels placed right-hander Alex Meyer on the 10-day disabled list Monday, citing a recurrence of the shoulder inflammation that has plagued him in the past.
The 27-year-old recorded the best start of his career Wednesday against Washington. Facing the team that drafted him, he permitted just…
The Baltimore Orioles spent the first week of May 2015 in New York to play the Mets and the Yankees. Between his two scheduled starts there, Bud Norris fell ill. He says he lost 25 pounds in a week, his body flushed. He tried to pitch at Yankee Stadium but couldn’t.
“Something happened, whether…
How did David Norris become Bud Norris, the Angels’ closer?
Here’s the story behind it:
At a Mexican restaurant in Oakland sometime around 1988, David Norris’ father, grandfather and uncle ordered Budweisers, using the shortened term — I’ll have a Bud.
So a 3-year-old David asked for the same,…
