Lakers Draft Workouts: May 30, 2017

Lakers headquarters will host six more draft prospects on Tuesday, as some of the NCAA’s most productive players looks to show off their skills.

Angels reliever Jose Alvarez continues to deliver despite heavy workload

Maybe “workhorse” is too strong a term to use in describing left-handed reliever Jose Alvarez. Yes, he’s pitched in 64 games over each of the last two seasons. Yes, he leads the league in appearances this season. And yes, he’s on pace to pitch in exactly half of the 162 games scheduled for 2017.

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Mike Trout sprains his left thumb and leaves game during Angels’ 9-2 loss to the Marlins

The Angels lost a game, a series and their star player Sunday. They fell 9-2 in the rubber match of a three-game series with Miami at Marlins Park. It ended a painful 4-6 trip for the Angels, who have now dropped four of their last five games.

Mike Trout left the game in the sixth inning because…

Angels slugger Albert Pujols has history of early season struggles

In Albert Pujols’ first season as an Angel, 2012, he finished May with a subpar .697 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. In 2013, it was .733. The next three years, his end-of-May marks were .831, .758 and .735.

In every year except 2014, he improved in the season’s final four months. Nearing that…

Top of the order is in fine form during Angels’ 5-2 victory over the Marlins

The top three batters in the lineup reached base three times apiece as the Angels raced past Miami, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at Marlins Park.

Cameron Maybin, Andrelton Simmons and Mike Trout each had one extra-base hit, one single and drew one walk. Two batters in, Mike Trout received a fastball…

Angels starter Chavez rocked early in 8-5 loss to Marlins

Jesse Chavez has a rule. When he starts, he must pitch at least six innings, or he must stay in the dugout until six innings have been completed.

Rendered temporarily incapable of placing pitches along the strike zone’s edges, the Angels right-hander made it only 3 2/3 innings on the mound Friday…

Angels pitcher JC Ramirez embraces the opportunity to shine for Nicaragua

At 2 p.m. Saturday in Nicaragua’s capital, the city will shut down and the televisions will turn on. Native son JC Ramirez will be pitching.

The Angels right-hander’s stature has surged in recent weeks as he has transformed himself from a mediocre reliever into a tantalizing starting pitcher. Given…