Jeff Fletcher
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Angels hope to get a few more starts out of Shohei Ohtani in 2023
Ohtani pitched every sixth game for most of 2022, but Manager Phil Nevin wants to use him every sixth day in 2023, which could result in two or three more starts over the course of the season. → Read More
Angels' Mike Trout was catalyst for Team USA's World Baseball Classic roster
Team USA general manager Tony Reagins and manager Mark DeRosa both said that Trout’s decision to play in the WBC opened the door for more high-profile players to commit to the event. → Read More
Commissioner Rob Manfred says potential Angels owners are examining financial data
The MLB commissioner said at the Winter Meetings that Angels current ownership is trying to have the sale completed by Opening Day, but that depends on whether they can get through the bidding proc… → Read More
Angels add Carlos Estevez to bullpen with 2-year, $13.5M deal
The hard-throwing righty, who had a 3.47 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 57 innings with the Rockies last season, joins a bullpen that has no established closer since they traded Raisel Iglesias at the de… → Read More
Angels still have room to upgrade heading to Winter Meetings
The Angels are currently committed to a payroll of about $192 million, which is roughly what they had budgeted for 2022. With regard to the luxury tax, they’re at about $206 million, with the… → Read More
Farm Failures, Part III: Angels’ system trends up with infusion of talent, emphasis on winning
Under GM Billy Eppler, the Angels focused on development in the minor leagues, with little regard for winning. Current GM Perry Minasian told players they need to do both, and in 2022 they did. Sco… → Read More
Farm Failures, Part II: How the Angels’ player development system broke and the plan to repair it
“We were just behind,” a former Angels minor leaguer said of the organization’s use of analytics in player development. Others said a lack of technology and constant turnover among coaches left the… → Read More
Farm Failures: How the Angels’ player development system broke and the plan to repair it
Part One: Team owner Arte Moreno chose not to invest in Latin America, and GMs and scouting directors made poor decisions in the draft, leaving the organization’s farm system shallow on talent. → Read More
Farm Failures: How the Angels’ player development system broke and the plan to repair it
Part One: Team owner Arte Moreno chose not to invest in Latin America, and GMs and scouting directors made poor decisions in the draft, leaving the organization’s farm system shallow on talent. → Read More
Hunter Renfroe happy to add Angels jersey to his collection
The 31-year-old power-hitting outfielder, joining his fifth team in five years, has been told he’ll play right field and be in the lineup every day. → Read More
Angels acquire outfielder Hunter Renfroe from Brewers for 3 pitchers
Renfroe, 30, has hit at least 25 home runs in the last five non-pandemic seasons, including 29 homers with an .807 OPS in 2022 with Milwaukee. → Read More
New Angels infielder Gio Urshela is ready for utility role
Urshela has played primarily third base in games, but he said he’s worked out enough at other positions to be comfortable. He’s also excited to reunite with Phil Nevin, who was his third base coach… → Read More
Francisco Rodriguez, Jered Weaver lead list of former Angels to debut on Hall of Fame ballot
Rodriguez set the single-season saves record of 62 with the Angels in 2008, and he has the most saves of any reliever who isn’t in the Hall of Fame. → Read More
Angels acquire 3B Gio Urshela from the Twins
The Angels send 19-year-old right-hander Alejandro Hidalgo to Minnesota for Urshela, who hit .285 with 13 homers and a .767 OPS for the Twins last season. → Read More
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani finishes 2nd to Yankees’ Aaron Judge for AL MVP
Judge, who set the AL single-season home run record, received 28 of 30 first-place votes. Ohtani, the 2021 MVP, earned the other two first-place votes, and he was second on the other 28 ballots. → Read More
Expert says Angels’ Shohei Ohtani unlikely to face liability in FTX suit – San Bernardino Sun
Ohtani is one of the celebrities included as co-defendants in a class-action suit alleging fraud by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. According to an expert, Florida law is such that a jury would l… → Read More
Tyler Anderson picked Angels over Dodgers for security
The left-hander opted for $39 million over three years with the Angels over a one-year qualifying offer for $19.65 million to stay with the Dodgers. → Read More
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani officially commits to play for Japan in WBC – San Bernardino Sun
Ohtani announces on Instagram he will play in the World Baseball Classic, with the first games March 9-13 in Tokyo → Read More
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani officially commits to play for Japan in WBC
Ohtani announces on Instagram he will play in the World Baseball Classic, with the first games March 9-13 in Tokyo → Read More
Angels GM Perry Minasian believes Tyler Anderson can continue success without a shift behind him
Anderson, who was an All-Star with the Dodgers in 2022, does not throw hard or generate many strikeouts, but Minasian says the lefty gets enough soft contact that the fielders should still be able … → Read More