Roster Expansion, Activate!
September has finally arrived, and with it comes 15 new roster spots for every MLB team to utilize as they see fit. Some have surprisingly strong negative opinions about this late-season roster...
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Scioscia Beats Yost At His Own Game; Loses
/groan Oh, right. THAT’S what a postseason game feels like. After four years on the October sidelines, I’d almost forgotten the agony and exhilaration that hang on every pitch for both players and...
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Towey, Stamets Shine In Arizona Fall League
Eric “Mitts McGee” Stamets The Arizona Fall League has come and gone already, meaning the Japan Series is now the only thing standing between us and the complete absence of baseball until March. To...
View ArticleDiamonds in the Non-Tender
As expected, the Angels did not tender contracts to Gordon Beckham and Wade LeBlanc on Tuesday. To add a little intrigue to the proceedings, they also non-tendered Yoslan Herrera, who wasn’t anywhere...
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Angels Acquire Josh Rutledge from Rockies for Jairo Diaz
While not nearly as good as Howie Kendrick, Rutledge is under club control for the next four years. In the immediate wake of Howie Kendrick’s shocking trade to the Dodgers, the Angels have made a...
View ArticleHalos Acquire INF Taylor Featherston in Rule 5 Draft
Heading into the 2013 offseason, the Angels hadn’t selected a player in the MLB phase of the Rule 5 Draft since the start of George W. Bush’s first term in office. Now they’ve made an acquisition two...
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Angels Call Up Mike Morin; DFA Michael Roth
Morin has struck out 116 batters in 112.2 minor league innings. The Angels have designated southpaw Michael Roth for assignment and called up right-hander Mike Morin, according to MLB.com’s Alden...
View ArticleThe Annual Angels Arbitration Primer
It’s that time of the year again. With the arrival of Tuesday’s filing deadline, we’ve finally reached that month-long lull where everyone is so baseball-starved they feign interest in what their...
View ArticleOffseason Review: Where The Angels Stand Heading Toward Spring Training
View image | gettyimages.com It’s been a busy offseason in the AL West. Billy Beane traded pretty much all of the A’s for other baseball players, leading analysts to question Oakland’s process for...
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New Book Profiles One of the Greatest Angel Teams
In the spring of 1962, Sports Illustrated claimed that the Angels would be lucky to repeat the eighth place finish they had earned in their inaugural season of 1961. This sentiment was a common one...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now?: Angels Edition
View image | gettyimages.com So many players changed hands this winter, it’s going to take several weeks of spring training to remember who all ended up where. I’m not about to make a flow chart for...
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The Sad Case of the Angels’ Only Batting Champion, Part I
Alex Johnson’s 202 hits in 1970 remained an Angel single-season record until Darin Erstad broke it in 2000. After finalizing a deal in November of 1969 for Cincinnati Reds left fielder Alex Johnson,...
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The Sad Case of the Angels’ Only Batting Champion, Part 2
The July 5, 1971 edition of Sports Illustrated featured a cover story about Alex Johnson. Part I “Last year, when I won the batting championship on the last day,” Alex Johnson explained to a reporter,...
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The Perseverance of Drew Rucinski
His deception + movement + control guided Drew Rucinski‘s improbable rise from the obscurity of the independent leagues to the major leagues in just under a year. If you were watching the Angel game...
View ArticleI’m So Tired of the Royals
View image | gettyimages.com Game 1: KCR 4, LAA 2 | Game 2: KCR 6, LAA 4 | Game 3: KCR 9, LAA 2 The Kansas City Royals came into town this weekend and looked every bit the defending American...
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