American League West
Break up the Angels? They broke, but haven't wavered
Last rites were administered to the Angels on May 29, the day they learned that star center fielder Mike Trout would need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and miss six to eight weeks.
The rotation was already in tatters, having lost ace Garrett Richards to a right biceps strain after one start, Tyler Skaggs to a rib-cage strain in late April and Andrew Heaney and Nick Tropeano to season-ending elbow surgeries.
General manager Billy Eppler was running out of spackle to patch a bullpen that lost its best reliever, Cam Bedrosian, to a groin strain for two months, erstwhile closer Huston Street to a back strain for 2½ months and late-inning man Andrew...
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Break up the Angels? They broke, but haven't wavered
Last rites were administered to the Angels on May 29, the day they learned that star center fielder Mike Trout would need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and miss six to eight weeks.
The rotation was already in tatters, having...
Angels become first AL West team to beat Astros in a series this season
The man in center field for the Angels on Sunday at Minute Maid Park chased down fly balls without a shred of restraint, proved difficult to retire in the batter’s box and ran to his heart’s content upon reaching first base.
Cameron Maybin is not...
Cameron Maybin lifts Angels with some 'havoc' in 9-4 victory over the Astros
At 5:30 p.m. Friday at Minute Maid Park, Cameron Maybin participated in one last session of batting practice to prove to the Angels he was ready to be activated from the disabled list.
At 6 p.m., they reinstated him and inserted him atop their...
Angels mailbag: Kole Calhoun, plus lots of looking ahead
Hello, Angels fans. Your favorite baseball team is off today. Their record this season is 29-31, a 78-win pace. A weekend series in Houston looms after three games in Detroit, and the Angels are going to be without the best player in the world for the...
Twins beat Angels after game-ending video review of slide
And on the day after, there was no history to be made. No particular drama, no nervous anticipation, barely a speck of suspense to be had.
Albert Pujols, having joined eight others to hit 600 home runs the night before, was scarcely to be seen. He...
Angels face devil of a time without Mike Trout in lineup
The Angels thrived in the wake of a season-ending knee injury to Garrett Richards in 2014, going 21-7 over the next month without their ace and turning a half-game lead in the American League West on Aug. 20 into a division-clinching 111/2- game bulge...
When Rangers and Astros meet, their bad blood quickly boils
The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers will gather at the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Friday for the first of six games in 13 days between the American League West rivals.
Pleasantries will not be exchanged.
The last time the teams met, in...
Three up, three down | Pitchers Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez among MLB's trending topics
A look at what’s trending in Major League Baseball this week:
THREE UP
Chris Sale: The Boston left-hander sacrificed some velocity for efficiency last season, taking a little off his fastball in hopes of inducing earlier contact and pitching...
Mike Trout homers for fourth straight game to lead Angels to 5-3 win
When he missed five consecutive games for the first time in his life, the best ballplayer on Earth required some time to find his swing again: eight at-bats. Then Mike Trout re-emerged, as good as ever, if not better.
After returning from a nagging...
Angels power past Athletics
Ben Revere needed five years to hit his first home run in the major leagues. He entered Tuesday's game at the Oakland Coliseum with six in his career. So, when the Angels left fielder snuck one over the right-field wall, it became clear that airborne...
MLB | Three up, three down: Zimmerman's hot, Mets are not
A look at what’s trending in Major League Baseball:
Three Up
Ryan Zimmerman: In the seventh inning of the final game of last year’s National League division series against the Dodgers, the Washington Nationals trailed by one run. They removed...
Angels dominated by Blue Jays' Marcus Stroman in 6-2 loss
The Angels carried a one-run lead into Sunday’s eighth inning at Angel Stadium. That they took it even that far was highly improbable, considering their starter, the beyond beleaguered state of their bullpen and their opponent.
The game’s remaining...
Angels lose 8-3, with another poor effort by a starting pitcher
Mike Trout is still here. The offense is pretty productive, notwithstanding the Angels’ 8-3 loss Thursday to the Texas Rangers. There is no shame in getting shut out by Yu Darvish for seven innings.
But the Angels this year will go as far as their...
As Royals mourn Yordano Ventura, Angels still remember Nick Adenhart
The Angels will face a team in mourning this weekend. Sadly, they can relate.
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Mike Napoli can't land a long-term deal despite a solid resume
Mike Napoli has been an integral part of eight playoff teams, three World Series teams and one championship team in 11 big league seasons, providing middle-of-the-order power, steady leadership and a blue-collar work ethic to every club for which he has...
Talent-rich Astros are choice to shine in AL West
A look at how the American League West is likely to play out during the 2017 MLB season. (Listed in order of predicted finish. Lineups are projections as of March 28.)
1 | HOUSTON ASTROS
2016 | 84-78, 3rd in West
Last year in playoffs | 2015
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MLB report: Rockies' Ian Desmond breaks left hand when he's hit by a pitch
First baseman Ian Desmond left the Colorado Rockies’ spring game against the Cincinnati Reds after he was hit by a pitch that broke his left hand.
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Five-time All-Star Mike Trout's goal: 'I want to be the best player there is'
The former boy wonder is now a man, 25 years old, engaged to be married, already a two-time American League most valuable player and five-time All-Star, and he smiled Thursday as he reflected on his transition to adulthood.
“It’s going by so quick,”...
Owner Arte Moreno believes Angels can compete
Sixty-nine Angels gathered Saturday at Tempe Diablo Stadium for their first full-squad workout of 2017.
Unseasonable rain pounding the Phoenix area nixed that. But, in a rare instance of public comment, their owner, Arte Moreno expressed excitement...
Angels right-hander Garrett Richards expects smaller workload
As he attempts to accomplish the rare feat of returning from a ligament tear in his right elbow regenerated by his own stem cells, Garrett Richards expects the Angels to limit him to 100 pitches per start this season.
It will be a marked switch for the...