Advertisement
Angels

BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Valenzuela May Stay With Edmonton

By HELENE ELLIOTT
Share

Fernando Valenzuela is “considering very seriously” remaining with the Angels’ triple-A Edmonton farm team for the last two weeks of the Pacific Coast League season, according to his agent, Tony DeMarco.

When Valenzuela signed his second minor league contract with the Angels, the sides agreed he could request his release if he wasn’t recalled within a month of his first start, a deadline that passed on Monday. The Angels don’t want to promote him, but said he was welcome to remain with Edmonton. An official announcement of Valenzuela’s plans is expected today or Thursday.

Right-hander Kirk McCaskill has become the subject of trade rumors, with Detroit and Boston most frequently mentioned as probable destinations. It’s believed talks with Detroit have cooled. McCaskill is 9-16 and will be eligible for free agency after the season.

Advertisement

More to Read

AngelsSports
Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

More From the Los Angeles Times

Advertisement