BASEBALL

Kevin Davis, projected by Manager Marcel Lachemann as the Angels’ probable starting shortstop, was one of five players reassigned to minor league camp Monday, bringing the roster down to 41.

Davis, who spent 13 years in the minor leagues, has been sidelined since March 2 because of a shoulder injury. He will report to Mesa as a coach for the Class A team at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The four other reassigned players are pitchers Steve Renko Jr., Ken Valdez and Brian Williard and outfielder Earl Cunningham.

Cunningham was a first-round pick of the Chicago Cubs in 1989 but has never progressed beyond Class A because of his 37% strikeout ratio. The 6-foot-2, 260-pound Cunningham was the eighth overall pick of that 1989 draft. The No. 7 pick that year? Chicago White Sox star Frank Thomas.