Angels Release Juden, Robertson

The Angels released pitchers Jeff Juden and Rich Robertson, each of whom would have been eligible for salary arbitration.

Juden went 1-3 with a 6.75 earned-run average for the Angels, who acquired him in an August trade with the Milwaukee Brewers. Robertson, who spent most of the season at triple-A Vancouver, had a 15.88 ERA in five relief appearances with the Angels.

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John Shelby will coach first base for the Dodgers next season, and former manager Glenn Hoffman will be the team’s bullpen coach, the team announced.

Shelby, named bullpen coach by Hoffman last season, had been a minor league instructor for the Dodgers since 1994.

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Right-handed pitcher Dan Naulty was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Minnesota Twins for minor league third baseman Allen Butler.

Naulty was 0-2 with a 4.94 ERA in 19 relief appearances for the Twins after going 1-0 in five games at triple-A Salt Lake. Butler hit .269 at Class-A Greensboro last season with 19 homers and 81 RBIs.

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Albert Belle and sports photographer Tony Tomsic have settled a lawsuit in which Tomsic accused the Chicago White Sox slugger of deliberately hitting him with a thrown ball.

Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed and Tomsic said he was barred from discussing it.

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Jose Canseco doesn’t expect to be back with the Toronto Blue Jays next season.

Toronto’s latest offer was $2.25 million guaranteed next season, with $750,000 in available bonuses. Canseco’s agent, Juan Iglesias, has asked Toronto for a $28-million, four-year deal.

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Steve Phillips has returned as general manager of the New York Mets after an eight-day leave of absence to deal with a threatened sexual harassment suit by a former employee. . . . The Colorado Rockies are inviting free-agent pitcher Kevin Brown to Denver to meet with club officials, saying however that they won’t consider a six-year deal. . . . Donald D. Marr Jr. announced that he will resign as president and CEO of baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., at the end of the year.