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After just 27 innings worth of Double-A baseball, the Los Angeles Angels promoted left-handed pitcher Michael Roth on Saturday. Roth’s signing to the Halos comes in good timing. Their staff took a big hit early in the season when Jered Weaver broke his elbow diving away from a comebacker, and right-handed pitcher Kevin Jepsen has been placed on the disabled ... Read More »

Coming into the 2013 season, the Angels pitching staff was the biggest question mark. After the first week of the season, the pitching staff appears to be the lone bright spot as the team heads into their home opener on Tuesday evening against the Oakland A’s. Tommy Hanson and Jason Vargas held their own in their first starts of the ... Read More »

The Angels made team history with their  3-1 victory against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.  As an organization, the Angels have never won an extra inning on an Opening Day game, but that finally changed.  The Angels and Reds played 13 innings and due the clutch hitting from Chris Iannetta, who drove in all three runs, the Angels came out ... Read More »

The Los Angeles Angels front office has done everything possible to win the World Series in the past few years. The team has signed Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton while trading away valuable prospects in hopes of earning championship glory. Thus far, all the Angels have to show for their efforts is a disappointing 89-73 third-place finish last ... Read More »

San Diego Padres minor league prospect Donovan Tate will not report to spring training due to personal issues. Randy Smith, Padres’ vice president of player development and international scouting confirmed on Thursday that Tate will not be reporting to minor league camp when it started on Friday. Tate was the third overall pick by the Padres in the 2009 First ... Read More »

It is still early in spring training, but Mike Scioscia is targeting Jered Weaver as his opening day starting pitcher. Weaver is in line to make his fourth consecutive opening day start for the Angels when they face against the Cincinnati Reds in on the road on Apr. 1.  The starting rotation is the biggest mystery this year after the ... Read More »

The Angels organization had high expectations going into 2012. They started spring training with the goal of winning the american league west, the playoffs, and a trip to the world series. The season started out on a weak note with a record of 8-15 through the first month of the season. As the season progressed the Angels improved their record ... Read More »

The Los Angeles Angels are trying desperately to prove that they belong in the upper echelon of the American League. They made a big leap toward doing so in a 6-1 rout of the always-dangerous Texas Rangers in front of a sellout crowd of 43,936 at Angel Stadium on Friday night. Jered Weaver solidified his role as a stopper and ... Read More »