With pitchers and catchers due to report to Spring Training this week, the race to find the next ace for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is about to heat up.
Typically a strength in Anaheim, it was the Angels' pitching staff that set an ominous tone at the start of the 2009 season.
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Roy Halladay's pitch hand is strong.
So strong, in fact, he's got practically every team in the Majors falling all over themselves to make sure it belongs to them.
Top prospects, proven starters, first born children—all being offered up like sacrificial lambs to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Halladay's unique services, but ... 25Nov2009 |
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Just an atrocious way to end a game that the Yankees tried to give away. I don't even know what to say after this one. Time and time again the Angels had chances to take control, and time and time again they refused to cash in. For some reason, the Angels have ... 18Oct2009 |
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After two games, the Angels have erased the letters H and E from the word HEX. Two starts, two great pitching performances, and two days with just enough offense to get the Angels over the hump. They'll board a plane tomorrow and fly back to Boston with a 2-0 series lead in ... 10Oct2009 |
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For much of the season, 2008 all-star Joe Saunders was firing blanks. After finally admitting to an arm injury, and spending some time on the DL, it's Saunders' opponents who are getting blanked. In his second start since returning from the DL, Saunders tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing ... 1Sep2009 |
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Facing their divisional rivals from the Lone Star State, the Angels once again had difficulties handling the Rangers' prolific offense, as they gave up 5 home runs in an 11-6 defeat on Friday night in Anaheim.
Joe Saunders, who hasn’t allowed fewer than four runs in a start since ... 8Aug2009 |
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At 1:00 PST, the major league baseball trade deadline passed without a stir coming from Anaheim, California; as the Angels were unwilling to part with several of their top of the line prospects and younger players, and as a result, GM Tony Reagins was unable to pull of any sort of deadline ... 31Jul2009 |
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The Angels overcame another shaky start, needed to come from behind yet again, and survived a second straight awful performance from Brian Fuentes to end their two game losing streak.
Jered Weaver turned in a mediocre outing, but gave the Angels a chance to win. He struggled with his ... 29Jul2009 |
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With the odds of Roy Halladay landing in Anaheim about as likely as Brett Favre making a timely decision, it appears as if the Angels have set their sights on Cliff Lee, the Cleveland Indians' ace and 2008 American League CY Young Award winner, as the MLB trade deadline approaches.
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Despite a two home run night by Kendry Morales and a back-to-back-to-back home run outburst by Juan Rivera, Mike Napoli and Morales, the Angels fell to the Cleveland Indians 8-6 for their second consecutive loss but just their third in the past fifteen games.
Even with the offense enjoying success with the longball, ... 28Jul2009 |
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Trailing 4-0 early in the ball game after an erratic Joe Saunders allowed five runs in five innings, the Angels knew they would need some of the bats to come alive if they were going to spoil Mark Teixeira's return to Anaheim.
Luckily, they did find some power in ... 11Jul2009 |
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The Angels used offensive outbursts in the first and second innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead and never looked back as they took two of three from the Rockies, who came into Anaheim red hot. Joe Saunders made sure the Rockies never got back into the came, picking up his ... 25Jun2009 |
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He saw 11 pitches. He deposited three of them over the wall. Torii Hunter became the second Angel since Adam Kennedy in 2002 to hit three homers in the same game. Coincidentally, Hunter stood in the outfield for all three of those Kennedy home runs. Garret Anderson also performed the feat in ... 14Jun2009 |
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Dodgers Help Lower Phillies' Team ERA
The Dodgers offense has finally slowed down a bit from its torrid pace. Whether it was with Manny Ramirez or without, they seemed to be able to string hits together at will and score runs in bunches. Facing a Phillies' pitching staff that boasts the second worst ... 8Jun2009 |
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Joe Saunders struggled through 5.1 innings, allowing six runs on nine hits, including a home run to Alex Rios. Saunders took the loss for the third time in his last four starts. After muddling his way through five innings, in which he allowed five runs, the ... 2Jun2009 |
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Tonight, Kelvim Escobar is expected to make one final Minor League start for Triple-A Salt Lake, and if all goes according to plan, he will start next Saturday in Detroit against the Tigers.
The problem surrounding Escobar's return is that it gives the Angels at least six legitimate starting pitchers; thus, creating a ... 1Jun2009 |
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The box score pretty much says it all. The Angels couldn't hit even with runners in scoring position. On a night when they faced a player in Bartolo Colon, who has bounced in and out of the majors for the past few seasons, they made him look like a perennial all-star.
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The Angels shut out the Mariners, and finished the series in Seattle by taking three games out of four. Joe Saunders righted the ship after last week's poor outing against Texas. He worked seven scoreless innings before turning the game over to Scot Shields and Brian Fuentes, who combined to close out the Mariners.
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Another one that was over early. Joe Saunders gave up the cycle in the first three innings as the Rangers jumped out to a 6-0 lead, and it was all academic from there. Saunders suffered his second loss, and gave up seven runs in 5.1 innings, arguably his ... 16May2009 |
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The Angels got a much needed win on Monday night.
Joe Saunders pitched an incredible game, Mike Napoli was perfect at the plate, and the Halos' bullpen held the lead en route to a 5-2 win for the Angels over the Oakland A's. "Colonel" Saunders pitched 6.2 solid innings, giving up just 2 ... 4May2009 |
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Excellent analysis of Dodgers roster for 2010: http://yallkiltit.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/dodgerblast-spring-training-roster-analysis/ 
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Joey, your right, but what were you thinking was going to happen? whats your point here? you called every UCLA ...
I was at that game as well. Where'd you sit? 
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