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- Angels Outright Touki Toussaint
by Anthony Franco
8 May 2025 at 4:11amThe Angels announced that Touki Toussaint cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake. He was designated for assignment yesterday when the club called up Héctor Neris and Connor Brogdon. While Toussaint has the right to decline the assignment in favor of free agency, the team did not indicate he planned to do so.
It was a brief big league stint for the 28-year-old righty. The Angels selected his contract on Saturday. He pitched the following day, allowing two runs in as many inni…
- Angels, Hunter Strickland Agree To Minor League Deal
by Anthony Franco
7 May 2025 at 4:12amThe Angels are in agreement with Hunter Strickland on a minor league contract, according to the MLB.com transaction log. The veteran reliever, who’ll head to Triple-A Salt Lake, had been on a minor league deal with the Rangers. Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reported this afternoon that Texas had granted Strickland his release.
It didn’t take long for the 36-year-old righty to find his next landing spot. Strickland is plenty familiar with the Angels organization. He spent all of l…
- Angels Select Héctor Neris, Connor Brogdon
by Darragh McDonald
6 May 2025 at 9:40pmThe Angels announced that they have selected the contracts of right-handers Héctor Neris and Connor Brogdon. Infielder Yoán Moncada was also reinstated from the 10-day injured list. In corresponding moves, right-hander Michael Darrell-Hicks and infielder Niko Kavadas have been optioned to Triple-A, while righty Touki Toussaint has been designated for assignment. The club had one open 40-man vacancy coming into today.
The Angels have been busy swapping in fresh arms to their bullpen lately. Af…
- Angels Select Touki Toussaint
by Nick Deeds
4 May 2025 at 12:13amThe Angels announced a series of roster moves this evening, highlighted by the club’s decision to select the contract of right-hander Touki Toussaint. They also recalled right-hander Michael Darrell-Hicks to the majors. In corresponding moves, southpaw Jake Eder was optioned to Triple-A and left-hander Garrett McDaniels was placed on the 15-day injured list with left biceps tendinitis.
Touissant, 29 next month, signed a minor league deal with the Angels just before Opening Day. Once a consens…
- Angels Re-Sign J.D. Davis To Minor League Deal
by Darragh McDonald
3 May 2025 at 1:19amInfielder J.D. Davis is returning to the Angels, per Jon Heyman of The New York Post. It’s a minor league deal, per Sam Blum of The Athletic. He had been designated for assignment by the Halos earlier this week. According to his transactions tracker at MLB.com, he was outrighted to Triple-A but elected free agency. Now it seems he has circled back to the Angels on a fresh pact.
Davis, 32, signed a minor league deal with the Angels in the winter. He hit .297/.357/.486 in ten Triple-A games bef…
- Angels Place Mike Trout On 10-Day Injured List
by Nick Deeds
2 May 2025 at 9:05pmMay 2: The Angels formally announced that Trout has been placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 1. First baseman Niko Kavadas has been recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding move.
May 1: The Angels are placing veteran star Mike Trout on the injured list, Ron Washington told reporters (including Sam Blum of The Athletic) after tonight’s game against the Tigers. Trout is dealing with a bone bruise on his left knee, though Washington emphasized that the injury is not considered…
- Carl Edwards Jr. Elects Free Agency
by Darragh McDonald
1 May 2025 at 10:10pmRight-hander Carl Edwards Jr. has elected free agency, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. He had been outrighted by the Angels to Triple-A Salt Lake a few days ago but exercised his right to reject that assignment and head to the open market instead.
Players have the right to reject an outright assignment if they have at least three years of major league service time or a previous career outright. Edwards qualifies on both counts, as a veteran with over seven years of service t…
- Angels Designate J.D. Davis For Assignment
by Darragh McDonald
29 Apr 2025 at 9:35pmThe Angels announced that outfielder Gustavo Campero has been recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. In a corresponding move, infielder J.D. Davis has been designated for assignment. The club’s 40-man roster count drops to 38.
Davis, 32, signed a minor league deal with the Halos in the offseason. He cracked the big league roster earlier this month when Yoán Moncada landed on the injured list. Moncada is still on the IL but Davis has hardly played. Since being added to the roster April 10th, he has…
- Angels Outright Carl Edwards Jr.
by Steve Adams
29 Apr 2025 at 2:19pmVeteran righty Carl Edwards Jr. went unclaimed on waivers following his recent DFA and has been assigned outright to the Angels’ Triple-A affiliate, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Edwards has enough service time to reject the assignment in favor of free agency.
The 33-year-old Edwards signed a minor league deal with the Angels and was summoned to the majors last week. He made two relief appearances and tallied three innings, during which he yielded three runs on four hits and a wa…
- Braves Claim Ian Anderson
by Nick Deeds
27 Apr 2025 at 6:07pmThe Braves and Angels announced this afternoon that Atlanta has claimed right-hander Ian Anderson off waivers from Los Angeles after he was designated for assignment by the latter club earlier in the week. This morning’s DFA of Jesse Chavez cleared a 40-man roster spot, so no corresponding move was necessary to complete the transaction.
Anderson, 27 next week, returns to Atlanta after spending just a month away from the organization. Drafted by the Braves third overall in the 2016 draft, Ande…
- Angels Designate Carl Edwards Jr., Select Jose Fermin
by Mark Polishuk
26 Apr 2025 at 5:28pmThe Angels announced four roster moves Saturday, including the news that right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. has been designated for assignment. Right-hander Jose Fermin had his contract selected from Triple-A Salt Lake and southpaw Jake Eder was called up from Triple-A, while righty Victor Mederos was optioned to Salt Lake.
Edwards’ minors contract was only selected to the Halos’ roster on Wednesday, and he allowed three earned runs over three innings and two appearances during what might be a br…
- Angels Designate Ian Anderson For Assignment
by Darragh McDonald
23 Apr 2025 at 10:25pmThe Angels announced today that they have selected the contract of right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. and recalled righty Víctor Mederos. In corresponding moves. they optioned righty Michael Darrell-Hicks and designated righty Ian Anderson for assignment.
Anderson was just acquired from Atlanta prior to Opening Day. It was a one-for-one swap with lefty José Suarez going the other way. It seems neither club was particularly committed to the player it acquired. Suarez was designated for assignment b…
