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- Robert Stephenson To Miss 2024 Season With Elbow Injury
by Anthony Franco
18 Apr 2024 at 4:39amAngels reliever Robert Stephenson is out for the season with an elbow injury, the team informed reporters (X link via MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger). The club will provide further details tomorrow. They have not yet announced whether Stephenson will undergo surgery or whether he is expected to be ready for the start of the 2025 campaign.
It’s a brutal blow for the Halos, who made Stephenson their biggest addition of the offseason. The Angels inked him to a three-year, $33MM contract — their only …
- Angels Sign Bryan Shaw, Elliot Soto To Minor League Deals
by Darragh McDonald
17 Apr 2024 at 10:57pmThe Angels have signed right-hander Bryan Shaw and shortstop Elliot Soto to minor league deals, per each player’s transaction tracker at MLB.com. Both have been assigned to Triple-A Salt Lake. Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register relays that Shaw will make a prorated salary of $1.1MM if he makes the major league club.
Shaw, 36, is a veteran with 796 major league appearances to this point in his career. That puts him in the top 60 on the all-time list among pitchers and third among acti…
- Robert Stephenson Being Evaluated For Elbow Soreness
by Anthony Franco
15 Apr 2024 at 11:34pmThe Angels are dealing with a bit of a scare involving offseason signee Robert Stephenson. The righty reliever departed Saturday’s Triple-A rehab outing after facing one hitter (whom he walked). While details are still sparse, the team told reporters this afternoon that he’s headed for further testing after experiencing soreness in his throwing elbow (X link via Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com).
Stephenson has spent the entire season on the injured list, but the elbow issue seems to be new. His or…
- AL West Notes: Stephenson, Canzone, Verlander, Valdez
by Mark Polishuk
14 Apr 2024 at 10:44pmRobert Stephenson ended his minor league rehab outing after four pitches yesterday, as the Angels right-hander called for the team trainer and then left the mound. Manager Ron Washington told reporters (including Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register) that Stephenson would be undergoing tests, but didn’t offer any other details about the situation.
Shoulder inflammation kept Stephenson from pitching during Spring Training, yet after beginning the season on the 15-day injured list, the …
- Angels Sign Cole Tucker To Minor League Deal
by Nick Deeds
14 Apr 2024 at 1:47amThe Angels recently signed infielder Cole Tucker to a minor league deal, per the transactions log on Tucker’s MLB.com player page.
Tucker, 28 in July, was a first-round pick by the Pirates in the 2014 draft. He made his big league debut with the club in 2019 at the age of 22, but hit just .211/.266/.361 in 56 games during his rookie season. That remains his career high for games played in the majors to this day, as he would go on to spend the next several seasons shuttling between the majors …
- Orioles Claim Liván Soto Off Waivers From Angels
by Darragh McDonald
11 Apr 2024 at 7:15pmThe Angels announced that infielder Liván Soto has been claimed off waivers by the Orioles while right-hander Zach Plesac has been sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Both players were designated for assignment earlier this week. The Orioles had two open spots on their 40-man roster, which is now at 39. The O’s also announced their claim of Soto, noting that he has been optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
This is the second time the Orioles have claimed Soto off waivers from the Angels this year. …
- Angels Notes: Silseth, Rotation, Stephenson
by Darragh McDonald
11 Apr 2024 at 3:15pmThe Angels got a bit of a scare recently when right-hander Chase Silseth was placed on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation and was sent for an MRI. Thankfully, that MRI found just inflammation and no ligament damage. The pitcher himself gave the good news to members of the media yesterday, including Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com, adding that he hopes to be back in about three weeks.
That’s obviously a much better outcome than the worst-case scenario of some kind of surgery th…
- Angels Sign Angel Felipe To Minor League Deal
by Anthony Franco
9 Apr 2024 at 4:15amThe Angels recently signed reliever Angel Felipe to a minor league deal (h/t to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy). While the contract details aren’t clear, it seems fair to presume that was a two-year pact. Felipe underwent Tommy John surgery last month and will miss the entire 2024 season.
Felipe entered Spring Training holding a 40-man roster spot with the A’s. The 26-year-old righty had made his major league debut with Oakland a year ago. A waiver claim out of the San Diego organization, Felip…
- Angels Designate Zach Plesac, Liván Soto For Assignment
by Darragh McDonald
8 Apr 2024 at 11:00pmThe Angels announced a series of roster moves today, placing right-handers Chase Silseth and Guillo Zuńiga on the 15-day injured list, Silseth due to right elbow inflammation and Zuńiga a right pectoral strain. Taking their spots on the active roster will be taken by right-handers Carson Fulmer and Hunter Strickland, with each having their contract selected. To make room on the 40-man roster, the club has designated infielder Liván Soto and right-hander Zach Plesac for assignment.
It’s not ye…
- Angels Hire Torii Hunter As Special Assistant To The GM
by Darragh McDonald
8 Apr 2024 at 5:45pmThe Angels announced over the weekend that former player Torii Hunter has joined the organization as a special assistant to general manager Perry Minasian. ?It means a lot,? Hunter said, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. ?This is a team that when I was in Minnesota and was a free agent, they adopted me and brought me in and treated me like a king here.”
Hunter, now 48, played in the big leagues from 1997 to 2015. As he alluded to, he began his career with the Twins and was with that club throug…
- Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels
by Darragh McDonald
4 Apr 2024 at 10:20pmAs Shohei Ohtani reached free agency, the Angels declared that they would not rebuild. But after Ohtani moved across town to the Dodgers, the Angels kept things pretty quiet, ignoring the pleas of Mike Trout.
Major League Signings
RHP Robert Stephenson: Three years, $33MM
LHP Matt Moore: One year, $9MM
RHP Luis Garcia: One year, $4.25MM
RHP Jose Cisnero: One year, $1.75MM
RHP Adam Cimber: One year, $1.65MM
RHP Zach Plesac: One year, $1MM
LHP Adam Kolarek: One year, $900K (later outrighted of… - Robert Stephenson Aiming For Late-April Activation From 15-Day IL
by Mark Polishuk
30 Mar 2024 at 8:02pmRobert Stephenson’s tenure with the Angels got off to an unwelcome start when the reliever had to start the season on the 15-day injured list due to right shoulder inflammation. The righty provided MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger with an update, saying that his hope is to be available before April is over, though he’ll first need to complete a rehab assignment.
The shoulder soreness first arose before the Angels’ spring camp even opened, and as a result, Stephenson wasn’t able to pitch at all in t…
