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This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger’s Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ANAHEIM -- Adam Cimber has become a secret weapon of sorts out of the Angels' bullpen this season, as he’s been elite at stranding

ANAHEIM -- It was just one bad inning for lefty Patrick Sandoval on Sunday. But with how things have been going for the Angels this season, it was enough to hand them a 4-2 loss to the Royals in the series finale at Angel Stadium. Sandoval pitched into the seventh

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

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ANAHEIM -- After showing signs of filling his immense potential with a strong start offensively through the first month of the season, Angels outfielder Jo Adell found himself in a slump to open May, going 1-for-20 in six games. But unlike previous years, when things continued to spiral, Adell has

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

ANAHEIM -- After struggling through his first six starts of the season, right-hander Griffin Canning has started to turn things around over his last two outings. Canning built on his strong start against the Guardians last week by throwing 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Royals in a 2-1 loss

This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger’s Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

ANAHEIM -- Six days after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Angels superstar Mike Trout was in good spirits on Thursday, and said he’s been feeling better each day. Trout, who still doesn’t know how or when he sustained the injury on April 29, underwent

PITTSBURGH – Any team goes through tough stretches in a season, but the Angels’ run of nine consecutive series without a series win was a tough one to bear, especially given it came right out of the gate in the 2024 season. But on Wednesday afternoon, the Angels broke out

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

PITTSBURGH -- It’s nights like Tuesday night that keep Kevin Pillar going. Even when other teams have passed on him. Even when teams who haven’t passed on him have limited his at-bats. As important as the two homers and career-high six RBIs in the Angels’ 9-0 victory over the Pirates

PITTSBURGH -- Cole Tucker tries to not look ahead. He keeps the MLB and Minor League calendars to the side. But when he was called up to the Angels on April 29, he couldn’t help but notice that a special team was on the docket a week later. Tucker, a

This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger’s Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

CLEVELAND -- It was the best start of right-hander Griffin Canning’s season so far, but it was marred by just one pitch. Canning threw a season-high six strong innings against the Guardians, but gave up a two-run homer to José Ramírez with one out in the sixth that proved to

CLEVELAND -- Through his first four starts of the season, lefty Reid Detmers looked like an ace and it appeared he was starting to reach his immense potential. But Detmers has scuffled in three straight outings since then, getting hurt by three homers in his latest start in a 7-1

CLEVELAND -- It was exactly the type of outing the Angels envisioned from right-hander José Soriano after he was moved back to the rotation this season on the heels of a breakout rookie year in relief. After turning in the shortest start of his young career in his last outing

ANAHEIM -- Angels superstar Mike Trout had trouble holding back his tears on Tuesday as he described yet another injury that is expected to keep him out for an extended period of time. Trout, a three-time AL MVP and 11-time All-Star, suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee in

This story was excerpted from Rhett Bollinger’s Angels Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of

ANAHEIM -- After going 1-4 with a 6.33 ERA through his first six starts despite earning the honor of being the Angels' Opening Day starter this season, left-hander Patrick Sandoval vowed to bring a different mentality into his outing against the Phillies on Wednesday afternoon. Sandoval wanted to be more

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before