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The Los Angeles Angels have their Mike Scioscia replacement. The Angels have hired former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus as their new manager for the 2019 season, the team announced Sunday. The Angels are happy to welcome Brad Ausmus as the new …
The Los Angeles Angels have an unconventional way of testing potential managerial candidates as part of their interview process. According to Jon Morosi of MLB.com, the Angels are putting their potential managers through a two-hour written test …
Hazing of rookies may not be quite as ruthless as it once was in the world of professional sports, but the Los Angeles Angels showed us over the weekend that you can still come up with plenty of friendly ways to embarrass the less experienced guys in …
Shohei Ohtani made his first pitching start since June on Sunday, and it was an abbreviated outing as expected. What was not expected, however, was the way Ohtani seemed to hit a wall with his fastball. In the first of the 2 1/3 innings that he …
The Los Angeles Angels took some measures on Friday night to prevent the Houston Astros from relaying signs from second base. Jaime Barria gave up four runs over three innings on Saturday against Houston — his previous start. He allowed three …
The Los Angeles Angels quietly shuffled their minor league staff Sunday in a move that will raise some eyebrows. The Salt Lake Bees, the Angels’ Triple-A affiliate, announced Sunday that their manager, Keith Johnson, would be joining Angels …
The Los Angeles Angels are not happy with commissioner Rob Manfred’s recent comments about Mike Trout, and they’re not even bothering to hide it. On Tuesday, Manfred responded to criticism of MLB failing to properly market its stars by …
The Los Angeles Angels placed Shohei Ohtani on the disabled list this weekend and said the two-way star will miss at least three weeks, and general manager Billy Eppler insists that is all the team knows about the injury at this point. Ohtani is …
The Los Angeles Angels’ injury luck is quickly going from bad to farcical. On Friday, just hours after Angels star Shohei Ohtani was placed on the disabled list with a UCL sprain in his pitching elbow, manager Mike Scioscia told the media that …
With the start of Major League Baseball’s regular season less than a week away, many are looking hard at predictions and projections to see who will be good and who won’t be this season. Expectations are low for a lot of teams, while …
Tim Lincecum has not given up on pitching in the major leagues, and it sounds like there will be plenty of teams willing to give him a look at his showcase on Thursday. According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, several teams are planning to send …
The Angels will change the dynamic of their starting rotation to accommodate their new two-way star. While in Japan, Shohei Ohtani pitched once per week. With five-man rotations the norm in Major League Baseball, there are occasions where a starter …
Al Michaels doesn’t appear to have watched much baseball in the last 20 years. During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, NBC showed some of the celebrities who were in attendance in Minneapolis for the big game. One person they showed was …
The Los Angeles Angels seem determined to field one of the best defensive teams in baseball next season, and signing Zack Cozart should help them accomplish that goal. On Friday, the Angels announced that they have signed Cozart to a three-year …
Highly-touted Japanese free agent Shohei Ohtani is going to be a Los Angeles Angel. In a statement released by Ohtani’s representatives, they confirmed that Ohtani, the 23-year-old two-way star, has decided to sign with the Angels after an …
The Los Angeles Angels want to keep outfielder Justin Upton, and they may have to get creative with his contract to do it. Upton — who has four years and $88.5 million left on his contract, but an opt-out he can exercise after the World Series …
