ANGELS 2016 SPRING TRAINING NOTES LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4 1 1) @ LOS ANGELES ANGELS (3 5) March 9, 2016 Tempe Diablo Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Radio: AM830 KLAA Spring Game #9 Home Game #4 (1 2)
TODAY’S CONTEST TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP JERED WEAVER LEADING OFF : The Angels play their ninth of 34 Spring Training games today 2016 SPRING TRAINING: 0 0, 0.00 ERA as the club hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers…The star ng pitching match up 2015 REGULAR SEASON: 7 12, 4.64 ERA features Angels veteran Jered Weaver facing off against former Angels le y • Making second start of the Spring...Worked two scoreless innings in Spring Sco Kazmir ...In 2015 the Angels posted a 15 14 2 record in Cactus League play, debut on March 4 at Cubs...Allowed two hits and no walks with three strikeouts. fi nishing with a winning record in Spring Training for the 11th me in the last • Entering 11th Major League season (all with Angels)...Has compiled a 138 81 14 years. career record with 1495 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA (1847 IP 698 ER). • VS. DODGERS : In 10 career regular season starts against the Dodgers, is 6 2 with ANGELS/DODGERS: Today is fi rst of fi ve mee ngs this Spring for the Angels against a 2.52 ERA (60.2 IP 17 ER). the Dodgers…They will meet again on Friday (March 11) at Camelback Ranch... • Finished the 2015 season with a 7 12 record and 4.64 ERA (159 IP 82 ER) in The fi nal three Spring contests will take place in Los Angeles (March 31 & April 1 26 starts for the Angels...Set career highs in wins, strikeouts (176), starts and at Dodger Stadium and April 2 at Angel Stadium)...Last season, the Dodgers won innings pitched. fi ve of six regular season mee ngs...The teams will not meet four mes during • Enters 2016 ed with Nolan Ryan for second place on Angels all me wins list, the regular season in 2016 (May 16 17 at Dodger Stadium and May 18 19 at trailing only Chuck Finley (165 wins). Angel Stadium). • Ranks third on Angels all me strikeouts list behind Nolan Ryan (2416) and Chuck Finley (2151). YESTERDAY’S RECAP : The Angels defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5 3 • Across last two Spring Training seasons, has gone 6 1 with a 3.14 ERA (43 IP 15 yesterday at Salt River Fields... Carlos Perez and Ji Man Choi each hit a two run ER) in 10 Cactus League starts and has won fi ve consecu ve decisions. homer during a four run sixth inning to give the Angels the lead...Perez fi nished he game 3 for 3 with three RBI... Victor Alcantara worked two perfect innings ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY out of the Halos bullpen...Halos pitching combined for 13 strikeouts. RHP Joe Smith RHP Al Alburquerque LHP Nate Smith RHP Javy Guerra ROSTER NOTES: Yesterday, the Angels reassigned RHP Kyle McGowin to minor RHP Deolis Guerra league camp...Monday, LHP Tyler DeLoach , C Stephen McGee , C Michael Strentz and C Wade Wass were reassigned to minor league camp...Saturday, ROSTER RUNDOWN the Angels reassigned C Taylor Ward to minor league camp...The Angels ac ve Spring Training roster now stands at 54 players. The Angels entered Spring Training 2016 with 61 players in big league camp…14 HALO ANDRELTON: On November 12, 2015, the Angels players were acquired via trade…Nine come from N.L. teams, fi ve from A.L. acquired INF Andrelton Simmons from Atlanta in New Angels in 2016 teams with two of those players from A.L. West teams…23 players were the fi rst trade made by new General Manager Billy originally dra ed or signed by Angels…Highest dra selec on in camp is Taylor Eppler...Simmons is a two me Gold Glove winner, Al Alburquerque, RHP Ward (1st round, 26th overall in 2015)…14 players represent seven foreign the 2013 Pla num Glove winner and was named Ji Man Choi, INF countries: six from Venezuela, fi ve from the Dominican Republic, three from Todd Cunningham, OF the 2015 Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Cuba and one from each Mexico, South Korea and Curacao…Youngest player in Yunel Escobar, INF camp is Roberto Baldoquin (21), oldest is Albert Pujols (36)…15 players in camp Year...He led the Na onal League in Defensive Runs Craig Gentry, OF Saved in 2013 & 2015 and ranked second in 2014...In Deolis Guerra, RHP have no MLB service me; only two are on 40 man roster…Nine of 61 players in 2013, his 5.4 defensive WAR equaled the best single Jefry Matre, INF camp were born in Southern California. season mark at any posi on in MLB history ( Terry Daniel Nava, OF Turner , INF, 1906 Cleveland Naps). Rey Navarro, INF Rafael Ortega, OF 2015 IN REVIEW IN THE DUGOUT: Manager Mike Scioscia enters his Cliff Pennington, IF 17th season at the helm of the Halos and is the Rob Rasmussen, INF The Angels completed 2015 with an 85 77 (.525) record in third place in the A.L. longest tenured skipper in the Majors...Joining Andrelton Simmons, INF West (3 games behind Texas)...Club fi nished one game out of the second A.L. Geovany Soto, C Scioscia’s staff this season are new Pitching Coach Wild Card spot and were not eliminated from postseason conten on un l Charles Nagy, Third Base Coach Ron Roenicke and the fi nal day of the regular season...Third me in franchise history that Halos Bullpen Coach Sco Radinsky ...Addi onally, Paul Sorrento rejoins the Major fi nished one game out of a playoff berth (also 1985 & 1995)...Finished year with League staff as Assistant Hi ng Coach... Dino Ebel (Bench Coach), Dave Hansen a 20 11 record during Sept./Oct...Halos led A.L. with 35 one run victories and (Hi ng Coach), Gary DiSarcina (First Base Coach), Steve Soliz (Catching & had a .673 winning percentage (35 17) in one run games... Mike Trout (41 HR) Informa on Coach), Alfredo Griffi n (Infi eld Coach) and Tom Gregorio (Bullpen and Albert Pujols (40 HR) became fi rst pair of Angels teammates to each hit 40+ Coach) all return to the Major League staff . homers in a single season...Pujols, Trout and Hector San ago were named to the A.L. All Star team...Angels drew 3,012,747 fans to Angel Stadium, marking BROWN RETIRES: OF Andrew Brown , a non roster invitee to Angels Spring Training the 13th consecu ve season with at least three million fans. camp announced his re rement last Monday...Brown appeared in 144 career Major League games across parts of four big league seasons with the Cardinals (2011), Rockies (2012) and Mets (2013 14)...He spent the 2015 season playing THIS ‘N’ THAT for the SK Wyverns in the Korean Baseball Organiza on (KBO). TV TIME: In 2016, 31 Angels Spring Training games will be aired on Fox Sports MIKE TROUT IS GOOD AT BASEBALL: OF Mike Trout enters his fi h full Major West or Prime Ticket... Terry Smith and Jose Mota will team up to call the ac on League season in 2016...Last season, the 24 year old hit .299 (172/575) with 32 from Arizona...Immediately following game coverage, “Angels Live” will off er doubles, six triples, 41 home runs, 104 runs scored and 90 RBI...Set career highs postgame analysis with Patrick O’Neal , Alex Curry and Jeanne Zelasko rota ng in home runs, OBP (.402) and slugging (.590)...Finished second in A.L. MVP race at the host posi on to lead discussions with analysts Mark Gubicza and Mota... behind Toronto’s Josh Donaldson...Has fi nished in Top Two of A.L. MVP vo ng When the Angels return to Southern California on April 2nd for their fi nal four each of last four seasons, joining Hall of Famer Yogi Berra as only players to exhibi on games, Victor Rojas will take over television play by play du es accomplish the feat. alongside Gubicza as the pair begin their seventh season together as the Angels MOST PERFECT PLACE ON EARTH : On March 22, the Angels will travel to Salt television announcing team. Lake City, Utah for a split squad exhibi on game against their Triple A affi liate Salt Lake Bees...This will be the fi rst mee ng between the Clubs since the Bees TEMPE TRADITION: 2016 represents the Angels’ 24th Spring Training campaign became an Angels affi liate in 2001...Salt Lake was previously an Angels affi liate in Tempe, AZ (since 1993)…Tempe Diablo Stadium is now the oldest ballpark from 1971 81 and faced the Angels in exhibi on games in 1975, 1976 and 1981. in the Cactus League...Halos have drawn over 100,000 fans to Tempe Diablo Stadium in 10 of the last 12 seasons…LAA set a franchise spring training home DOWN ON THE FARM : Angels Minor League Pitchers and Catchers reported to a endance record in 2015, a rac ng 132,697 to Tempe Diablo Stadium. Tempe on Saturday...Posi on players will report on March 10 with the fi rst full squad workout set for March 12...Halos minor leaguers will play their fi rst GUEST INSTRUCTORS : Throughout the Spring, the Angels have a number of alumni exhibi on games on March 17 against the Chicago Cubs. and special guests scheduled to return as guest instructors, including: Buck Rodgers (Feb. 21 23), Bobby Grich (Feb. 26 28), Vladimir Guerrero (Feb. 26 OPENING DAY NOTES: The Halos will square off with the Chicago Cubs on March 3), Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Feb. 29 March 4), Chuck Finley (March 1 5), Opening Day (Angel Stadium – April 4)…Marks the Angels second Opening Day Sco Shields (March 1 4) and Jon Wilhite (March 24 27). interleague game and just the fourth interleague Opening Day game in Major League history...Angels defeated Reds (3 1 score, 13 inn.) at Great American Ball Park in fi rst ever interleague Opening Day game on April 1, 2013...Since 2004, Angels are 9 3 on Opening Day, but have lost the opener each of last two seasons a er winning a franchise record fi ve straight Opening Day games from 2009 13.
UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TV/RADIO Thursday March 10 Arizona Tempe Diablo Stadium RHP Shelby Miller (0 0, 9.00 ERA) LHP Andrew Heaney (0 0, ERA) FSW/AM830 Friday March 11 L.A. Dodgers Camelback Ranch TBD RHP Nick Tropeano (0 0, ERA) FSW/AM830 2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS ANGELS WINNING LOSING ATTENDANCE DATE OPPONENT SITE TV W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHER PITCHER GAME TOTAL March 2 @San Francisco Scottsdale FSW L 1 4 0 1 Broadway (1 0) Bedrosian (0 1) 8,263 8,263 March 3 Oakland Tempe FSW W 8 2 1 1 Morin (1 0) R. Doolittle (0 1) 4,071 4,071 March 4 @Chicago Cubs Mesa FSW L 0 3 1 2 N. Ramirez (1 0) Alvarez (0 1) 15,446 23,709 March 5 @Seattle Peoria FSW(D) W 9 7 2 2 Alcantara (1 0) Rollins (0 1) 8,425 32,134 March 6 Kansas City Tempe FSW L 1 6 2 3 Gee (1 0) Alburquerque (0 1) 9,097 13,168 March 7 (ss) Chicago White Sox Tempe FSW L 4 9 2 4 Ynoa (1 0) McGowin (0 1) 4,213 17,381 @Cincinnati Goodyear L 5 8 2 5 Reed (1 0) Shoemaker (0 1) 2,540 34,674 March 8 @Arizona Scottsdale FSW W 5 3 3 5 Bedrosian (1 1) Collmenter (0 1) 8,457 43,131 March 9 Los Angeles Dodgers Tempe FSW March 10 Arizona Tempe FSW March 11 @Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale FSW March 12 San Francisco Tempe FSW March 13 Texas Tempe FSW March 14 Cincinnati Tempe FSW March 15 Seattle Tempe FSW March 16 @Cleveland Goodyear FSW March 17 @Colorado Scottsdale FSW March 18 (ss) Colorado Tempe FSW @Kansas City Surprise March 19 Milwaukee Tempe FSW March 20 @Texas Surprise FSW(D) March 21 @Milwaukee Phoenix FSW March 22 (ss) Oakland Tempe FSW @Salt Lake# Salt Lake City March 23 OFF DAY March 24 @Chicago White Sox Glendale FSW March 25 @Oakland Mesa FSW March 26 San Diego Tempe FSW March 27 @San Diego Peoria FSW March 28 Chicago Cubs Tempe FSW March 29 Cleveland Tempe FSW March 30 OFF DAY March 31 @Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium PT April 1 @Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium FSW April 2 Los Angeles Dodgers Angel Stadium FSW April 3 Chicago Cubs Angel Stadium FSW
* — Sellout FSW — Fox Sports West (D) — Airing on tape delay PT — Prime Ticket ss — Split Squad # — Exhibition
ANGELS TOP PROSPECTS ANGELS SPRING TALLY 2016 Top Prospects by Baseball America OVERALL: 3 5 1. Taylor Ward (C) 2. Jahmai Jones (OF) Home: 1 2 vs. A.L.: 2 2 3. Nate Smith (LHP), ST: 0 0, 13.50 ERA (2 IP 3 ER), 3 H, 0 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR Road: 2 3 vs. N.L.: 1 3 4. Victor Alcantara (RHP), ST: 1 0, 6.00 ERA (3 IP 2 ER), 2 H, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 BS 5. Jake Jewell (RHP) 6. Grayson Long (RHP) ANGELS CONTRACTS 40 MAN ROSTER 7. Joe Ga o (RHP) 8. Kaleb Cowart (INF), ST: 1 7, 1 R, 3 SO 9. Jaime Barria (RHP) Signed through 2016 Albert Pujols (2021) 10. Chad Hinshaw (OF), ST: 1 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 SO Mike Trout (2020) Andrelton Simmons (2020) Huston Street (2017 + team op on for 2018) SPRING TRANSACTIONS UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS Cliff Pennington (2017) MARCH Yunel Escobar (2016 + team op on for 2017) Feb. 29 : OF Andrew Brown (non roster invitee) 20 Todd Cunningham Fernando Salas (2016) announced his re rement. 20 Dino Ebel Joe Smith (2016) 22 Joe Smith Geovany Soto (2016) March 5: Reassigned C Taylor Ward to minor 24 Lucas Luetge Jered Weaver (2016) league camp. 26 Je Bandy C.J. Wilson (2016)
March 7: Reassigned LHP Tyler DeLoach , C Arbitra on Eligible a er 2016 Stephen McGee , C Michael Strentz and C Wade Al Alburquerque (3rd) Wass to minor league camp. Kole Calhoun (2nd) HISTORY OF TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM Craig Gentry (3rd) March 8: Reassigned RHP Kyle McGowin to Johnny Giavotella (1st) minor league camp. Daniel Nava (3rd) Tempe Diablo Stadium (1968) is now the Cory Rasmus (1st) oldest ballpark in the Cactus League a er Garre Richards (3rd) Oakland moved out of Phoenix Municipal Hector San ago (3rd) Stadium (1964) following the 2014 season. Ma Shoemaker (1st) The ballpark originally hosted the expansion Tyler Skaggs (1st) Sea le Pilots in 1969. The Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of the CONNECTING WITH THE HALOS 1970 Spring season. The Brewers played at Diablo through 1972 before moving to Sun Follow the Angels PR staff on Twi er for game notes, City. The ballpark sat empty for four years news, announcements and other informa on: before another expansion team, the Sea le Mariners, arrived in 1977. The Mariners le Tim Mead: @TMeadAngels a er the 1992 season for a new ballpark in Eric Kay: @EKayAngels Peoria. The Angels moved their spring camp Adam Chodzko: @AChodzkoAngels from Palm Springs to Tempe in 1993. Diablo Ma Birch: @MBirchAngels Stadium underwent renova ons in 1992 Angels PR: @LAAngelsPR and 2006. For access to game documents online, please visit (courtesy of Rodney Johnson of SABR). angelspressbox.com .