ANGELS 2017 SPRING TRAINING NOTES LOS ANGELES ANGELS (13 10) @ SEATTLE MARINERS (15 10) March 22, 2017 Peoria Sports Complex TV: None Radio: None Spring Game #25 Road Game #12 (6 5)
TODAY’S CONTEST TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP YUSMEIRO PETIT LEADING OFF : The Angels play their 24th and 25th of 35 Spring Training games 2017 SPRING TRAINING: 0 0, 1.29 ERA today in split squad ac on as the Club hosts the Texas Rangers in Tempe and 2016 REGULAR SEASON (with Washington): 3 5, 4.50 ERA visit the Sea le Mariners in Peoria…The star ng pitching match up in Tempe • Making fourth appearance (third start) for the Angels this Spring. features Angels RHP Alex Meyer against right hander Allen Webster for Texas... • Pitched two innings in last start on March 18 vs. Colorado...Only hit allowed was In Peoria, RHP Yusmeiro Pe t will make the start for the Halos against RHP Cody solo home run by Stephen Cardullo...Had four strikeouts with no walks. Mar n for Sea le...Today’s contest In Tempe is the 13th of 17 scheduled Cactus • IN THE WBC: Made one start for Venezuela in opening round of World Baseball League home games at Tempe Diablo Stadium…The Angels will also host the Classic...Charged with loss on March 12 vs. Mexico (2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) Dodgers for two exhibi on games at Angel Stadium on March 30 31...Today’s • In eight Major League seasons, he has compiled a 23 32 career record with two contest in Peoria is the 12th of 15 scheduled Cactus League road games for the saves, 465 strikeouts and a 4.58 ERA (537 IP 273 ER). Halos…The Angels will also play a Spring Training road game on April 1 at Dodger • VS. SEATTLE : Tossed two perfect innings in relief for Giants with two strikeouts Stadium to close out exhibi on play. in only career regular season appearance vs. Mariners on June 15, 2015 • Signed with Angels as a minor league free agent on Feb. 8, 2017. HOT SPRINGS: Shane Robinson is ba ng .360 (9/25) with one double, two triples, • Made 36 appearances (one start) for Na onals last season, and went 3 5 with fi ve RBI and two walks in 14 games... Cody Ege has worked 8.1 scoreless innings one save, a 4.50 ERA (62 IP 31 ER) and 49 strikeouts. across nine relief appearances with eight strikeouts and no walks... Ben Revere • Was a member of San Francisco’s 2014 World Series championship team and owns a .371 (13/35) Spring average with one double, one triple, three RBI, three was winning pitcher for Giants in three postseason games. stolen bases and seven walks...Jose Valdez is 3 0 with one save and a 1.13 ERA • Was one out shy of tossing a perfect game for San Francisco on Sept. 6, 2013 vs. (8 IP 1 ER) in eight relief appearances. Arizona...Allowed single to Eric Chavez with two outs in 9th inning, becoming 12th pitcher all me to come within one out of a perfect game. ANGELS/MARINERS: Today is the second of three contests this Spring for the Angels against the Mariners...Angels won fi rst mee ng 9 2 on March 12...The PETIT’S 2017 SPRING TRAINING DAY BY DAY teams will meet again on Friday at Tempe Diablo in the Halos lone night game during the Cactus League season...Last season, Sea le captured 11 of 19 regular DATE OPP W L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO season games against the Angels...In 2017, the teams will meet 19 mes, 2/25 MIL 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 star ng with the Angels home opening series at Angel Stadium from April 7 9. 3/2 SF - 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 3/18 COL 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 ROSTER NOTES: Today the Angels reassigned LHP Manny Banuelos and OF Ramon Flores TOTALS 0 0 1.29 7 6 1 1 1 1 7 to minor league camp and op oned INF Kaleb Cowart to Triple A Salt Lake. ..Sunday, LHP John Lamb was reassigned to minor league camp...Friday, the Angels op oned Italics indicate relief appearance RHP Brooks Pounders and RHP Keynan Middleton to Triple A Salt Lake...The Angels now have 47 ac ve players in Major League camp. ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Angels defeated the Cincinna Reds yesterday a ernoon RHP Mike Morin RHP Kirby Yates RHP Deolis Guerra by an 9 1 score at Goodyear Ballpark...The Halos ba ed around in the seventh inning and plated fi ve runs in the frame, all with two outs... Eric Young Jr. went 2 for 2 with two runs scored and hit his fi rst homer of the Spring... Jose Valdez ROSTER RUNDOWN earned the win in relief with one scoreless inning...Starter JC Ramirez tossed The Angels entered Spring Training 2017 with a franchise record 69 players in big fi ve innings and allowed one run on four hits with no walks and six strikeouts. league camp (previous high was 67 players in 2001, ‘09 & ‘14)…The 29 non roster invitees are also a franchise record (previous was 28 in 2010)...19 “home ANGELS IN THE WBC: INF Andrelton Simmons (Netherlands) reached the grown” players are in camp, who have remained with the Halos a er originally semifi nals round and was eliminated in extra innings by Puerto Rico...LHP being dra ed or signed by the Club…Total of 14 former fi rst round dra picks, Jose Alvarez , RHP Deolis Guerra and RHP Yusmeiro Pe t all competed for the including 2016’s Ma Thaiss (16th overall)…21 players represent seven foreign Venezuelan squad...Angels fi rst base coach Alfredo Griffi n was a member of the countries: 11 from Venezuela, four from the Dominican Republic, two from coaching staff for the Dominican Republic team. Puerto Rico and one each from Cuba, Curacao, Mexico and Nicaragua…Youngest player in camp is Ma Thaiss (21), oldest is Albert Pujols (37)…17 players in STREAK SNAPPED: The Angels loss to the White Sox on March 4 snapped an 18 camp have no MLB service me; four are on 40 man roster…12 of 69 players in game unbeaten streak (16 0 2) in Spring Training play, which dated back to camp were born in Southern California. March 21, 2016.. 2016 IN REVIEW IN THE DUGOUT: Manager Mike Scioscia enters his 18th The Angels completed 2016 with a 74 88 (.457) record in fourth place in the season at the helm of the Halos and is the longest New Angels in 2017 A.L. West (21 games behind Texas)...Halos fi nished with a sub .500 record for tenured skipper in the Majors...This season, Alfredo Aus n Adams, RHP just third me in last 13 seasons (74 wins were fewest since 70 in 1999)…LAA Griffi n returns to First Base Coach a er spending Vicente Campos, RHP fi nished below third place for fi rst me since 1999 (4th)...Halos used 53 players Jesse Chavez, RHP the last two years as the Angels Infi eld Coach (Griffi n Danny Espinosa, INF in 2016 (55 on ac ve roster), including 15 diff erent star ng pitchers this season previously served as First Base Coach for LAA from Nolan Fontana, INF (most in A.L.)...Angels set a new American League record with 24 diff erent 2000 15)...Also returning to Scioscia’s staff in 2017, Ryan LaMarre, OF winning pitchers...Mike Trout captured his second career A.L. MVP Award a er are: Dino Ebel (Bench Coach), Charles Nagy (Pitching Mar n Maldonado, C leading MLB in runs (123), walks (116) & OBP (.441)...Trout also represented Coach), Dave Hansen (Hi ng Coach), Ron Roenicke Cameron Maybin, OF Club at All Star Game in San Diego... Albert Pujols paced LAA with 31 home runs (Third Base Coach), Sco Radinsky ( Bullpen Coach), Brooks Pounders, RHP and climbed to ninth place all me with 591 career HR...Angels drew 3,016,142 Paul Sorrento (Assistant Hi ng Coach), Steve Soliz Ben Revere, OF fans to Angel Stadium, marking the 14th consecu ve season with at least three (Catching & Informa on Coach), Tom Gregorio (Bullpen Luis Valbuena, INF million fans. Kirby Yates, RHP Catcher) and Anel De Los Santos (Bullpen Catcher). THIS ‘N’ THAT MVP, MVP!: OF Mike Trout enters his sixth full Major League season in 2017...Last BROADCAST INFO : In 2017, the Angels will have 34 Spring Training games airing season, the 25 year old hit .315 (173/549) with 32 doubles, fi ve triples, 29 home on television, with Fox Sports West carrying 31 games, Prime Ticket televising runs, 100 RBI and a Major League leading 123 runs scored, 116 walks and .441 two games and KCOP airing one game...The games will also be available for live OBP...He earned his second career American League MVP Award, becoming the streaming via FOX Sports GO on phones, tablets and computers... Terry Smith fi rst player to win the award twice in an Angels uniform...Has fi nished in Top Two and Jose Mota team up to call the ac on from Arizona...When the Angels return of MVP vo ng each of last fi ve seasons, joining Barry Bonds (2000 04) as only to Southern California on March 30 for their fi nal three exhibi on games, Victor players to accomplish the feat...Trout also earned his fi h consecu ve Silver Rojas will take over television play by play du es alongside Mark Gubicza. Slugger Award and was selected to his fi h straight All Star Game. TEMPE TRADITION: 2017 represents the Angels’ 25th Spring Training campaign WHO WILL BE MR. 1000? : The Angels enter 2017 having used 995 diff erent players in Tempe, AZ (since 1993)…Tempe Diablo Stadium is the oldest ballpark in the in franchise history...The fi h player to make their Halos debut this season will Cactus League...Halos have drawn over 100,000 fans to Tempe Diablo Stadium in become the 1,000th diff erent player in Club history. 11 of the last 13 seasons…LAA set a franchise Spring Training home a endance record in 2012, a rac ng 130,126 fans to Tempe Diablo Stadium. OPENING DAY NOTES: The Halos will square off with the Oakland Athle cs on Opening Day (Oakland Coliseum – April 3)…Marks fi h Opening Day mee ng GUEST INSTRUCTORS : Throughout the Spring, the Angels have had a number between Angels and A’s and fi rst since 2009 (a 3 0 Angels win at Angel of alumni returning as guest instructors, including: Bobby Grich (Feb. 20 22), Stadium)...Clubs last Opening Day contest at the Coliseum came in 1982, with Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Feb. 21 26), Sco Shields (Feb. 24 28), Clyde Wright Oakland winning 3 2 in 11 innings a er Angels reliever Don Aase yielded a walk (March 4 6), Wally Joyner (March 10 14) and David Eckstein (March 15 17). off walk to Davey Lopes ...Since 2004, Angels are 9 4 on Opening Day, but have lost the opener in each of the last three 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 Wednesday March 22 Texas Tempe Diablo Stadium RHP Allen Webster (0 0, 2.16 ERA) RHP Alex Meyer (0 0, 4.70 ERA) FSW/AM830 Thursday March 23 @San Diego Peoria Sports Complex TBD RHP Ricky Nolasco (1 1, 4.00 ERA) FSW/AM830 2017 ANGELS SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS ANGELS WINNING LOSING ATTENDANCE DATE OPPONENT SITE TV W/L SCORE RECORD PITCHER PITCHER GAME TOTAL February 25 Milwaukee Tempe Diablo FSW(D) W 2 0 1 0 Pounders (1 0) Chamberlain (0 1) 6,061 6,061 February 26 @Oakland Hohokam Stadium FSW W 5 3 2 0 Miller (1 0) Coulombe (0 1) 4,072 4,072 February 27 San Diego Tempe Diablo FSW W 5 3 3 0 Morales (1 0) Jester (0 1) 3,373 9,434 February 28 @Chicago Cubs Sloan Park FSW W 7 5 4 0 Alvarez (1 0) Cleto (0 1) 12,688 16,760 March 1 Texas Tempe Diablo FSW W 3 2 5 0 Valdez (1 0) Loewen (0 1) 3,227 12,661 March 2 San Francisco Tempe Diablo FSW W 5 4 6 0 Pounders (2 0) Alvarado (0 1) 3,824 16,485 March 3 Milwaukee Tempe Diablo FSW W 6 5 7 0 Yates (1 0) Spurlin (0 1) 4,687 21,172 March 4 @Chicago White Sox Camelback Ranch FSW L 2 10 7 1 Giolito (1 0) Skaggs (0 1) 5,169 21,929 March 5 Cincinnati Tempe Diablo FSW L 3 11 7 2 Finnegan (1 0) Richards (0 1) 5,405 26,577 March 6 Chicago Cubs Tempe Diablo FSW L 10 13 7 3 Butler (2 0) Bailey (0 1) 7,384 33,961 March 7 OFF DAY March 8 @Cincinnati Goodyear Ballpark FSW W 9 0 8 3 Nolasco (1 0) Garrett (1 1) 3,049 24,978 March 9 @Cleveland Goodyear Ballpark PT W 5 4 9 3 Anderson (1 0) Narveson (0 1) 5,363 30,341 March 10 San Diego Tempe Diablo FSW L 2 4 9 4 Richard (1 1) Ramirez (0 1) 7,854 41,815 March 11 @Los Angeles Dodgers Camelback Ranch FSW L 2 8 9 5 Avilan (1 1) Norris (0 1) 13,212 43,553 March 12 Seattle Tempe Diablo FSW W 9 2 10 5 Chavez (1 0) Miranda (0 1) 8,617 50,432 March 13 Los Angeles Dodgers Tempe Diablo FSW L 1 3 10 6 Maeda (1 1) Nolasco (1 1) 9,111* 59,543 March 14 @Kansas City Surprise Stadium FSW L 4 8 10 7 Alexander (2 0) Morin (0 1) 7,130 50,683 March 15 @San Francisco Scottsdale Stadium FSW L 4 7 10 8 Blach (1 1) Miller (1 1) 11,846 62,529 March 16 @Colorado Salt River Fields FSW W 8 7 11 8 Valdez (2 0) Lee (0 1) 11,022 73,551 March 17 @Texas Surprise Stadium FSW L 4 6 11 9 Scheppers (1 0) Adams (0 1) 7,133 80,684 March 18 Colorado Tempe Diablo FSW W 9 3 12 9 Bedrosian (1 0) Senzatela (0 2) 9,607* 69,150 March 19 Chicago White Sox Tempe Diablo FSW L 2 11 12 10 Rodon (1 0) Shoemaker (0 1) 7,193 76,343 March 20 OFF DAY March 21 @Cincinnati Goodyear Ballpark FSW W 9 1 13 10 Valdez (3 0) Mitchell (0 1) 3,514 84,198 March 22(ss) Texas Tempe Diablo FSW @Seattle Peoria Sports Complex March 23 @San Diego Peoria Sports Complex FSW March 24 (N) Seattle Tempe Diablo FSW March 25 Arizona Tempe Diablo FSW March 26 Kansas City Tempe Diablo FSW March 27 @Arizona Salt River Fields FSW March 28 Oakland Tempe Diablo FSW March 29 @Milwaukee Maryvale Baseball Park FSW March 30 Los Angeles Dodgers Angel Stadium KCOP March 31 Los Angeles Dodgers Angel Stadium PT April 1 @Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium FSW
* — Sellout FSW — Fox Sports West (D) — Airing on tape delay PT — Prime Ticket KCOP— KCOP TV (Channel 13 Los Angeles) (N) — Night game (5:10 p.m.) (ss) — Split Squad RADIO INFO: All Spring Training games will be broadcast on KLAA AM830 in Southern California, except for March 22 @ Seattle & March 24 vs. Seattle. SPRING TRANSACTIONS ANGELS TOP PROSPECTS 2017 Top Prospects by Baseball America Feb. 10 : Acquired RHP Aus n Adams from Cleveland 1. Jahmai Jones (OF), ST: .000 (0-1), 1 SO for cash considera ons or a PTBNL...Designated RHP 2. Ma Thaiss (INF), ST: .385 (5-13), 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 R Deolis Guerra for assignment. 3. Alex Meyer (RHP), ST: 0-0, 4.70 ERA (7.2 IP - 4 ER), 7 BB, 5 SO Feb. 15 : RHP Deolis Guerra cleared waivers and was 4. Brandon Marsh (OF) outrighted to Triple A Salt Lake. 5. Nate Smith (LHP) , ST: 0-0, 4.50 ERA (4 IP - 2 ER), 5 SO 6. Taylor Ward (C), ST: 1.000 (1-1), 1 BB March 5: Reassigned LHP Kevin Grendell , RHP Osmer Morales, RHP Abel De Los Santos , C Michael Barash, C 7. Grayson Long (RHP) Jack Kruger and C Taylor Ward to minor league camp. 8. Chris Rodriguez (RHP) 9. Keynan Middleton (RHP) , ST: 0-0, 7.71 ERA (7 IP - 6 ER), 3 BB, 4 SO March 9: Reassigned INF Ma Thaiss to minor league 10. Jaime Barria (RHP) camp.
March 13 : Op oned LHP Nate Smith and LHP Greg Mahle to Triple A Salt Lake...Op oned RHP Eduardo ANGELS SPRING TALLY ANGELS CONTRACTS 40 MAN ROSTER Paredes to Double A Mobile...Reassigned C Jose OVERALL: 13 10 Briceno and RHP Drew Gagnon to minor league camp. Signed through 2017 Albert Pujols (2021) Home: 7 5 vs. A.L.: 4 4 March 14 : Reassigned OF Michael Hermosillo, INF David Fletcher , and INF Sherman Johnson to minor Mike Trout (2020) Road: 6 5 vs. N.L.: 9 6 Andrelton Simmons (2020) league camp. Kole Calhoun (2019 + team op on for 2020) March 15 : Op oned RHP Daniel Wright to Triple A Salt Luis Valbuena (2018 + mutual op on for 2019) UPCOMING SPRING BIRTHDAYS Lake. Ricky Nolasco (2017 + mul op on for 2018) Huston Street (2017 + team op on for 2018) MARCH March 17 : Op oned RHP Brooks Pounders and RHP Andrew Bailey (2017) 25 Kirby Yates Keynan Middleton to Triple A Salt Lake. Jesse Chavez (2017) HISTORY OF TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM Yunel Escobar (2017) March 19 : Reassigned LHP John Lamb to minor league Danny Espinosa (2017) Tempe Diablo Stadium (1968) is now the camp. oldest ballpark in the Cactus League a er Cameron Maybin (2017) March 21 : Reassigned LHP Manny Banuelos and OF Cliff Pennington (2017) Oakland moved out of Phoenix Municipal Ramon Flores to minor league camp...Op oned INF Ben Revere (2017) Stadium (1964) following the 2014 season. Kaleb Cowart to Triple A Salt Lake. The ballpark originally hosted the expansion Poten ally Arbitra on Eligible a er 2017 Sea le Pilots in 1969. The Pilots became Garre Richards (4th) the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of the CONNECTING WITH THE HALOS 1970 Spring season. The Brewers played at Mar n Maldonado (3rd) Follow the Angels PR staff on Twi er for game notes, Diablo through 1972 before moving to Sun Ma Shoemaker (2nd) news, announcements and other informa on: Jose Alvarez (1st) City. The ballpark sat empty for four years before another expansion team, the Sea le Cam Bedrosian (1st) Tim Mead: @TMeadAngels Mariners, arrived in 1977. The Mariners le C.J. Cron (1st) Eric Kay: @EKayAngels a er the 1992 season for a new ballpark in Andrew Heaney (1st) Adam Chodzko: @AChodzkoAngels Peoria. The Angels moved their spring camp Mike Morin (1st) Ma Birch: @MBirchAngels from Palm Springs to Tempe in 1993. Diablo Carlos Perez (1st) Angels PR: @LAAngelsPR JC Ramirez (1st) Stadium underwent renova ons in 1992 and 2006. Tyler Skaggs (1st) For access to game documents online, please visit Kirby Yates (1st) angelspressbox.com . (courtesy of Rodney Johnson of SABR).