ANGELS 2015 SPRING TRAINING NOTES Kansas City Royals (40) @ Los Angeles Angels (21) March 8, 2015 Tempe Diablo Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Radio: AM830 KLAA Spring Game #4 Home Game #3 (20) TODAY’S CONTEST TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER RHP MATT SHOEMAKER LEADING OFF : The Angels play their fourth of 31 Spring Training games today as 2015 SPRING TRAINING: 00, 0.00 ERA the club hosts the American League champion Kansas City Royals...The pitching 2014 REGULAR SEASON: 164, 3.04 ERA matchup features Ma Shoemaker facing off against Kansas City veteran • Entering second full season of Major League career...Went 164 with a 3.04 Edinson Volquez ...Today’s ballgame is the third of 15 scheduled Cactus League ERA (136 IP 46 ER) and 124 strikeouts in 27 games (20 starts) during rookie home games at Tempe Diablo Stadium…The Angels fi nal two home games of campaign. Spring Training will take place on April 2nd and 3rd against the Dodgers at • VS. KC: In two career regular season starts vs. Royals, is 01 with a 10.00 ERA (9 Angel Stadium…In 2014 the Angels posted a 19112 record in Cactus League IP 10 ER)...Allowed careerhigh eight runs on June 27 at Kauff man Stadium. play, fi nishing with a winning record in Spring Training for the 10th me in the • Made one postseason appearance vs. Royals, star ng Game 2 of the 2014 last 13 years. ALDS...Did not factor in the decision (6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 6 SO). • Finished in second place in 2014 American League Rookie of the Year vo ng, ANGELS/ROYALS: Today is the fi rst of two Spring Training games between the behind White Sox slugger Jose Abreu. Angels and Royals…They will faceoff again March 14 (Angels split squad) at • Established Angels rookie record in 2014 with 16 victories, breaking the previous Surprise Stadium…Last year, the teams met in the postseason with Kansas City record of 14 by Dean Chance, Marcelino Lopez and Frank Tanana...The 16 wins sweeping the Angels in the 2014 American League Division Series…Angels and also e Tom Seaver for the most by a nondra ed, U.S. born rookie. Royals split the regular season series 33 in 2014…Angels will host the Royals in • Including the postseason, went 112 with a 2.05 ERA (88 IP 20 ER) in fi nal 15 their regular season home opener April 1012, 2015. games of 2014 season. • During the off season, par cipated in 2014 Japan AllStar Series with other MLB YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Angels suff ered their fi rst loss of the 2015 Cactus players, including teammates Hector San ago and Drew Butera. League season yesterday a ernoon in Mesa as the Athle cs overcame a fi ve • On January 8, 2015, Shoemaker and wife Danielle welcomed their fi rst son, run defi cit to win the game 87 in walkoff fashion...Oakland scored two runs Brady Ma hew Shoemaker. in the ninth inning off of Angels reliever Edgar Ibarra capped by a walkoff RBI infi eld single by Renato Nunez ...Efren Navarro led the Halos off ense with three ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY hits, including a double and two RBI... Taylor Featherston went 1for2 with two RHP Huston Street RHP Joe Smith RHP Trevor Go RBI...In his Spring debut, C.J. Wilson tossed three innings and allowed one run RHP Alex Sanabia LHP Adam Wilk LHP Sean Newcomb (unearned) on two hits with two strikeouts... Fernando Salas , Sco Snodgress and Mike Morin each added a scoreless inning in relief. ROSTER RUNDOWN The Angels entered Spring Training 2015 with 63 IN WITH THE NEW: Jerry Dipoto and the Angels front offi ce were busy this players in big league camp…23 players were acquired New Angels in 2015 off season, acquiring several new players, including Drew Butera, Andrew via trade…14 of those players come from N.L. teams, Drew Butera, C Heaney, Johnny Giavotella, Ma Joyce, Cesar Ramos, Josh Rutledge and Nick nine from A.L. teams with four of those players from Taylor Featherston, INF Tropeano …Butera and Heaney were both acquired in trades with the Dodgers, A.L. West teams…18 players were originally dra ed Johnny Giavotella, INF marking the fi rst major trades between the Dodgers and Angels in nearly 20 Andrew Heaney, LHP or signed by Angels…Highest dra selec on was Ma Joyce, OF years…Heaney, the Angels top prospect according to Baseball America, was part Jered Weaver , 12th overall in 2004; lowest was Efren of two trades in the same day this off season, fi rst being acquired by the Dodgers Kyle Kubitza, INF Navarro , 50th round in 2007…Nine players represent Jeremy McBryde, RHP from the Marlins before being moved to the Angels…Giavotella joins the Halos three foreign countries: four from Venezuela, Carlos Perez, C from the Royals, where he has appeared in 125 big league games across the last four from the Dominican Republic and one from Cesar Ramos, LHP four seasons…Joyce comes to the Angels a er playing 140 games with the Rays Mexico…Youngest player in camp is 2014 dra ee Daniel Robertson, OF last season, one shy of his career high…Ramos reunites with his Long Beach Sean Newcomb (22), oldest is Albert Pujols (35)…16 Josh Rutledge, INF State teammate Jered Weaver a er four seasons with Tampa Bay…Rutledge players in camp have no MLB service me…16 of 63 Nick Tropeano, RHP joins the Angels a er a career year with the Rockies, where he saw career highs players in big league camp were born in Southern in games (105), hits (83), triples (7) and OBP (.323)…Tropeano, acquired from California...Of the 64 players in the Angels 2014 big Houston in exchange for Hank Conger , saw his fi rst Major League ac on in 2014 league camp, just 24 are in camp with the Halos this year. a er pos ng a Pacifi c Coast League leading 3.03 ERA in 124.2 IP for TripleA Oklahoma City. 2014 IN REVIEW The Angels completed 2014 with a 9864 record and won the A.L. West division WE’RE BACK!: The Angels return their en re Major League coaching staff in 2015... tle a er fi nishing 10 games ahead of second place Oakland…Halos fi nished Manager Mike Scioscia enters his 16th season at the helm of the Halos and is with best record in MLB for second me in club history (also, 2008, 10062)… the longest tenured skipper in the Majors. The 98 wins rank third in club history...Angels made 10th all me postseason appearance and fi rst since 2009...The Halos were swept in the American League ON THE CLOCK: As part of Major League Baseball’s new Pace of Game ini a ves Division series by eventual A.L. Champion Kansas City Royals...A er opening the pitching change and inning break clock will be used during Spring Training... campaign 3025 (.545) thru May, the club posted a 6839 (.636) mark for rest The 2:25 (2:45 for na onal games) mer will start when the umpire signals the of season...Angels became fi rst team in A.L. history 6.0 games behind a er 70+ fi nal out of the inning...For pitching changes the clock starts when the new games and then take a lead of 8+ games at any later point in a season (STATS pitcher crosses the warning track or foul line...Ba ers must enter the ba er’s LLC). box with 520 seconds remaining on the clock and pitchers must begin their delivery for the fi rst pitch of an inning during the fi nal 20 seconds of the mer. MVP: Angels OF Mike Trout was named the unanimous winner of the A.L. Most Valuable Player award...He became the third youngest A.L. player to win the 2B OR NOT TO BE: The Angels will have a new regular second baseman for the fi rst award and joins Don Baylor (1979) and Vladimir Guerrero (2004) as the only me since 2006 following the departure of Howie Kendrick , who had played the Angels to earn MVP honors. third most games at second base in franchise history (967)…Players expected to contend for the job include Taylor Featherston , Johnny Giavotella , Grant Green and Josh Rutledge. THIS ‘N’ THAT TV TIME: In 2015, 29 Angels Spring Training games will be aired on Fox Sports BACK TO OCTOBER : Last season marked the Angels seventh trip to the postseason West or Prime Ticket... Terry Smith and Jose Mota will team up to call the since 2002...The seven playoff appearances are ed for third most in the ac on...Immediately following game coverage, “Angels Live” will off er postgame Majors in that span...Among American League teams, only the Yankees (10 analysis with Patrick O’Neal and Alex Curry rota ng at the host posi on to lead appearances) have reached the playoff s more o en than the Halos in that span. discussions with analysts Mark Gubicza and Mota...When the Angels return home on April 2nd for the fi nal three Freeway Series exhibi on games, Victor DOWN ON THE FARM : Angels Minor League Pitchers and Catchers reported to Rojas will take over playbyplay du es alongside Gubicza as the pair begins Tempe on Saturday...Posi on players will report on March 13 with the fi rst their sixth season together as the Angels television announcing team.