Angels 4, Indians 2 (8 innings) – Cactus League 3/10/21
by BJ Martin, Angels Nation Staff Joe Maddon has been preaching aggressive baserunning all spring. Wednesday a group of Angels hitters fighting for spots on the roster did their best to impress their skipper. Carving out three runs in the…
Rockies 8, Angels 2 (7 innings) – Cactus League 3/6/21 Breakdown
by BJ Martin, Angels Nation Staff Justin Upton, Mike Trout, Dexter Fowler The Angels Opening Day starting outfield is all but official. Saturday afternoon in Tempe, a trio of outfielders continued to impress Joe Maddon and Perry Minansain. In the shadow of…
Reds 7, Angels 5 (8 inn.) — Cactus League 3/2/21 Breakdown
by Stu Matthews, Angels Nation managing editor The Angels played their first full game of spring training at Goodyear Ballpark on Tuesday, and their first night game. And their first overly long game. At the end, the Angels lost to…
Angels 5, Giants 2 — Cactus League 2/28/21 Breakdown
by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing editor The "No-MLB Anxiety" eased up quite a bit on Sunday. So did the total absence of fans in the stands. The Covid pandemic is still around, but 28 teams played in 14 MLB spring…
Spring Training Watch: The Infielders
by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing editor Cynical Angels fans -- you know the ones around the message boards -- cried out for a player named "Maypitch" or "Mayhit." But the Thursday arrival of bearded shortstop Jack Mayfield, an old-school glove-slinger,…
The Press Gang Forecast the 26-Man Angels Opening Day Roster
by Angels Nation staff | and guest contributors: Angels players, coaches and trainers are hard at work. They're gearing up for the 2021 season in Tempe, Ariz. -- and from the "pressbox" (or Zoom Conference Box, thanks to a worldwide…
Wife “retires” Albert Pujols — then swiftly “unretires” MLB legend
Alarm bells rang out briefly across Angels' social media Monday after Deirdre Pujols -- the wife of Angels veteran slugger Albert Pujols -- posted on Instagram that her 41-year-old husband was experiencing the "first day of the last season" of…
Spring training notes: Two-way talk around Ohtani, Ward, Walsh
Angels pitchers and catchers are the only ones straggling in so far at the team's spring training complex in Tempe, Arizona when the club held their first official workouts. In order to manage the complexities of the ongoing Covid pandemic,…
Series Recap: Angels, Dylan Bundy, Salvage Win And Faint Hopes
The Angels could have traded starting pitcher Dylan Bundy before the trade deadline last month -- but despite a number of suitors, general manager Billy Eppler said "no." The untouchable Mike Trout did Mike Trout things. And Bundy, 30, showed…
Angels News: Top Prospect Jo Adell Gets The Call To The Bigs
Outfielder Jo Adell -- age 21 and the most-hyped Angels prospect since superstar Mike Trout -- will be promoted to the major leagues on Tuesday. A source told MLB Advanced Media on Monday afternoon that the time of Adell the…
