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Why Mike Trout wants to win only with the Angels
ON AN UNCOMMONLY crisp afternoon in the middle of December, new Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington arrived in Bridgeton, New Jersey, for his first meeting with his most important player. Washington, hired a month earlier, drove up to Mike Trout‘s sprawling, custom-built mansion alongside his two new outfield coaches, Bo Porter and Eric Young […]
Continue readingRed Sox’s Kenley Jansen says slick baseballs hard to control
BOSTON — Kenley Jansen is upset with the quality of baseballs. “I got to get better, but also if you’re playing in the cold weather, windy, and you get pearls balls out there that’s not rubbed well, I don’t know where the ball’s going,” the Boston Red Sox reliever said after Sunday’s 5-4 win over […]
Continue readingAngels hammered again by Orioles, leading to team meeting
Two games and two blowout losses led to a team meeting for the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. It’s not how they drew up the start to their 2024 season, but new manager Ron Washington called it a necessary measure after Saturday’s 13-4 road defeat to the Baltimore Orioles followed an 11-3 one in the […]
Continue readingShohei Ohtani stands alone in spotlight amid gambling scandal
SHOHEI OHTANI WALKED from the left-field corner to the right-field corner of Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon to have a festive conversation with a group of his old Angels teammates, and the news of it was that he did it alone. Before Ippei Mizuhara was fired last week and accused Monday by Ohtani of stealing […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: ESPN’s last mock draft before Opening Day
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingAngels hire Ron Washington as manager
Washington, 71, last managed in 2014, when he resigned from the Texas Rangers, where he’d found significant success — including two World Series appearances — over eight seasons. Despite a 53-87 record in his final season, Washington’s career record is 664-611. He joins the Angels from Atlanta, where he spent the past seven seasons as […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Sunday’s MLB games
For an in-depth look at what to expect in this daily article and how to best use the information, check out our handy primer here. Note: This file will be updated with overnight pitching changes and weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of […]
Continue readingRangers hit 3 straight homers, run win streak to 6 games
More Teams. More Games. Adolis García, Mitch Garver and Nathaniel Lowe hit back-to-back-to-back solo homers against Jimmy Herget. (1:10) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adolis Garcia, Mitch Garver and Nathaniel Lowe hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning, and the first-place Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 on Monday night for their sixth straight […]
Continue readingAngels’ Trout ‘just wasn’t myself’ in injury-plagued season
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan explains what the Angels will do if Mike Trout decides he wants to be traded from the team. (1:03) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout, typically as composed as anybody in his profession, was visibly emotional while talking about his recent string of injuries Monday, one day after Los Angeles […]
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