Andrew Romine

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In normal circumstances, it's the bullpen that comes to the aid of a starting pitcher. But there's nothing normal about the circumstances surrounding the Angels' pitching staff these days. So Manager Mike Scioscia said Friday he'll try to right the...

SEATTLE — Home runs by Jason Bay in the seventh inning and Michael Morse in the eighth gave the Seattle Mariners a 2- 1 victory over the Angels on Sunday and spoiled a strong start by left-hander Jason Vargas. Vargas, who had an 0-2 record and 5....

An Angels bullpen that has lost Ryan Madson, Kevin Jepsen and Mark Lowe to injury and Garrett Richards to the rotation absorbed another blow on Tuesday. Left-hander Sean Burnett underwent an MRI test after his forearm tightened up over the weekend....

Luis Jimenez began the season in the minor leagues, and two days ago J.B. Shuck was headed there. Andrew Romine, meanwhile, started the season on the Angels' bench, while Garrett Richards had one of the last seats in their bullpen. So when all four found...

Erick Aybar appears headed to the disabled list because of a bruised left heel the shortstop said "hurt a lot more" Wednesday than it did Tuesday night, when his heel hit the front of the bag as he lunged to beat out an infield single. "Today, it's more...

Angels shortstop Erick Aybar appears headed for the disabled list because of a left-heel contusion the switch-hitter said “hurt a lot more” Wednesday than it did Tuesday night, when he suffered the injury while beating out an infield single in...

Here's the kind of day Hank Conger had on Saturday: With two outs in the last inning of the last exhibition game of the spring, he hit a pinch-hit home run to lift his Angels to a 2-1 win over the Dodgers at Angel Stadium. And that was only the second-...

Sizing up the Angels' 25-man roster for opening day: STARTERS No.; Name; ;Pos.; B/T; Age; Comment 27; Mike Trout; LF; R/R;2 1; AL MVP runnerup hit .326 with .399 OBP, .564 slugging, 30 HRs, 129 runs, 49 stolen bases in 2012. 2; Erick Aybar; SS; S/R;...

The Angels closed their clubhouse to make final roster trims early Saturday afternoon. And that meant good news for catcher Hank Conger, outfielder J.B. Shuck and infielder Brendan Harris, who were selected to join infielder Andrew Romine on the team's...

I don't care what the calendar says, if teams are playing baseball in Arizona, spring has sprung. In fact it was more like summer last week when my sister-in-law, Patsy Hadlich, and I made our annual trip to the Cactus League games, with her son, Jeff,...

PHOENIX -- Luis Jimenez sat before his corner locker in the Angels' clubhouse Saturday morning, pounding a wooden mallet into the pocket of a new first baseman’s glove to soften the stiff leather. The mitt was a gift from fellow Dominican Albert...