Garrett Richards

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...

OAKLAND — Teams have made a habit of turning Angels castoffs into All-Star closers (Fernando Rodney) and reliable setup men (Darren O'Day, Joel Peralta), but in 6-foot-7 right-hander Dane De La Rosa, the Angels may have a reliever who can turn the...

SEATTLE — Brandon Maurer was the No. 3 starter in a superb 2008 Orange Lutheran High rotation that was led by Gerrit Cole, who went on to star at UCLA and was the first overall selection of the 2011 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Aaron Gates,...

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....

If this keeps up — and the Angels certainly hope it will — they might have to explain to their fans why they yanked their most effective pitcher out of their starting rotation. Garrett Richards dominated the Detroit Tigers on Saturday,...

Remember those pitching-rich but offensively impaired Angels teams from last decade that were presumably "one big bat" away from being World Series-caliber? Up until this weekend, they were looking pretty good, weren't they? Those teams made the...

MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Butcher is aware of the chatter. The pitching coach knows there are legions of fans who look at the Angels' major league-worst 5.43 earned-run average and think he should be fired. He also knows people above him in the...

MINNEAPOLIS — Maybe it was a desert mirage, that 2.37 earned-run average in four spring starts, the 13 strikeouts and no walks in 19 innings, but somewhere between Arizona and the regular season, Joe Blanton lost his pinpoint command and ability...

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The Angels placed ace Jered Weaver on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday because of a non-displaced radial head fracture in his left elbow, an injury that will sideline the right-hander for at least four weeks. Initial X-rays of the elbow taken...

Garrett Richards didn't care whether he pitched out of the rotation or bullpen; he just hoped the Angels would commit to one or the other so he wouldn't have to go back and forth like he did last season, transitions that can tax the arm as well as the...

CINCINNATI--Chris Iannetta lined a two-out, two-run single to left field in the top of the 13th inning Monday to lift the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a marathon of a season opener at Great American Ball Park. Angels closer...