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ANGELS 2015 SPRING TRAINING NOTES
Los Angeles Angels (11-7-1) @ Texas Rangers (7-10-4)
March 24, 2015
Surprise Stadium
TV: Fox Sports West
Spring Game #20
Radio: AM830 KLAA
Road Game #10 (4-4-1)
TODAY’S CONTEST
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER % LHP ANDREW HEANEY
LEADING OFF: The Angels play their 20th of 31 Spring Training games today as
the club visits the Texas Rangers...The pitching match-up features Angels LHP
Andrew Heaney facing off against Rangers RHP Nick Tepesch...Today’s ballgame
is the 10th of 13 scheduled Cactus League road games…The Angels final road
game of Spring Training will take place on April 4th against the Dodgers at
Dodger Stadium…In 2014 the Angels posted a 19-11-2 record in Cactus League
play, finishing with a winning record in Spring Training for the 10th # me in the
last 13 years.
ANGELS/RANGERS: Today is third and final mee!ng this Spring between the Angels
and Rangers…Halos won the first mee!ng 5-4 on March 10 and the second on
March 16 by a score of 5-3…Angels claimed the regular season series against the
Rangers in 2014, winning 14 of their 19 games…Last Spring, the Halos won both
Cactus League games against Texas...Angels will face the Rangers in the regular
season for the first !me April 13-15, 2015 in Arlington.
YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Angels defeated the Mariners by a score of 5-0 yesterday
a"ernoon at Tempe Diablo Stadium...Mike Trout extended his Spring hit streak
to eight games, going 1-for-3...David Freese and Erick Aybar each collected
a double...Ma! Shoemaker tossed six scoreless innings, striking out two
and giving up just two hits...Jose Alvarez, Ryan Ma!heus and Cesar Ramos
combined to throw the final three innings without surrendering a hit.
TRIPLE THREAT: Friday night vs. Cleveland at Goodyear Ballpark, the Angels
recorded four triples in a span of five ba$ers in the third inning as Erick Aybar,
C.J. Cron, Johnny Giavotella and Collin Cowgill all tripled in the frame...The
Angels have never recorded four triples in any regular season or postseason
game.
ROSTER MOVES: Friday, the Angels reassigned C Charles Cutler, C Je! Bandy,
INF Sherman Johnson, INF Alex Yarbrough, INF Ryan Wheeler and RHP Alex
Sanabia to minor league camp...On Tuesday, the club traded C Jackson Williams
to San Francisco for cash considera!ons...The Halos now have 42 players on the
ac"ve Spring roster in big league camp.
HOT HALOS: Mike Trout is hi%ng .486 (17/35) with three home runs, two doubles,
one triple, 12 RBI, five walks and a 1.394 OPS…The Halo center fielder is leading
the Cactus League and the A.L. in average this Spring...Albert Pujols is hi%ng
.297 (11/37) with two home runs and eight RBI…C.J. Cron is 16-for-41 (.390)
with five doubles, two home runs and seven RBI..Collin Cowgill is ba%ng .389
(14/36) with six doubles and five RBI…Marc Krauss is 9-for-18 (.500) with two
doubles, one home run, seven RBI and a .560 OBP...Efren Navarro has a .469
average (15/32) with five RBI.
WE’RE BACK!: The Angels return their en!re Major League coaching staff in 2015...
Manager Mike Scioscia enters his 16th season at the helm of the Halos and is
the longest tenured skipper in the Majors.
2B OR NOT TO BE: The Angels will have a new regular second baseman for the first
!me since 2006 following the departure of Howie Kendrick, who had played the
third most games at second base in franchise history (967)…Players expected to
contend for the job include Taylor Featherston, Johnny Giavotella, Grant Green
and Josh Rutledge.
HONORARY BAT GIRL: Major League Baseball has officially launched the 2015
Honorary Bat Girl Contest, which will recognize one fan per MLB Club who has
been affected by breast cancer and has demonstrated a commitment to ba$ling
the disease...Angels fans, ages 18 and older, can now share stories about
themselves or loved ones who are “Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer” by
visi!ng HonoraryBatGirl.com for a chance to be recognized on-field on Mother’s
Day, Sunday, May 10th...Fans also are invited to visit the site to vote for these
inspira!onal stories, which are designed to provide hope and mo!va!on for
those currently in the fight against breast cancer...Entries can be submi$ed by
breast cancer survivors, friends and family, advocates and/or supporters of the
cause through April 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
BACK TO OCTOBER: Last season marked the Angels seventh trip to the postseason
since 2002...The seven playoff appearances are !ed for third most in the
Majors in that span...Among American League teams, only the Yankees (10
appearances) have reached the playoffs more o"en than the Halos in that span.
OPENING DAY NOTES: The Halos will square off with the Sea$le Mariners on
Opening Day (Safeco Field – April 6)…Angels also faced Sea$le on Opening
Day last season and were defeated 10-3 at Angel Stadium...The loss snapped
a franchise record five-game win streak on Opening Day for the Halos...Since
2004, Angels are 9-2 on Opening Day (only other loss: at Minnesota, 2008)…2015
marks the 11th !me the Halos will face the Mariners on Opening Day (most
frequent Opening Day opponent in club history)…Angels are 6-4 all-!me on
Opening Day against the M’s and have won three of the last four mee!ngs.
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2015 SPRING TRAINING: 0-1, 8.68 ERA
2014 REGULAR SEASON: 0-3, 5.83 ERA
Making fourth start of the Spring...Tossed 3.1 innings in last start March 19 vs.
Dodgers and allowed six earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
Charged with the loss March 14 vs. White Sox a"er allowing two earned runs
in three innings pitched...Allowed one run on one hit with two walks and three
strikeouts in first start of Spring on March 9 at Reds.
Entering second big league season and first with the Angels.
Acquired by Angels from Dodgers on December 10, 2014 in exchange for INF
Howie Kendrick...Was traded by Marlins to Dodgers earlier that same day.
VS. TEX: Has not faced Rangers in Major League career.
Made Major League debut with Miami on June 19, 2014 vs. Mets.
In seven games (five starts) with the Marlins last season, went 0-3 with a 5.83
ERA (29.1 IP - 19 ER) and 20 strikeouts.
Appeared in 24 games (23 starts) in 2014, between Double-A Jacksonville and
Triple-A New Orleans, went 9-6 with a 3.28 ERA (137.1 IP - 50 ER) and 154
strikeouts.
Ranked by Baseball America as the Angels top prospect entering 2015.
Originally dra"ed by Marlins in first round (ninth overall) in 2012 First-Year
Player Dra" out of Oklahoma State University.
Is one of six le"-handed pitchers to have already reached Majors from the 2012
dra" class.
ANGELS SCHEDULED TO PITCH TODAY
RHP Huston Street
RHP Joe Smith
RHP Ma$ Lindstrom RHP Ryan Ma$heus
ROSTER RUNDOWN
The Angels entered Spring Training 2015 with 63 players
in big league camp…23 players were acquired via New Angels in 2015
Drew Butera, C
trade…14 of those players come from N.L. teams,
Taylor Featherston, INF
nine from A.L. teams with four of those players from
Johnny Giavotella, INF
A.L. West teams…18 players were originally dra"ed
Andrew Heaney, LHP
or signed by Angels…Highest dra" selec!on was
Ma$ Joyce, OF
Jered Weaver, 12th overall in 2004; lowest was Efren
Kyle Kubitza, INF
Navarro, 50th round in 2007…Nine players represent
Jeremy McBryde, RHP
three foreign countries: four from Venezuela,
Carlos Perez, C
four from the Dominican Republic and one from
Cesar Ramos, LHP
Daniel Robertson, OF
Mexico…Youngest player in camp is 2014 dra"ee
Josh Rutledge, INF
Sean Newcomb (21), oldest is Albert Pujols (35)…16
Nick Tropeano, RHP
players in camp have no MLB service !me…16 of 63
players in big league camp were born in Southern
California...Of the 64 players in the Angels 2014 big
league camp, just 24 are in camp with the Halos this year.
2014 IN REVIEW
The Angels completed 2014 with a 98-64 record and won the A.L. West division
!tle a"er finishing 10 games ahead of second place Oakland…Halos finished
with best record in MLB for second !me in club history (also, 2008, 100-62)…
The 98 wins rank third in club history...Angels made 10th all-!me postseason
appearance and first since 2009...The Halos were swept in the American League
Division series by eventual A.L. Champion Kansas City Royals...A"er opening
campaign 30-25 (.545) thru May, the club posted a 68-39 (.636) mark for rest
of season...Angels became first team in A.L. history -6.0 games behind a"er 70+
games and then take a lead of 8+ games at any later point in a season (STATS
LLC).
M-V-P: 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
award and joins Don Baylor (1979) and Vladimir Guerrero (2004) as the only
Angels to earn MVP honors.
THIS ‘N’ THAT
TV TIME: In 2015, 29 Angels Spring Training games will be aired on Fox Sports
West or Prime Ticket...Terry Smith and Jose Mota team up to call the ac!on...
Immediately following game coverage, “Angels Live” offers postgame analysis
with Patrick O’Neal and Alex Curry rota!ng at the host posi!on to lead
discussions with analysts Mark Gubicza and Mota...When the Angels return
home on April 2nd for the final three Freeway Series exhibi!on games, Victor
Rojas will take over play-by-play du!es alongside Gubicza as the pair begins
their sixth season together as the Angels television announcing team.
TEMPE TRADITION: 2015 represents the Angels’ 23rd Spring Training campaign
in Tempe, AZ (since 1993)…Tempe Diablo Stadium is now the oldest ballpark in
the Cactus League (Oakland moved out of Phoenix Municipal Stadium following
2014 Spring Training)...Halos have drawn over 100,000 fans to Tempe Diablo
Stadium in nine of the last 11 seasons…LAA set a franchise spring training home
a$endance record in 2012, a$rac!ng 130,126 to Tempe Diablo Stadium.
GUEST INSTRUCTORS: Throughout the Spring, the Angels have a number of guest
instructors scheduled to a$end camp, including; Del Crandall (Feb. 21-25),
Chuck Finley (Feb. 23-28), Cookie Rojas (Feb. 28-March 5), Bobby Grich (March
12-15) and Jon Wilhite (March 23-29).
UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
Wednesday March 25 Cleveland
Thursday March 26 Chicago Cubs
SITE
Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sloan Park
OPPOSING PITCHER
RHP Josh Tomlin (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
TBD
ANGELS PITCHER
RHP Nick Tropeano (0-0, 4.26 ERA)
RHP Jered Weaver (2-0, 1.69 ERA)
TV/RADIO
FSW/AM830
ESPN
2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
DATE
OPPONENT
March 5
Milwaukee
March 6
Colorado
March 7
@Oakland
March 8
Kansas City
March 9
@Cincinnati
March 10
Texas
March 11
@Arizona
March 12
Chicago Cubs
March 13
San Diego
March 14 (ss) Chicago White Sox
@Kansas City
March 15
@Chicago White Sox
March 16
Texas
March 17
@Colorado
March 18
March 19
@Los Angeles Dodgers
March 20
@Cleveland
March 21
San Francisco
March 22
@San Francisco
March 23
Seattle
March 24
@Texas
March 25
Cleveland
March 26
@Chicago Cubs
March 27
Arizona
March 28
Los Angeles Dodgers
March 29
Cincinnati
March 30
@Seattle
March 31
Oakland
April 1
@Oakland
April 2
Los Angeles Dodgers
April 3
Los Angeles Dodgers
April 4
@Los Angeles Dodgers
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FSW
PT
ss
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—
—
—
SITE
Tempe
Tempe
Mesa
Tempe
Goodyear
Tempe
Scottsdale
Tempe
Tempe
Tempe
Surprise
Glendale
Tempe
Scottsdale
TV
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
PT
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
W/L
W
W
L
L
L
W
L
W
L
L
W
L
W
W
Glendale
Goodyear
Tempe
Scottsdale
Tempe
Surprise
Tempe
Mesa
Tempe
Tempe
Tempe
Peoria
Tempe
Mesa
Angel Stadium
Angel Stadium
Dodger Stadium
FSW
FSW
PT
FSW
PT
FSW
FSW
ESPN
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
FSW
PT
FSW
KCOP
T
W
W
W
W
SCORE
3-2
3-0
7-8
4-6
5-7
5-4
5-6
10-9
3-7
6-7
7-6
3-5
5-3
11-0
OFF DAY
7-7
11-5
3-2
3-2
5-0
ANGELS
RECORD
1-0
2-0
2-1
2-2
2-3
3-3
3-4
4-4
4-5
4-6
5-6
5-7
6-7
7-7
7-7-1
8-7-1
9-7-1
10-7-1
11-7-1
WINNING
PITCHER
Alvarez (1-0)
Weaver (1-0)
Whelan (1-0)
Mariot (1-0)
Travieso (1-0)
Pestano (1-0)
Shipley (1-0)
Mahle (1-0)
Ross (1-0)
Penny (1-0)
Stewart (1-0)
Kensing (1-0)
Weaver (2-0)
Rucinski (1-0)
LOSING
PITCHER
C. Perez (0-1)
Kendrick (0-1)
Ibarra (0-1)
McBryde (0-1)
Mattheus (0-1)
Bonilla (0-1)
McBryde (0-2)
Ortiz (0-1)
Shoemaker (0-1)
Heaney (0-1)
Broderick (0-1)
Street (0-1)
Bonilla (0-2)
Hale (0-1)
ATTENDANCE
GAME
TOTAL
4,679
4,679
5,739
10,418
10,042
10,042
7,434
17,852
3,138
13,180
6,063
23,915
11,796
24,796
8,472
32,387
9,491
41,878
9,081
50,959
8,437
33,233
8,124
41,357
6,653
57,612
8,777
66,389
Santiago (1-0)
Ramos (1-0)
Rucinski (2-0)
Shoemaker (1-1)
Bauer (0-1)
Lopez (0-1)
Affeldt (0-2)
Ramirez (1-1)
13,086
10,511
9,641
11,303
7,720
79,475
89,986
67,253
101,289
74,973
Sellout
Fox Sports West
Prime Ticket
Split Squad
SPRING TRANSACTIONS
March 9: Reached agreement on 2015
contracts with Kole Calhoun, Josh Rutledge,
Ma! Shoemaker, Johnny Giavotella, Tyler
Skaggs, Mike Morin, Cory Rasmus, C.J.
Cron, Marc Krauss, Grant Green, Daniel
Robetson, Efren Navarro, Jose Alvarez,
Andrew Heaney, Nick Tropeano, Cam
Bedrosian, Drew Rucinski, Je! Bandy,
Taylor Featherston, Kyle Kubitza, Carlos
Perez and Danny Reynolds.
March 14: Reassigned RHP Albert Suarez,
LHP Edgar Ibarra, OF Alfredo Marte, OF
Roger Kieschnick and OF D’Arby Myers to
minor league camp.
March 15: Reassigned RHP Trevor Go!,
C Stephen McGee, LHP Sean Newcomb,
LHP Atahualpa Severino, LHP Nate Smith,
INF Eric Stamets and C Jackson Williams to
minor league camp.
March 16: Reassigned RHP Frank Herrmann
to minor league camp...Op#oned RHP
Jeremy McBryde to Triple-A Salt Lake...
Op#oned RHP Danny Reynolds to Double-A
Arkansas.
ANGELS TOP PROSPECTS
2015 Top Prospects by Baseball America
1. Andrew Heaney, LHP, ST: 0-1, 8.68 ERA (9.1 IP - 9 ER), 13 H, 5 BB, 8 SO, 1 HR
2. Sean Newcomb, LHP, ST: 1.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 SO
3. Cam Bedrosian, RHP, ST: 5.1 IP, 3 ER, 9 H, 1 BB, 7 SO
4. Chris Ellis, RHP
5. Joe Ga!o, RHP
6. Victor Alcantara, RHP
7. Kyle Kubitza, INF, ST: .308 (8/26), 3 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 9 SO, SB, CS
8. Roberto Baldoquin, INF
9. Alex Yarbrough, INF, ST: .250 (4/16), 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SO, SB
10. Nick Tropeano, RHP, ST: 6.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 7 H, BB, SO
ANGELS SPRING TALLY
ANGELS CONTRACTS "40#MAN ROSTER$
OVERALL: 11-7-1
Signed through 2015
Albert Pujols (2021)
Mike Trout (2020)
Josh Hamilton (2017)
Erick Aybar (2016)
Joe Smith (2016)
Jered Weaver (2016)
C.J. Wilson (2016)
David Freese (2015)
Chris Ianne"a (2015)
Ma" Joyce (2015)
Huston Street (2015)
Home: 7-3
Road: 4-4-1
vs. A.L.: 5-4
vs. N.L.: 6-3-1
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
MARCH
26
31
Je" Bandy
Alfredo Marte
March 17: Traded C Jackson Williams to San
Francisco for cash considera#ons.
March 20: Reassigned C Charles Cutler, C
Je! Bandy, INF Sherman Johnson, INF Alex
Yarbrough, INF Ryan Wheeler and RHP Alex
Sanabia to minor league camp.
HISTORY OF TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM
Tempe Diablo Stadium (1968) is now the
oldest ballpark in the Cactus League a$er
Oakland moved out of Phoenix Municipal
Stadium (1964) following the 2014 season.
The ballpark originally hosted the expansion
Sea"le Pilots in 1969. The Pilots became
the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of the
1970 Spring season. The Brewers played at
Diablo through 1972 before moving to Sun
City. The ballpark sat empty for four years
before another expansion team, the Sea"le
Mariners, arrived in 1977. The Mariners le$
a$er the 1992 season for a new ballpark in
Peoria. The Angels moved their spring camp
from Palm Springs to Tempe in 1993. Diablo
Stadium underwent renova#ons in 1992
and 2006.
(courtesy of Rodney Johnson of SABR).
Arbitra%on Eligible a&er 2015
Drew Butera (4th)
Collin Cowgill (2nd)
Vinnie Pestano (3rd)
Garre" Richards (2nd)
Josh Rutledge (1st)
Hector San#ago (2nd)
Fernando Salas (3rd)
Cesar Ramos (3rd)
CONNECTING WITH THE HALOS
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Angels PR:
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