Jered David Weaver

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 4, 1982 in Northridge, CA
High School: Simi Valley HS (Simi Valley, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 2006 (Age 23)   vs. BAL 7.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Team: Angels 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$85M (12-16) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.129, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Brother of Jeff Weaver
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• 6/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Winning is Fun Edition: Mike Scioscia has confidence in Jered Weaver, the defense has become a liability and some first impressions from the Angels 2013...
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• 6/17 Halo Hangout: Comeback Bid Comes up Short as Angels Fail to Sweep Yankees: The Angels offense took it’s sweet time in getting it together for today’s game. Baffled by C.C. Sabathia for eight...
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• 6/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 69 Lineup: Yankees @ Angels: It’s the series finale vs. the Angels and the West Coast Road-trip  Today’s matchup doesn’t look so promising...
• 6/16 BronxPinstripes.com: Preview: Yankees @ Angels (6/16/13): It’s up to CC Sabathia (6-5, 4.07 ERA) to answer the Yankees prayers and stop the skid against the Angels and Jered Weaver...
• 6/16 Halo Hangout: Stats With Steven: bbFIP Update, June, 16th: Last time we looked at the Angels as a team, on May 17th, we found them ranked 26th in bbFIP, and since then they have climbed...
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• 6/10 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup for June 10: The return of the new work week also brings the return of an old strategy for me in my Star Fantasy Leagues daily lineup. It’s...
• 6/10 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: JUNE 10, 2013: AL Red Sox (John Lackey) at Rays (Alex Cobb), 7:00 Angels (Jered Weaver) at Orioles (Freddy Garcia), 7:05 Indians (Scott Kazmir)...
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• 6/9 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Week 11 - Preferred Pitching Matchups : Gerrit Cole will make his MLB debut for the Pirates on Tuesday, June 11th against Tim Lincecum and the San Francisco Giants...
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• 6/6 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Place Mark Lowe On Release Waivers: The Angels have placed right-hander Mark Lowe on unconditional release waivers for the purpose of granting him an unconditional...
• 6/5 MLB Injury News: Angels rumors: LA to buy or stand pat: The Los Angeles Angels entered play today seven and a half games under the .500 mark and in third place in the American League...
• 6/5 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Trying to be Positive Edition: Kevin Jepsen is riding a scoreless inning streak since coming off of the DL, Alberto Callaspo is trying to overcome some bad defense...
• 6/5 Halo Hangout: Losing Streak Comes to an End as Angels Come From Behind: It’s hard to be optimistic about a team that just got brushed aside in a four game series by a team that has reserved parking...
• 6/4 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (23-32) at LA of AAA Angels (25-33): The Cubs head to LA for a short 2 game series against the Angels, who are fresh off being swept in a four game series by the Astros....
• 6/4 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: June 4, 2013 – Cubs @ Angels; Lineups!: Time to forget the last two games against the Diamondbacks, honestly, forget them, yuck.  The Cubs start a brief two game series...
• 6/4 Baseball News Source: Peter Bourjos to Return to Angels’ Outfield This Weekend: Peter Bourjos, the speedy center fielder for the Angels, should return this weekend from a hamstring injury which has kept him...
• 6/4 Halo Hangout: Angels Lose to Astros as Fans Lose Their Minds: “Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around… …Buttercup,...
• 6/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Old People Need Rest: Mike Trout has faith in Josh Hamilton and Albert Pujols, can Jered Weaver cure the Angels pitching woes and, it’s that time...
• 6/4 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Cubs Head West For a Two Game Interleague Series Against the Angels: ANAHEIM – The Chicago Cubs (23-32) take on a the Los Angeles Angels (25-33) in a rare interleague match up at Angel Stadium...
• 6/4 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 11: There are an abundance of two start pitchers for the week ahead, and the tiers this week are a little more muddled than usual....
• 6/4 Halo Hangout: Astros Bring Their Brooms, Sweep Angels: This is now beyond embarrassing. Even though the Athletics are a perfect 9-0 against the Astros, it isn’t fair to presume...
• 6/3 Halo Hangout: Jason Vargas Named AL Pitcher of the Month: After Jered Weaver went down with a broken left elbow, all eyes turned to C.J. Wilson. Wilson was supposed to be the de-facto...
• 6/3 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 10: Just know that coming off three straight losses to the Astros, I don't have a lot of nice things to say this week..... RANK PLAYER CHANGE COMMENTS 1 --...
• 6/3 Halo Hangout: Four Reasons Why The Angels Won’t Make the Playoffs in the Next Four Years: The Los Angeles Angels have seen better days. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look promising that things are going to get any...
• 6/3 Halo Hangout: Stats With Steven – bbFIP Update, June 2nd: Since I last brought you bbFIP updates, the Angels have gone on an 8 game winning streak have gotten themselves to within 10 games...
• 6/2 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Week 10 - Preferred Pitching Matchups : The Oakland Athletics will start the week in Milwaukee and lose their DH for 3 games.  Seth Smith will probably lose the...
• 6/1 TheFantasyFix.com: Stars on the Shelf: TheFantasyFix.com’s Week 9 DL Report: Here is TheFantasyFix.com’s week nine update on all notable injured players. Here you will find an update on a player’s...
• 6/1 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Pitching, Pitching, Pitching: Ryan Madson feels good after playing catch, time is on the Angels side and, Jered Weaver has a bit of a potty mouth. Happy weekend,...

• 5/31 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Beckett, Dodgers, Puig, A's: With the Angels welcoming back a healthy Jered Weaver in their attempt to turn things around, the Dodgers continue...
• 5/31 Halo Hangout: Angels Sweep Dodgers, Split Freeway Series: Coming into the Freeway Series, the Angels were riding an eight-game winning streak, coming off of a four-game sweep of the Royals....
• 5/31 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Keep Mike Trout Happy Edition: Lots of words about what is going to happen to Mike Trout when Peter Bourjos returns, lots of words about Jered Weaver‘s...
• 5/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jered Weaver, Ryan Zimmerman, Domonic Brown:   Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team....
• 5/30 Halo Hangout: Angels: Random Ramblings on a Thursday: How hot are the Angels right now? So hot they pick up a half game on the Ranges when they lose. After Sunday’s loss to the Dodgers,...
• 5/30 Monkey with a Halo: Jered Weaver is back and so is his velocity: As we all saw last night, Jered Weaver returned to action for the Angels and he was back in more than just his mere presence....
• 5/30 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Returns to Form as the Angels Beat the Dodgers 4-3: ANAHEIM – Long Beach State alum and Angels ace Jered Weaver looked solid in his first start since returning from the disabled...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Weaver Returns: Jered Weaver returned to action Wednesday night and showed no ill effects from his injury. He threw 2/3 of his pitches for strikes,...
• 5/30 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 59 Observations: Michael Wacha: Officially called-up by the Cardinals on Wednesday, Wacha is slated to make his big-league debut on Thursday...
• 5/30 Lasorda's Lair: Two Ninth Inning Homeruns Too Little Too Late as Angels Out Slug Dodgers: Dodgers 3 7 1 Angels 4 8 0 WP- Weaver (1-1) LP- Capuano (1-4) S- Frieri (11) HR- Trumbo (12), Gonzalez (7), Van Slyke (4) The...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Chamberlain, Royals, Twins, Draft: Based on roster surplus and thin relief market, it wouldn't be a surprise to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (Twitter link) if the Yankees...
• 5/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers @ Angels May 29, 2013: Capuano vs Weaver: It’s going to take me a long time to get used to this new interleague schedule, I think. After two games at home against...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Designate Mark Lowe; Activate Jered Weaver: The Angels have designated right-hander Mark Lowe for assignment in order to clear roster space for Jered Weaver, who is returning...
• 5/29 Monkey with a Halo: Fun or lack thereof with the Angels and ZiPS Rest of Season projections: Fangraphs is great site that provides many an interesting and fun thing. One might even be tempted to call it FUNgraphs, amirite? Sorry. Anywho,...
• 5/29 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Go For Freeway Series Win As Series Shifts To Anaheim: Dodgers Lineup vs. Angels-TBA Chris Capuano-1-3 vs. Jered Weaver-0-1 Last night astronaut Buzz Aldrin threw out the first pitch...
• 5/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jordan Zimmermann goes for his ninth win as the Nationals face Chris Tillman and the Baltimore Orioles. Zimmermann is letting...
• 5/29 Halo Hangout: Angels Can’t Figure Out Ryu, Lose Game and Series: A mere two days ago, the Angels were one of the hottest teams in baseball. They strolled into Los Angeles riding an eight-game...
• 5/28 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Blanton, Rangers, Indians: Joe Blanton will start for the Angels against the Dodgers Tuesday night, and with the imminent returns of Jered Weaver and...
• 5/28 MLB Injury News: MLB Injury Express: Jered Weaver, Mark Teixeira, Chris Perez: Welcome back to MLB Injury Express. Each week, I'll take you through three of the injury situations that will affect lineups...
• 5/28 halosdaily.com: Game 46: So This is What a Winning Streak Feels Like…: Final Score: Angels 7, Mariners 1 Halos Daily Player of the Game: C.J. Wilson (8 IP, 1 R, 10 K, + only 2 BB) Slated to an afternoon...
• 5/28 Baseball Jerks: Week 9 MLB Injury Report: Home Is Where The Hurt Is: When it comes to the MLB inury report, whether its Sammy Sosa throwing his back out while sneezing or John Smoltz burning himself...
• 5/28 Injury Report: ()
• 5/28 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Snapped Streak Edition: Tommy Hanson‘s return leaves Mike Scioscia with a choice, Jered Weaver set for Wednesday return and, Joe Blanton doesn’t...
• 5/28 fantasyteamadvice.com: 2 Start Pitchers for Week 10:   Time to get a head start on week 10 of fantasy baseball, and the first step in that process is identifying the 2 start...
• 5/28 Baseballhotcorner.com: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are STREAKING!: Hey everybody let’s go to the quad, were going streaking! Ok I don’t think the Angels are going to go Full Monty and run around...
• 5/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wacha, Kawasaki, Mariners, Gomez: The Cardinals will need another starter on Thursday to replace John Gast, and that could be Michael Wacha, Rick Hummel of the...
• 5/27 MLB Injury News: Angels Jered Weaver to be activated Wednesday: With the Los Angeles Angels riding an eight-game winning streak into today's match-up with the Los Angeles Dodgers, they have...
• 5/27 Inside the Dodgers: Food for thought about the June draft.: Last week, Keith Law of ESPN.com re-did the first round of the 2003 draft. Some takeaways: 1. The Dodgers did well in 2003. Not...
• 5/27 Baseball Jerks: MLB Week 9: A Look Ahead at Key Storylines and Matchups: This coming week in Major League Baseball features the recognition of a holiday, “rivalry” games, and, very likely, more great...
• 5/27 Baseball News Source: Jered Weaver Set To Return Wednesday Against Dodgers: Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver  is set to come off the disabled list Wednesday and start against the Los Angeles Dodgers....
• 5/27 Halo Hangout: Can the Los Angeles Angels Save the 2013 Season?: After a dismal April that saw the Angels go 9 and 17 and be outscored 28 runs by their opponents, the Angels are starting to put...
• 5/27 Halo Hangout: Angels Sweep Away Royals, Push Winning Streak to Eight Games: Go on, admit it, as the game wore on, you were getting worried that this was where the winning streak was going to end. Didn’t...
• 5/26 Injury Report: ()
• 5/26 Halo Hangout: As the Starting Pitching Goes, so go the Angels: You would think that I would come up with a less depressing title while this team is on a winning streak, because, winning. But,...
• 5/25 TheFantasyFix.com: Stars on the Shelf: TheFantasyFix.com’s Week 8 DL Report: Here is TheFantasyFix.com’s week eight update on notable injured players. Here you will find an update on a player’s progress...
• 5/25 PaulLebowitz.com: A Long-Term Concern With The Nationals’ Slow Start: The time to worry about an underachieving team or to celebrate an overachieving team is August and September, not April and May....
• 5/25 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 9 Closer Report: Before we get to the closer report, I want to throw a little plug in for the my FantasyFix podcast debut. You can catch me and...
• 5/25 MLB Injury News: Angels’ Jered Weaver completes another successful bullpen session: Right-handed starting pitcher Jered Weaver is nearing his return to the Los Angeles Angels. He took one step closer to returning yesterday,...
• 5/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Flavor of the month, Robert Coello, gets another profiling, Jered Weaver takes another step towards returning to the Angels rotation...
• 5/24 Halo Hangout: Jason Vargas is Handling his Business: After the huge splash signing that brought Josh Hamilton out to Anaheim, it became quickly apparent to fans that someone had to...
• 5/24 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Kevin Jepsen is close to returning, Robert Coello‘s crazy pitch and, Jered Weaver‘s next start could be in Anaheim....
• 5/23 Monkey with a Halo: Why the Pujols contract isn't as bad as you think: A lot of conversation these past two months have revolved around Albert Pujols and his declining performance. The man is a...
• 5/23 Monkey with a Halo: How do you solve a problem like Joe Blanton?: How do you solve a problem like Joe Blanton? If you were to ask your typical Angel fan the answer would be to take him...
• 5/23 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Rehab start goes well for Jered Weaver, what’s going on with the outfield and defensive metrics and, Jerome Williams is...
• 5/23 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Angels, Mariners, Cotts: The Angels are the only AL West team playing today, with Joe Blanton facing Ervin Santana and the Royals in Kansas City.  Having...
• 5/22 BaseballGuys.com: The Future Is Now: The Orioles appear on the brink of calling up one of their future aces. The Cubs got back their ace after he battled an arm injury...
• 5/22 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Sean Burnett is off of the DL and Ryan Brasier is sent back down, David Eckstein will represent the Angels at the 2013 first year...
• 5/22 MLB Injury News: Angels' Jered Weaver could return from DL next week: Mike Trout hit for the cycle last night, the Angels have won three in a row, and Jered Weaver could be returning from the DL...
• 5/21 Baseball News Source: Jered Weaver Could Return Next Week: The Los Angeles Angels are optimistic Jered Weaver, the team’s ace, might return to action next week. Weaver, recovering...
• 5/21 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Jered Weaver is set for his first rehab appearance, Dane De la Rosa is making the most of his time in the bigs and, is Albert...
• 5/20 Baseball News Source: Jered Weaver Set For Rehab Game, June Return Likely: After fracturing his non-pitching arm elbow while dodging a line drive on April 7 against the Texas Rangers, Angels ace Jered...
• 5/18 Baseball News Source: Alberto Callaspo Homer Lifts Angels Over ChiSox: The Los Angeles Angels outlasted the Chicago White Sox in an offensive slug-fest, highlighted by a five-run seventh-inning that...
• 5/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Josh Hamilton‘s allergies are not connected to his drug use, MLB is seeing more contract extensions and, Jered Weaver reportedly...
• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Chris Sale, Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Kemp: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
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• 5/17 Halo Hangout: Just How Bad Has the Angels Pitching Been?: It’s bad enough that this season is being called the season of doom. What’s that you say? No one is calling it that?...
• 5/16 Beyond the Scorecard: The Thin Line Between Bad Luck...and BAD: The Persuaders had a Top 20 hit in 1971 with the song "Thin Line Between Love and Hate," and the 2013 Los Angeles Angels are straddling...
• 5/16 Monkey with a Halo: Dipoto's rotation plan: flawed or bad luck?: In the wake of consecutive arson jobs by Joe Blanton and Barry Enright, the rotation that Jerry Dipoto has come under...
• 5/16 Halo Hangout: Two Guys Doing an Angels Podcast With Mike and Kevin: Episode 15: It’s that time of week again. No, not Special Magazine Day, it’s time for the Why The Hell Not Podcast with myself...
• 5/15 MLB Injury News: Angels’ Jered Weaver throws third bullpen session: Los Angeles Angels right-handed starting pitcher Jered Weaver threw his third bullpen session yesterday, a high-intensity 60-pitch outing...
• 5/15 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Jered Weaver will need rehab starts, The Angels are giving up too many two-out runs and, what a Josh Hamilton strikezone looks...
• 5/15 PhoulBallz.com: PhoulBallz Interview: RHP Prospect Nic Hanson: Right-handed hurler Nicholas Hanson was selected by the Phillies in the 16th round of last year's draft.  The Golden West...
• 5/15 Phillies Nation: PN Interview: RHP Prospect Nic Hanson: Right-handed hurler Nicholas Hanson was selected by the Phillies in the 16th round of last year’s draft.  The Golden West...
• 5/12 Halo Hangout: If the Angels Are Close at the Deadline, Will They Be Buyers?: DISCLAIMER: I knew full and well that it is barely mid-May, and it is probably way too early to be talking about possible deadline...
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• 5/9 Baseball Jerks: Despite Early Struggles, Angels Remain Contenders in AL West: After winning the AL West five of six seasons from 2004-2009, Los Angeles Angels’ players and coaches undoubtedly felt considerable...
• 5/8 MLB Injury News: Angels Jered Weaver expected to throw off mound Thursday: The Los Angeles Angels are a sickening 10 games under .500 this season - sickening if you are GM Jerry DiPoto or owner Arte Moreno....
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• 5/5 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Jered Weaver is set to throw off of a mound next week, Mark Trumbo and adaptability and, Josh Hamilton is getting booed at home....
• 5/3 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Are the Angels problems in the stars, a disastrous bullpen and, maybe there is talent down in AAA that can help the team. So,...
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• 5/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball - Melancholy Aprils: What could go wrong for the Toronto Blue Jays, has gone wrong.  7 games under .500, the Jays started the season without Brett...

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• 4/29 Baseball Musings: Surprise Monday: At the end of the first four weeks of the season, there are some surprise teams atop the divisions. The Red Sox start us off as...
• 4/28 SoDo Mojo: Sabermetric Rundown: Before reading this post, I would like everyone to take a second (or ten minutes) and watch this video: That is my inspiration...
• 4/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Could Angels early struggles lead to Mike Scioscia pink slip?: As the temperature outside rises, the temperature inside clubhouses continues to rise after disappointing starts to the season....
• 4/26 TheFantasyFix.com: Stars on the Shelf: TheFantasyFix.com’s Week 4 DL Report: Here is your fantasy baseball week 4 update on notable injured players.  This will be a weekly posted list so you can stay...
• 4/26 Call to the Pen: The King’s Court, Kia Yuniverse, Stand for Harvey: What’s Next in Naming Stadium Sections?: In some ballparks to create a greater connection between the fans and the team they support, teams have created a section where...
• 4/25 MLB Injury News: Angels’ Sean Burnett unavailable with arm injury: Los Angeles Angels left-handed reliever Sean Burnett underwent an MRI after he complained of forearm tightness over the weekend....
• 4/25 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup for April 25: After a disappointing showing two Thursdays ago due to rainouts, we bounced back nicely last Thursday with our daily fantasy baseball...
• 4/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Scooping the Rangers: The decision to let Josh Hamilton walk away: I remember all the speculation when Josh Hamilton officially hit free agency. Everyone wanted to give their opinions about whether...
• 4/23 Nolan Writin': Rangers Leverage Game One From Rivals In Anaheim: Here, just look at it: Source: FanGraphs   If you aren’t familiar with how a leverage index works, it’s quite...
• 4/22 Nolan Writin': 18 Games in, Texas is Rolling: This past weekend we got to watch the Texas Rangers’ bats come alive for basically the first time all year. The Rangers...
• 4/21 Rum Bunter: James McDonald: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Syndrome: Tonight we saw the James McDonald that Pirates’ fans wish they saw every outing. JMac was dealing all game, giving up only 2...
• 4/20 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Los Angeles Angels: Photo: Halos Heaven In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams....
• 4/20 Nolan Writin': Rangers Lose Matt Harrison Until All-Star Break, Shutout Mariners 7-0: No one really understands why Yu Darvish struggles seemingly every start against the Mariners. I tend to think it’s more...
• 4/19 Monkey with a Halo: It is now or never for Garrett Richards: When it comes to Garrett Richards, let's hope the third time is the charm. Even though he is just shy of his 25th...
• 4/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: MLB Power Rankings for April 2013: As a guest writer for Fantasy Team Advice I am allowed to write about whatever I please so I have put together my first power...
• 4/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Replacing Injured Stars: Look Left on the PlatoonI don’t know about you, but it seems to me like 2013 has been the year of the injury so More......
• 4/17 Vigilante Baseball : Replace your ace: Over the past week, some fantasy owners have lost their aces. Jered Weaver, Zack Greinke and most recently Johnny Cueto have made...
• 4/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: What to do with Struggling Aces: I can’t imagine that many (if any) fantasy baseball players haven’t been a little frustrated with pitching so far....
• 4/16 Monkey with a Halo: How recently promoted players can help save the Angels: The Angels recently shifted Garrett Richards from a middle relief role to starting role, promoted Luis Jimenez from AAA to...
• 4/16 Sports Out West: Angels promote P Michael Roth from Double-A Arkansas: After just 27 innings worth of Double-A baseball, the Los Angeles Angels promoted left-handed pitcher Michael Roth on Saturday....
• 4/16 Baseballhotcorner.com: Will Mike Scioscia Last the Year?: How long until the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim faithful fan base start calling for the firing of manager Mike Scioscia? Admittedly,...
• 4/15 mlbreports.com : MLB (R) Weekly Power Rankings – Week 2: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Well, the Atlanta Braves are...
• 4/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: A Pair Of Aces: In poker a pair of aces is nowhere near the best hand, but on the diamond a pair of aces can lead a team to the promise land....
• 4/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Zack Greinke injury has fantasy baseball owners searching for new SP: The absolute worst thing any avid fantasy baseball owner wants to see is a brawl involving his starting pitcher. Nothing good...
• 4/14 mlbreports.com : Angels Two Week Review: The (Mostly) Bad And The (Somewhat) Good: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, April.14,  2013 By Josh Jones (Angels Correspondent):  For the second consecutive season the...
• 4/14 Baseball Jerks: MLB Schedule: Week 3 Key Matchups and Storylines: What a second week of the MLB schedule it was. There have been injuries, brawls, comebacks, and plenty of tight games. But there...
• 4/14 The Baseball Haven: Fantasy Baseball S.O.S.: If you’re like me, you may as well give up right about now. Sure, we’re only in the third week of the Major League...
• 4/13 Redlegs Review: Johnny Cueto leaves game early due to injury: The injury bug continues to bite hard around baseball this week as Reds ace Johnny Cueto was forced to leave Saturday's...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Sign Kip Wells: The Angels have signed pitcher Kip Wells to a minor league deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (via Twitter). Heyman...
• 4/12 Nolan Writin': A View Of The First 10 Games: I’m not a homer for the Rangers. There must be some small insecurity deep inside me that makes me feel compelled to mention...
• 4/10 StoopSports.com: With Great Expectations: Jake Chernok- For the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, this season began with anti**** and massive championship aspirations. But...
• 4/10 Monkey with a Halo: How the Angels can survive without Jered Weaver: When does four weeks feel like four years? When Jered Weaver is missing four weeks, at least, of action for the Angels....
• 4/10 MLB Injury News: Erick Aybar day-to-day with left heel contusion: Erick Aybar showed some hustle while beating out an infield single last night.  Unfortunately the cost of doing so was a...
• 4/10 MLB Injury News: Angels’ Garrett Richards to replace Jered Weaver: Following the news that Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver would be sidelined four to six weeks with a broken elbow to his...
• 4/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to Make of R.A. Dickey’s StrugglesI think it’s safe to say that this was not the start to his Blue Jays’ career that R.A. Dickey More......
• 4/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Athletics vs. Angels: Day Nine Observations: Athletics 9, Angels 5 John Jaso: Jason pinch-hit in the seventh inning and launched a game-winning three-run...
• 4/9 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball 2013 injury roundup who is coming back and who is headed for the DL (April 9th, 2013): We are a little over 1 week into fantasy baseball 2013, and the injuries are already mounting for fantasy owners.  Hopefully...
• 4/9 Roto Think Tank: For the Record: AL Only Home League Results: Here are the round-by-round results from my 27-year-old, 4x4 AL-only keeper league. This is a 12-team league. Inflation was about...
• 4/9 Baseball News Source: Los Angeles Angels Place Jered Weaver On DL: Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver was placed on the 15 day disabled list with a fractured elbow in his non-throwing arm.  Weavers...
• 4/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Angels Jered Weaver To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Broken Arm: The Los Angeles Angels already had a suspect pitching staff. Now they will have to fend without their ace for the next 4-6...
• 4/9 Injury Report: ()
• 4/9 EDSBaseball: Jered Weaver out 4-6 weeks with broken elbow: The Angels have placed ace Jered Weaver on the 15-day disabled list, but he will miss at least the next four weeks (and possibly...
• 4/9 Sports Out West: Jered Weaver injury: Angels ace on 15-day DL with broken elbow: The Los Angeles Angels will be without their ace for the foreseeable future as the team placed Jered Weaver on the 15-day disabled...
• 4/9 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Brief: Replacements for Jered Weaver?: When it's a guy who misses bats like Weaver who goes down, it's guys who miss bats that we turn to as replacements.See More Jered...
• 4/9 MLB Injury News: Angels place Jered Weaver on DL with broken elbow: The initial X-rays came back negative, but as Jered Weaver continued to feel pain and weakness in his left elbow, additional...
• 4/9 Baseball Musings: Elbow Ouch: The Angels lose Jered Weaver to a broken elbow: Remember how Jered Weaver left Sunday’s game, after hitting the ground hard...
• 4/9 Injury Report: ()
• 4/9 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Jered Weaver Watch: Broken Elbow - Out 4-6 Weeks: Angels righty Jered Weaver is out four to six weeks with a broken left (non-pitching) elbow, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Jered Weaver To Miss 4-6 Weeks: Angels righty Jered Weaver is out four to six weeks with a broken left (non-pitching) elbow, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports....
• 4/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Reaction: Tim Lincecum’s First StartThe season’s barely a week old, but 2013 has already been an interesting season for aces, or at least one More......
• 4/8 Injury Report: ()
• 4/8 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 2: With the first week of the season in the books, the power rankings have already seen a big shake up, mostly because a certain...
• 4/8 Baseball News Source: Price, Dickey, Cain, Strasburg, Hamels, Aces Roughed Up: David Price, R.A. Dickey, Matt Cain, Stephen Strasburg and Cole Hamels, all acres in their respective rotations, took to the mound...
• 4/8 Baseball Musings: Weaver Hurt: Jered Weaver hurt his left elbow, and is questionable for his next start. At least it’s not his right elbow. The whole body...
• 4/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Awful Aces: When you see pitching match ups such as Justin Verlander vs CC Sabathia, R.A. Dickey vs Jon Lester, Stephen Strasburg vs Johnny...
• 4/8 Mastersball.com: Surprise, surprise: The first week of baseball is over and set in the record books and man, was it a fun week to watch. There were some major surprises...
• 4/8 TheLeadoffWalk: Angels vs. Rangers: Day Seven Observations: Rangers 7, Angels 3 Yu Darvish: Start number two for Yu Darvish in 2013 didn’t quite live up to his near-perfect...
• 4/8 MLB Injury News: Rangers’ Yu Darvish exits due to finger blister: Texas Rangers right-handed starting pitcher Yu Darvish exited yesterday’s contest against the Los Angeles Angels early due...
• 4/7 Injury Report: ()
• 4/7 Sports Out West: Jered Weaver injury: Angels P leaves game with elbow injury: Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver suffered an apparent left elbow injury and was immediately taken out of the game vs. the Texas...
• 4/7 Angelswin.com: Survival of the **** Evolution of an Ace: By Gregory Bird, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer -  During Spring Training this year and during Jered Weaver’s...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Sunday’s games start and end with a bang as CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander face off early, while Jered Weaver and Yu Darvish...
• 4/7 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Sunday: April 7, 2013: The first week of Major League Baseball for 2013 is in the books. Yeah, I am a traditional Sunday to Saturday type guy. The...
• 4/7 Nolan Writin': Starting Pitcher Struggles, Team Loses: It was sunny today in Arlington. 73 degrees. Clear. And the wind was blowing. As such, the conditions favored the offenses, which...
• 4/6 Sports Out West: MLB: Three Thoughts on the Los Angeles Angels’ opening week: The Los Angeles Angels opened the season as one of the favorites to make the playoffs in the American League. However, the team...
• 4/5 Monkey with a Halo: **** after the Angels first series: There's been quite a bit of hype, a lot of expectations that have followed the Angels into the season. The first week of...
• 4/5 Indians Baseball Insider: Orbiting Cleveland: A forecast for Ubaldo Jimenez: Ubaldo Jimenez. For over a year and half now, the right-hander has arguably been the most heavily scrutinized player within the...
• 4/4 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver Trying To Stay On Top: The other day Jered Weaver was his team’s Opening Day pitcher, one of the minor perks of being the best starting pitcher...
• 4/4 Redlegs Review: First series of the season is a microcosm of Choo's skill set: Choo got dirty on Opening Day Yeah I used the word "microcosm" and I'm pretty sure I used it in the right context. Anyways,...
• 4/4 Nolan Writin': Rangers Set New Record, Win Opening Series In Houston: On Sunday evening — Opening Day — Ranger lefty Matt Harrison struck out a career-high 9 Astros in just 5.2 innings...
• 4/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bold-ish Predictions For 2013: I know you have been waiting months, days even, for this exciting moment. Well, it is a bit late, I know, but better late than...
• 4/3 MLB Injury News: Scott Boras defending his representation: After Robinson Cano decided to leave Scott Boras and sign with CAA/Jay-Z, the world was on fire with questions about the future...
• 4/3 Kings of Kauffman: Opening Day Thoughts: For the third straight year the Royals failed to score a single run off their opponent’s Opening Day starting pitcher. There’s...
• 4/2 Baseball News Source: New York Yankees Robinson Cano Fires Scott Boras, Extension Likely?: Usually agent, Scott Boras, adds high caliber Free Agents throughout the season. On Tuesday, he lost his biggest one. Robinson...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano fires Scott Boras, signs with CAA and Jay-Z: Impending free agent Robinson Cano has fired his agent Scott Boras and has signed on with Creative Artists Agency Sports and...
• 4/2 mlbreports.com : Justin Verlander Makes Good On His 1st Start After Signing His Recent 5 Year Extension: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.2/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) And there was much rejoicing. No worries,...
• 4/2 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Changing Speeds with Jered Weaver: A Quick Investigation: Jered Weaver was inconsistent at times yesterday against the Cincinnati Reds. He seemed to be having trouble commanding...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Opening Day Recap: The date is April 2, 2013, which means Opening Day has come and gone.  The 2013 Major League Baseball season has finally begun...
• 4/2 TheLeadoffWalk: Opening Day Recap and Observations: Part Two: Angels 3, Reds 1 Jered Weaver: In his six shutout innings of work, Weaver allowed just a pair of hits and induced...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: Jered Weaver's contract suddenly looks awesome: There are several different angles to which one could take when attempting to evaluate the extension bonanza that took...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: 5 Opening Day Questions for the Angels: With dawn about to break on a new Angels season, there is a ton of anti**** tempered with a few nagging questions. Time will...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: Angels Player Power Rankings - 2013 Opening Day Edition: Opening Day is here and with them comes the much anti**** return of our weekly Angels Player Power Rankings. Future rankings...
• 4/1 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: April 1, 2013: Major League Baseball has this Opening Day thing all wrong. On Opening Day of the season, every team should be in action. It...
• 4/1 BoSox Injection: John’s Reaction To JBJ And Final Standings Prediction: For anybody who’s read my comments from other posts regarding this issue, you definitely know where I stand. To those of...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB power rankings: Washington Nationals start season at top: Spring training has finally come to an end, and opening night features the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, two teams headed...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There are so many great matchups on opening day, it’s tough to choose the best. Start with the Red Sox at Yankees as Jon...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL West Preview: The division preview series starts with the AL West. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position players,...

• 3/30 Sports Out West: MLB Preview: Los Angeles Angels look to re-take the AL West: The Los Angeles Angels front office has done everything possible to win the World Series in the past few years. The team has signed...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Adam Wainwright Extension Reactions: Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has officially signed a five-year, $97.5MM extension that includes a no-trade clause, preventing...
• 3/28 Call to the Pen: Has Window Closed On Texas?: We’re going to see the Texas Rangers first this season since they open on March 31 against that new American League acquisition...
• 3/28 MLB Injury News: Chris Young rumors: Angels interested, Mets likely to pass: Right-hander Chris Young continues to weigh his options since hitting the free agent market. While the New York Mets are “almost certainly...
• 3/28 For Baseball Junkies: Baseball Junkies: Annual Predictions (Part 2): Continuing on with our predictions, today we're taking a look at player predictions.  Last year's player predictions...
• 3/28 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 1 of fantasy baseball 2013: Another season of fantasy baseball is upon us, as the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros kick off the season under the lights on...
• 3/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to take with the 12th pick in a twelve team ESPN snake draft?: So you drew the short straw for your 12 team ESPN fantasy draft, and you find yourself with the 12th pick.  There is no question...
• 3/27 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Angels 2012 Record: 89-73 2012 Pythagorean: 88-74 2013 Projected: 92-70 After starting last year 7-15...
• 3/26 Monkey with a Halo: Does a bad spring spell doom for Angels pitchers?: Here are some numbers for you to consider without much context: 3.46, 4.71, 7.11, 8.25, 10.13 Those numbers, as some...
• 3/26 Red Sox Maineiacs: Deacon Art's 2013 Baseball Predictions: For a few years now I have made annual predictions for the upcoming baseball season.  These were shared with mostly family...
• 3/25 Mets Merized: 2013 MLB Preview: American League West: AL West At A Glance Los Angeles Angels: What’s there to say about the Angels? They have the best lineup in baseball and one...
• 3/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Starting Pitching Key: Tommy Hanson Hanson was once a top Braves’ pitching prospect, all but untouchable in trades…then they...
• 3/24 Baseball News Source: Los Angeles Angels Garrett Richards Figuring it Out: Los Angeles Angels right-hander Garrett Richards is pitching with purpose. On Saturday Richards cruised through 6 1/3 innings...
• 3/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the fourth overall pick in fantasy baseball 2013: So you find yourself with the 4th overall pick in fantasy baseball this season and want to know who you should select for your...
• 3/23 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 MLB Preview, Part 1: First Things That Pop Into My Mind: Okay, time to play a bit of a game with myself: For every team in Major League Baseball, I type out the first (printable) thought...
• 3/23 Baseball Analytics: Weaver's Lack of Zip, Whiffs a Growing Concern: With a lanky, 6-foot-7 frame and a cross-fire delivery that baffles hitters trying to pick up the ball, Jered Weaver...
• 3/22 StanGraphs: 2013 AL West Preview: 1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim For quite a while now, I have just been kind of comfortable assuming I’d pencil the Rangers...
• 3/21 Monkey with a Halo: The Angels 2013 payroll according to WAR: Last year I did this little exercise to demonstrate how much bang the Angels got for their buck payroll-wise. It was a look...
• 3/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: Playing the Name Game: Spring Training edition, Part TwoPointing out some players that may produce elite numbers at a less-than-elite cost...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: Weaver, Hanson and the velocity that is (probably) never coming back: Leading up to the season we've heard a lot about lost velocity. Specifically, the velocity that Jered Weaver and Tommy...
• 3/20 Monkey with a Halo: 2013 Player Projection: Jered Weaver: After a season of back problems and lost velocity, can Jered Weaver bounce back and show that he is still the Cy Young...
• 3/18 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Rangers, Padres interested in Rick Porcello: The Texas Rangers are just one of the team’s discussing Detroit Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello, as Ken Rosenthal of FOX...
• 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Announced and projected opening day starters for all 32 MLB teams – staff “aces” for every team in baseball: The air is finally getting warmer, and opening day 2013 is rapidly approaching.  Who will be the opening day starter for your...
• 3/16 Camden Depot: College Right-handers Among Top Ten Draft Choices: Camden Depot very generously invited me to share my opinions of the top prospects in the Orioles farm system and included my thoughts...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Will Look To Trade Andrus, Barring Extension : The Rangers will look to deal shortstop Elvis Andrus next offseason if the club can't sign him to a multiyear extension, CBS Sports'...
• 3/13 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | Price Quotes: Tyler DrenonIs there a finer sound in the unrestricted sonance of baseball than the efficient hum of the Rays talent machine? Yes...but...
• 3/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Other Felix: Well you pour, pour souls are still several weeks away from the much anti**** season premiere of Field of Streams. That does not...
• 3/12 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Picking a new WBC favorite; Cactus League attendance down; Mike Piazza ads.: I started toying with this mental exercise last night: What if the state of California had a team in the World Baseball Classic?...
• 3/12 Mets Merized: MMO Fantasy Top 10: Starting Pitching: I enjoy researching starting pitching for any reason whatsoever, so looking into them for fantasy purposes was more fun than anything...
• 3/9 Sports Out West: Padres spring training 2013: Donovan Tate absent for personal reasons: San Diego Padres minor league prospect Donovan Tate will not report to spring training due to personal issues. Randy Smith, Padres’...
• 3/7 Sports Out West: Angels news: Jered Weaver relishes return to old delivery: Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver has been outstanding during the past two seasons, and this year given a return to his former...
• 3/7 Sports Out West: Angels news: Jared Weaver relishes return to old delivery: Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver has been outstanding during the past two seasons, and this year given a return to his former...
• 3/6 Bush League Chronicle: Video: Jered Weaver narrowly avoids getting pegged by baseball: Your browser does not support iframes.Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver took the mound against Team Italy on Wednesday.He...
• 3/6 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Nerdy Baseball Stat Projections: Pitchers: Baseball nerds are looking at all kinds of statistics that weren’t listed on the back of a baseball card when we were growing...
• 3/4 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Doing Everything They Can Make Mike Trout A Phillie In 2018: Every Phillies fan should, right now, at this very moment, stop whatever they’re doing, go to FTD.com, and buy a nice arrangement...
• 3/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Mike Trout’s Contract and the Needless Uproar: There’s been an absurd uproar and reaction of shock that the Angels chose to renew Mike Trout‘s contract for $510,000....
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Trout, D'backs, Wilson, Crawford, Rockies: In an ESPN Insider piece (subscription required), Buster Olney lists the Angels renewing Mike Trout's contract for $510K as one...
• 3/2 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards: I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at...
• 3/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings: With big names leading this list, it can be hard to pass on them in the early rounds.  I think this is the season we should...
• 3/1 PaulLebowitz.com: The Yankees Go “Significant” When They Needed To Go “Offer Cano Can’t Refuse”: Yankees GM Brian Cashman revealed that the team has made a “significant” offer to second baseman Robinson Cano to preclude...

• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/25 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Another Reason to Like Jered Weaver: In case you missed it, Jered Weaver told Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times the following after being asked if he regretted...
• 2/25 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/24 Behind the Plate: 2013 Rankings: RH Starting PitchersThe precocious ta [...] ...
• 2/24 The Flagrant Fan: Coming to grips with antipathy for Jered Weaver: I need to deal with this intense dislike I have for Jered Weaver. I have not had this kind of dislike for a player since the...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Weaver, Giants, Dodgers, Walker: Jered Weaver isn't worried that he might have lost out on a bigger contract when he signed a five-year, $85MM extension with...
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Who will win the great L.A. debate: Dodgers or Angels?: With the year the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels had last season, and the moves each has made in the offseason, one has to think:...
• 2/22 MLBTradeRumors: Examining The Kyle Lohse Market: Few players have generated as much news as Kyle Lohse this winter, though they're not the headlines that Lohse and agent Scott...
• 2/21 Fire Brand of the American League: A Proud Member Since 1986A justification for using "we" instead of "they" when talking about the Red Sox. ...
• 2/20 Nolan Writin': Even More Spring Training Musings: Earlier I read Jason Parks’ overview of the Rangers’ farm system, and I must say: I’m impressed. First and foremost,...
• 2/15 For Baseball Junkies: Angels All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're looking at the Angels All-Time team, version 2012 (last year's team can be seen here).In addition to our normal review,...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Kyle Lohse Rumors: Wednesday: The Nationals don't presently have interest in Kyle Lohse, the Cardinals don't expect to add starting pitching, and the Indians...
• 2/12 Blog Red Machine: Is Johnny Cueto A Top 10 Starting Pitcher?: Welcome to the second article in my Top 10 series. In this series, I take some of the best players on the Reds, run through some...
• 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: What should the Texas Rangers do with Elvis Andrus?:   The Texas Rangers are in a fortunate, yet precarious, situation where the club has seemingly incredible depth at shortstop...
• 2/10 The Biz of Baseball: The Mock Salary Arbitration Case in Favor of Max Scherzer Seeking $7.4 million: On Thursday, I took part in a series of mock salary arbitration cases that are appearing on Baseball Prospectus....
• 2/8 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels Starting Lineup Locked Up Through 2014: Jerry Dipoto must like what he has in the 2013 Los Angeles Angels. With the official signing of Alberto Callaspo to a two-year...
• 2/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...

• 1/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Michael Bourn vs. the #11 Pick: Which is Right for the Mets?: Operating under the premises that if the Mets sign Michael Bourn they will: A) not receive a waiver from MLB to switch the number...
• 1/24 The Sports Provocateur: American League West Dream Rotation: Kings Felix and Jered and Their Court: Jered Weaver is the opening day starter on the staff, edging out Felix Hernandez on the strength of his past three years.  Weaver...
• 1/24 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Matt Harrison: As we continue on our downhill march through 30 Rangers In 30 days, next on the list is Matt Harrison, the Rangers’ expected...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs, Ian Kennedy Avoid Arbitration: The Diamondbacks avoided arbitration with starting pitcher Ian Kennedy, signing him to a one-year, $4.265MM deal according to...
• 1/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: LA Angels Hitting and Pitching Projections: Los Angeles Angels – Predicted Finish: First Place, AL West One thing is clear about the Angels. With their talent, whether...
• 1/16 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 81st through 100th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/15 mlbreports.com : Sabathia Looks For More AL Supremacy + Eventual Election Into The BBHOF!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Yankees Correspondent/Website Owner): CC Sabathia is a BEAST. ...
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Mat Latos: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...
• 1/10 MLBRandomFandom: LA Angels: Going in the Right Direction: by Kyle RotondoThe Los Angeles Angels have a lot of pieces for the future. We’ve seen Mike Trout debut and win the Rookie of...
• 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Max Scherzer: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...
• 1/8 Swingin' A's: How the A’s Stack Up: Opening Day Starter: As the baseball season draws ever so close, and we start to survey the land of the new 5 team AL West I thought it seemed appropriate...
• 1/8 Through The Fence Baseball: No excuses for Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels in 2013: In much the same fashion as 2012, the Los Angeles Angels will enter their 2013 campaign with plenty of lofty expectations. GM...
• 1/7 Halo Hangout: ZiPS Projections And The 2013 Angels: Projection season is upon us. While Fangraphs already has the BABIP inflated Bill James projections along with those done by Fans...
• 1/5 mlbreports.com : The Los Angeles Angels Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, January.05,  2013 Josh Jones (Angels Correspondent): Look-back at last year: 2012 was a year,...
• 1/5 Fire Brand of the American League: John Lackey in 2013: Rebound or Bust?A brieft history on post-2007 John Lackey and what Red Sox fans can expect form him in 2013....
• 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: David Price: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...

• 12/29 Halo Hangout: The Two Most Important Los Angeles Angels For 2013: If the Angels are going to get back into the playoffs, everyone is going to have to contribute. Mike Trout is going to have to...
• 12/27 Halo Hangout: The Los Angeles Angels 2013 Starting Rotation According to Bill James: Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2013 Los Angeles Angels starting rotation according to Bill James. Bill James. You know him, right? ...
• 12/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Free Agent Target: Jair Jurrjens: Two guys I wanted to do free agent targets on have been scooped up (Carlos Villanueva by the Cubs) and rendered unnecessary (another...
• 12/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Hamilton to Hollywood: Hamilton is happy to be an Angel Last December the Los Angeles Angels dominated the Hot Stove headlines by committing more...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton and Angels Reach Agreement: Five-years $125 million: The Angels acted swiftly and decisively to sign Hamilton Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year contract with the Los Angeles...
• 12/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: You Should Let Someone Else Draft Jered Weaver: This is a Guest Post by Bryan Curley. Bryan is the founder of BaseballProf.com. Clave was a guest poster on Baseball More......
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals...
• 12/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Breaking Down Kendrys Morales-Jason Vargas Trade: An interesting trade occurred today between division rivals when the Angels traded first baseman Kendrys Morales to the Mariners...
• 12/19 Swingin' A's: “You Can Call Me Hiro” … New SS Makes Great First Impression: “Hi Oakland, my name is Hiroyuki Nakajima, but you can call me Hiro. I am honored to be here today. Thank you very much,...
• 12/18 Roto Think Tank: 2012 A.L. Starting Pitchers: Part I: 0 0 1 436 2489 Roto Think Tank 20 5 2920 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 12/17 MLB Injury News: Angels Rumors: LA Still Pursuing Pitching: The Los Angeles Angels are continuing their search for starting pitching and are considering filling their void with a “mid-level...
• 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Angels In Contact With Tigers About Rick Porcello: The Angels have been in contact with the Tigers about Rick Porcello, reports Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com. The Pirates, Padres,...
• 12/14 Halo Hangout: The Angels Need One More Move: Clearly, the Angels are in win now mode. You don’t sign Josh Hamilton for the next five years and tie up almost $90 million...
• 12/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Angels Signing Josh Hamilton Is The Antithesis of Everything the Rays Believe In: As a Rays fan, it frustrating knowing that so many of the Rays’ best young players are bound to become free agents and sign...
• 12/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Trade Musing: Peter Bourjos, Mark Trumbo, And Hank Conger: I used to think the Angels had too many outfielders on their team, then they went ahead and gave Josh Hamilton a five-year $125...
• 12/14 PaulLebowitz.com: The Angels Trump the Competition on Hamilton: There’s a fine line between decisive and desperate. The Angels used to adhere to a set of principles from which they would not...
• 12/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Once Again: Josh Hamilton Or Matt Kemp?: Hey, I’m happy the Angels signed Josh Hamilton today. Unlike many Dodger fans, I bear little ill will towards the Angels,...
• 12/13 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton and Angels Reach Agreement: Five-years $125 million: The Angels acted swiftly and decisively to sign Hamilton Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year contract with the Los Angeles...
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Los Angeles Angels Team Page: LOS ANGELES ANGELSMLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Mike Trout (9.25)2. Jered Weaver (9)3. Albert Pujols...
• 12/11 Halo Hangout: And Zack Greinke Signs With…..The Dodgers.: REJOICE!!! If there is a silver lining to losing Zack Greinke after trading three of our top prospects to the Brewers for a failed...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Could Explore Kershaw Extension: The Dodgers recently gave Zack Greinke the largest contract of any right-handed pitcher in baseball history, but general manager...
• 12/9 Tyler's Think Tank: Dodgers Get Greinke: Four months ago the Los Angeles Angels won the Zack Greinke sweepstakes. This time around, the other baseball team in Hollywood...
• 12/5 Baseball News Source: Angels Reach Agreement with Joe Blanton – Two Years $15 million: Signing Blanton essentially ends the Angels pursuit of Greinke As much as the Los Angeles Angels may have wanted to sign Zack...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Angels To Sign Joe Blanton: The Angels agreed to terms with righty Joe Blanton on a two-year, $15MM deal, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The deal includes...
• 12/4 District On Deck: Nationals Sign Dan Haren: Well, the Nationals made a significant splash signing a former ace who spent last season with the Los Angeles Angels. No, not...
• 12/3 The Flagrant Fan: Hanson just adds to the Angels' rotation question marks: The Angels of a year ago went into the season with their rotation feted as the strength of the team. Yes, they went out and...
• 12/1 Halo Hangout: Angels Pick Up Tommy Hanson: A mere 48 hours ago, rumor spread that former Angels closer turned mop up reliever Jordan Walden was on the trading block following...
• 12/1 Baseball Jerks: Tommy Hanson, Jordan Walden: Pitchers with Question Marks on the Move: Two quality hurlers are swapping coasts as their new, and former, teams address their pitching needs. The Atlanta Braves sent...
• 12/1 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: The Angels Acquire Tommy Hanson: Tommy Hanson joins a short-handed Angels rotation. (US Presswire)The Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves swapped young pitchers...

• 11/30 Baseball News Source: Braves Trade Tommy Hanson For Angels Jordan Walden: Hans0n – Walden trade fits the needs of both teams The Atlanta Braves have traded right-hander Tommy Hanson to the Los Angeles...
• 11/30 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Acquire Tommy Hanson For Jordan Walden: The Angels have acquired Tommy Hanson from the Braves, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter). Atlanta will receive...
• 11/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Building an Elite Staff With Pitchers that aren’t: Clave and I recently spoke about pitchers, we have both noticed that the “elite” guys are slim this year. VERY More...The...
• 11/28 Puckett's Pond: Joe Mauer and/or The Minnesota Twins?: I had a conversation over Thanksgiving with one of my cousins.  We were talking about how bad the Twins were and trying to figure...
• 11/27 MLBTradeRumors: Zack Greinke Rumors: Tuesday: Yesterday, we learned that the Dodgers have started asking about Zack Greinke and the rival Angels already view them as their...
• 11/27 Splash Hit Blog: Longo Goes Long-Term with Rays in Newest Contract Extension: Not every day you wake up to find out that a guy that went to the same undergrad institution you did signed a 6-year/$100MM contract...
• 11/26 MLBTradeRumors: Zack Greinke Rumors: Monday: MLB executives see Zack Greinke obtaining a deal of at least six years for as much as $25MM per season, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com...
• 11/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Can Afford Zack Greinke, and They’ll Get Him: After a bit of a holiday lull, the offseason is about to get very real, very soon. The winter meetings (next week in Nashville)...
• 11/25 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Madson, Greinke, Morales, Callaspo: Earlier today, we learned the Angels are interested in Ryan Madson. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports the Angels are indeed...
• 11/24 Jays Journal: What Should AA Do With JJ (Josh Johnson)?: It’s been a whole five days since Alex Anthopoulos has done any major transactions, which is odd after that whirlwind week...
• 11/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Zack Greinke—Free Agency Profile: Name: Zack Greinke Position: Right-handed starting pitcher Vital Statistics: Age—29; Height—6’2”; Weight—200 lbs; Bats—Right;...
• 11/19 Mets360.com: Trading R.A. Dickey… For whom?: There has been TOO much talk about the Mets keeping/trading R.A. Dickey without any real discussion over what they think they...
• 11/16 Halos Heaven: It's Risky Relying on Weaver: I was understandably bullish last year when Jerry DiPoto threw down and signed both C.J. Wilson...
• 11/16 Tomahawk Take: Trout vs. Cabrera, Or How To Evaluate Players: I realize there have been a seemingly infinite amount of posts around the internet comparing Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera during...
• 11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more: Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: David Price AL Cy Young Winner: This is the kind of stuff that was predicted for David Price from the moment he joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The 2012 winner of...
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
• 11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners: Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American...
• 11/15 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Finishes Third In Cy Young Voting: Jered Weaver didn’t get the reward Angels fans wanted. Weaver finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting with 70...
• 11/14 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Cy Young Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Edges Verlander For AL Cy Young Award: Price went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA against the AL East David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays received 14 of 28 first-place votes, and...
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: And the Cy Youngs Go To…: Tampa Bay number one overall draft pick David Price just edged out Justin Verlander in what the BBWAA called the closest race...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price or Rodney for Cy Young?, Jose Molina, Ticket Prices, Will Rhymes, J.P. Howell: The day has finally come. Tonight we will find out whether Rays lefty David Price will take home the 2o12 American League Cy Young...
• 11/12 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/10 Halo Hangout: Top five Angels Pitching Performances of 2012: The Society for the Ethical Treatment of Dead Horses is going to be upset about this next line; in 2012, the only thing we were...
• 11/8 Halo Hangout: Evaluating Mike Trout’s and Jered Weaver’s Award Chances: In case you missed it, yesterday the finalists for all of the Major League Baseball Awards were announced and the Angels were...
• 11/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named CY Finalist, Rumors on James Shields, Justin Upton to Rays?: David Price is coming off a remarkable 2012 in which he led the American League with 20 wins and a 2.56 ERA. And as expected,...
• 11/7 SOX & Dawgs: BBWAA Announces 2012 MLB Award Finalists: For the first time ever, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has decided to release the finalists for the 2012...
• 11/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Dan Haren, James Shields, Durability, and Faith: On Friday, in one of the craziest series of events that you’ll see in baseball, the Angels were about to trade starting...
• 11/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Brandon McCarthy: There’s perhaps no non-Dodger player I like in baseball more than Brandon McCarthy, for so many reasons. See that picture...
• 11/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America names their Cy Young Award winners: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball...
• 11/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Did the Angels Botch the Dan Haren Deal?: Is $12 million for one season a lot of money for a pitcher with the history of Dan Haren? Unless there are extenuating circumstances...
• 11/3 Chicken Friars: Everth Cabrera signs with Super Agent Scott Boras: Everth Cabrera is in for a hefty payday in 2013. First the Padres shortstop qualifies as a Super Two, then he goes and hires super...
• 11/2 Halo Hangout: Breaking News: Dan Haren Traded: The Los Angeles Angels were looking to unload Dan Haren and his $15 million option before he was set to become a free agent. It...
• 11/2 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Eric Denton: This has been one incredibly hectic week, as anyone who lives on the east coast could probably attest too. Luckily, where I live,...
• 11/1 Halo Hangout: What The Angels Do With Dan Haren Will Shape Entire Off-Season: If the Angels do indeed trade Dan Haren and every indication are he will, what they get in return will really shape the team moving...
• 11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Hunter, Wells, Haren: Here's the latest from the Big A... The Angels may only be able to bring back Torii Hunter if they clear payroll space by...
• 11/1 MLB Injury News: Did the Royals Trade for an Injured Pitcher in Ervin Santana?: Yesterday, the Kansas City Royals traded for pitcher Ervin Santana.  Santana had spent his entire career with the Los Angeles...

• 10/31 Baseball News Source: Angels Ervin Santana Traded to Royals: Royals will be paying the majority of Santana’s $13 million deal Sometimes where there is smoke there is fire. The Los Angeles...
• 10/31 Halo Hangout: Angels Need To Decide On Dan Haren and Ervin Santana…And Soon: I know I’m a little bit late on this, but hey there’s a hurricane where I am. In southern California however, it’s...
• 10/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Zack Greinke: “Pitchers break,” said Dodgers chairman Mark Walter in explaining that the team might be reluctant to offer a long-term...
• 10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the 2012 AL Cy Young race: Unlike the American League MVP race, the Cy Young race is a bit more up in the air. Justin Verlander lead with a 6.8 WAR,...
• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels will pursue starting pitchers and relievers in the offseason ahead. Guaranteed Contracts Albert Pujols,...
• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Cincinnati Reds: The Reds are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Mat...
• 10/24 Halo Hangout: A Look Back At 2012: Howard Kendrick: If Howard Kendrick doesn’t have a nickname already, I’m going to give him one right now: Mr. Consistent. You can basically...
• 10/24 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Matt...
• 10/17 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Los Angeles Angels: The 2012 season was one that brought great expectations to the city of Anaheim, but despite the presence of many high-priced veterans...
• 10/16 Halo Hangout: A Look Back At 2012: Jered Weaver: Next up on the look back at 2012 is Jered Weaver.  If anyone had any doubts about Weaver being one of the ace pitchers in the...
• 10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot: It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats...
• 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review: A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August. 1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably) Trout...
• 10/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays 2012 Positional Review: Starting Pitching: Over the past few years, the Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has been a major strength. 2012 was not an exception, as the pitching...
• 10/12 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Goose Gossage (Rolaids) and Walter Johnson (Cy): Yesterday, we looked at the manager of the year and rookie of the year awards.  Our selections as winners for those awards...
• 10/12 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Picks—Cy Young Award: Let’s look at the award winners for 2012 starting with the Cy Young Award with my 2012 picks, who I picked in the preseason,...
• 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
• 10/11 mlbreports.com : The Angels and Dodgers Have Plenty to Look Forward to Next Year + LAA Payroll in ’13: Thursday, October.11/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I know that the playoffs are going on right now and that everyone...
• 10/11 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Arizona Diamondbacks: The Diamondbacks are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time:...
• 10/7 Halo Hangout: Garrett Richards Is A Key To The Angels in 2013: Garrett Richards may be a key to the Angels 2013 success. Whether it’s as a starter or a reliever, or trade bait, he’s...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young?: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? Now that the regular season is over it’s time to ask. Who wins the 2012 AL...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Finally Say Goodbye To Matt Bush: To quote Lorenzo from A Bronx Tale: “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.” While this quote had nothing to...
• 10/6 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL Cy Young Vote : 1. Justin Verlander – 2.64 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 9.03 K/9, 2.27 BB/9, 2.94 FIP, 3.31 xFIP, 6.8 fWAR, 7.5 rWAR2. David Price –...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot: AL MVP Mike Trout Miguel Cabrera Josh Hamilton Robinson Cano Justin Verlander Adrian Beltre Prince Fielder Albert...
• 10/4 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels End Season With A Whimper: The Angels 2012 season ended with a whimper rather than a bang as the Mariners beat the Angels 12-0. The Angels finish 2012, a...
• 10/4 Mariners Latest: Mariners Celebrate 2012 by Winning Final Game: And with that, the Seattle Mariners season comes to a close.  It was a great way to end the season, even if it...
• 10/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Going Out With A Whimper Edition: LaTroy Hawkins talks about his career with Fangraphs, more Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout debate and, who’s to blame, well,...
• 10/3 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes (such sweet sorrow edition): @Athletics 12, Rangers 5: The turnabout’s complete. Call it comeback or collapse, the AL West is draped in gold and green....
• 10/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver fatigued: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (fatigue) was lifted from his start after one inning Wednesday, Oct. 3, against...[+] the Seattle Mariners due to what the team termed 'general fatigue.'
• 10/3 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren Hit Hard in Last Start of Season: In what might be Dan Haren‘s final start as an Angel, he and the team didn’t exactly go out on a high note. Haren...
• 10/3 SoDo Mojo: Five Rays of Hope: Today ends my 35th straight year of rooting each day for my precious Seattle Mariners. The team will finish in last place again...
• 10/3 Mariners Latest: Fences Moving In for 2013, Mariners Celebrate By Winning: In case you were out of town or living under a rock this afternoon, it was announced that the fences at Safeco Field will...
• 10/2 Roto Think Tank: No Hope, No Hope, At the End of My Rope: 0 0 1 582 2616 Roto Think Tank 62 23 3175 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 10/2 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Taps edition: Mike Trout becomes youngest member of the 30-30 club, Torii Hunter is on his way to his first .300 season and, C.J. Wilson to...
• 10/1 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Verlander and Price Highlight AL Cy Young Race: 20 wins used to mean a lot in this business. It was almost a single-handed guarantee that the Cy Young was yours for the...
• 10/1 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Head to Seattle For Last Series of Season: Well, if the Angels are going to make the playoffs, they are going to need a lot of luck. They lost the ability to control their...
• 10/1 BoSox Injection: Boston Adds Advisors, Completes Restructuring of Front Office: Once the season entered its final month it started to become increasingly more evident that the Boston Red Sox organization’s...

• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Angels, Padres, Francona, Indians, Red Sox: Right-hander Chris Young made his final start of the season this evening, throwing six innings of two-run ball against the Braves....
• 9/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver wins 20th game Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (20-4) became the first American League pitcher to win 20 games this season Friday,...[+] Sept. 28, with a victory over the Texas Rangers. He allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. Since Sept. 13, Weaver is 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA over 27 1/3 innings.
• 9/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Barnum and Bailey: Reds Righty Puts On No-Hit Show: For five seasons, Homer Bailey has been trying to solve the riddle, "How do I make the jump from phenom prospect to major...
• 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
• 9/29 Halo Hangout: Bad Rotation Management: This has been one of those seasons so far that has left us all scratching our collective heads. Why did it take so long to bring...
• 9/29 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How about we just call this version of Link Hangout as the “Jered Weaver gets to 20 wins with a little bit of Torii Hunter...
• 9/29 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: Rays Slide Back As Orioles, A’s, Angels Win: The Rays 3-1 loss at the hands of the Chicago White Sox was difficult enough. Combined with the three teams they are chasing in...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: The Week in Review.....Sort of: "Don't hit me don't hit me don't hit me....." I never know how to start these things, so let's just get right to it. ...
• 9/28 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels (86-70) @ Texas Rangers (92-64): The Rangers magic number is three. The Angels are one loss away from being eliminated from division contention and are also two...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Angels try to stay in the playoff chase, but the road is tough as the face AL West leader Texas in a three-game weekend series....
• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Isringhausen, Greinke, Weaver: The Angels trail the Athletics by two games with one week remaining in the regular season schedule. Here are some notes on the...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Scioscia on Jered Weaver‘s Cy Young chances, Zack Greinke a top priority and, is Dan Haren on the outs? For the first...
• 9/26 MLBTradeRumors: Angels To Pursue Greinke, Decline Haren/Santana: The Angels' "preference" is to decline their club options on Dan Haren and Ervin Santana in order to pursue a long-term extension...
• 9/25 Baseball News Source: Rays Win 6th Straight Game – Price K’s 13 for 19th Win: David Price – Cy Young Candidacy Alive and Well With a complete-game victory over the Boston Red Sox, David Price gave the...
• 9/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Which Teams Should the Yankees Be Rooting For?: It is obvious that the first goal for the Yankees is to lock up the AL East. The Yankees need to avoid that one game playoff at...
• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Brewers and Nationals finish their series Monday afternoon as Marco Estrada takes on Jordan Zimmermann in the nation’s...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver sets career wins high: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver established a career high for wins with 19 on Sunday, Sept. 23. He threw 113 pitches...[+] in 6 1/3 innings Sunday, Sept. 23, against the Chicago White Sox. Weaver allowed a run and five hits and dropped his ERA to 2.74.
• 9/23 Baseball News Source: Angels Weaver Beats White Sox – Inches Closer to 20 wins: Weaver improved to 19-4 with a 2.74 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP Gio Gonzalez won his 20th game of the season earlier this week for the...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver at 19: Jered Weaver pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing the White Sox one run as the Angels took home a victory 4-1. Weaver once against...
• 9/23 Southside Showdown: Offense Continues to Sleep as Angels Complete Sweep: Spirits were not high heading into a matchup featuring Angels’ Ace Jered Weaver and White Sox often time whipping boy Gavin...
• 9/23 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren Gets First Home Win In A Month As Angels Cut Lead to 2.5 Games: The Angels did what they had to do. Now the lead is 2.5. The Angels came in knowing the Athletics had lost in New York and took...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Miggy, Twins/Tigers: Yesterday’s thumping of the Minnesota Twins included taking advantage of the opposition’s lack of command, offense...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Athletics and Yankees follow up Saturday’s wild game with a good pitching match-up as A.J. Griffin faces Hiroki Kuroda....
• 9/21 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Is This The Angels Last Stand?: In the penultimate home series of the season, the Chicago White Sox come to town to take on the Angels. Both teams are playing...
• 9/21 Swingin' A's: The Legend of A.J. Griffin:   As the legend goes, the griffin was a regal creature of ancient times with the body of a lion and the wings and head of...
• 9/20 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: We got buckets full of Mike Trout and his MVP chase, Vernon Wells disappearing behind a wall and, Ozzie Guillen backing up Yunel...
• 9/19 Baseball Analytics: Jered Weaver joins the Angels 100-win club: RkPlayerWFromToGSSHOLW-L%IPBBSOERA 1 Chuck Finley 165 1986 1999 379 14 140 .541 2675.0 1118 2151 3.72 2 Nolan Ryan 138 1972 1979 288 40 121 .533 2181.1 1302 2416 3.07 3 Mike...
• 9/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Weaver Gets 100th Career Win: Jered Weaver earned his 100th career win as the Angels used an eight run fourth to beat the Texas Rangers 11-3. The Angels are...
• 9/19 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Wins 100: After a zany eight run fourth inning in which Yakety Sax must have been playing in the background, Jered Weaver was able to cruise...
• 9/19 Nolan Writin': Game 147: The Quick Hook By Ron Washington: Yesterday’s game, believe it or not, wasn’t always lost. In the fourth inning, with Ryan Dempster in trouble, the...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver wins 100th game: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed three runs in seven innings to beat the Texas Rangers Tuesday, Sept. 18....[+] It was his 100th career victory.
• 9/18 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (87-59) @ Los Angeles Angels (80-67): This is a big series for both teams but it is immensely important for the Angels. 7.5 games back of Texas and 3 back of the second...
• 9/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Dan Haren is slated to parti**** in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, American League West is once again the top division in baseball...
• 9/17 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey and David Price Best All Year: It has just got to drive the batters in the National League batty that the best pitcher in the league all year throws a knuckleball....
• 9/17 Halo Hangout: Happy Birthday Dan Haren: Dan Haren had an okay pre-birthday outing on Sunday against the Royals. He only went 5.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned)...
• 9/17 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Prepare for AL West Showdown With Rangers: This series was supposed to be the series. A clash between two AL West heavyweights that were supposed to duke it out all year...
• 9/15 MLB Injury News: American League West Injury News: Brandon McCarthy, : The race in the American League East remains a close one with the Oakland A's trailing the Texas Rangers by just three games....
• 9/14 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes: @Orioles 3, Rays 2 (14): “Words fail / Buildings tumble / The ground opens wide; / Light beams / down from heaven / They stand...
• 9/14 Baseball Analytics: The 7th inning stretch: Jered Weaver allowed just two hits in seven innings as the Angels salvaged a win in their four-game set with the Oakland...
• 9/14 Halo Hangout: Petitioning for a Jered Weaver Off Day Every Two Months: Wait? What? I can’t possibly be serious right? A ha, but indeed I am. Weaver started the year off in typical Jered Weaver...
• 9/14 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Angels Use Six Run Inning To Avoid Sweep: It’s always nice to get your ace back. Jered Weaver was back and looked like his first half self. Weaver threw seven shut...
• 9/14 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: September 14, 2012: Wednesday was a fantastic picking day. Thursday was as bad as Wednesday was good. That's baseball for you. Joe Nathan...
• 9/14 Baseball News Source: Weaver Slows Down Athletics and Anderson: Weaver wins 17th game after missing start Jered Weaver missed his last start with biceps tendinitis and returned to tossed seven...
• 9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver dominant: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed two hits and a walk while striking out nine in seven shutout innings to...[+] beat the Oakland Athletics Thursday, Sept. 13.
• 9/13 Baseball Musings: Oh, Ks!: Jered Weaver struck out five of the first seven Oakland batters he faced today, allowing one hit. The Angels game remains scoreless. ...
• 9/13 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: September 13, 2012: Picture a middle aged guy with a ponytail dancing and singing the schmaltzy, "What a difference a day makes," song. Yes,...
• 9/13 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- A’s Starting Pitching Shuts Down Angels Hitting Again: For all of the good that come out of the hot streak coming into this series against the A’s, all those good vibes are now...
• 9/12 High Heat Stats: The All-Time Los Angeles/California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Team: For my High Heat Stats debut, I’m continuing a series I started on my personal blog, Left Field, in which I’m naming...
• 9/11 MLB Injury News: Jered Weaver to Return Thursday for Angels: The Los Angeles Angels will receive a boost this Thursday when their ace Jered Weaver returns to the mound for the club’s...
• 9/11 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How does Jered Weaver‘s injury impact the AL playoff picture, 2012 season award prediction and even more Mike Trout. The...
• 9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to return ThursdayLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (biceps) will return to the rotation to start Thursday, Sept. 13....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (biceps) will return to the rotation to start Thursday, Sept. 13.
• 9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Hope Jered Weaver can start Wednesday: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are hoping SP Jered Weaver (biceps) can return to the starting rotation Wednesday, Sept. 12....[+]
• 9/10 MLB Injury News: Handicapping the Division & Wild Card Contenders: The pun in the title is obvious.  As we enter the final three weeks of the season, and as most teams enter their final...
• 9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver might throw again: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (biceps) might throw a 'touch-and-feel' bullpen session Monday, Sept. 10, after...[+] throwing from 90 feet Sunday, Sept. 9. Weaver could start Wednesday, Sept. 12, if he doesn't suffer any setbacks, but the team won't rush him back.
• 9/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Boston Red Sox fans need to take a long, hard look in mirror: Throughout what even Boston Red Sox players, coaches and personnel have deemed a “miserable” season, one quote has epitomized...
• 9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to throw Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (biceps) is scheduled to throw from 75 to 90 feet Saturday, Sept. 8, and hopes nothing...[+] goes wrong during the session. An MRI done on his biceps showed normal wear and tear and he was told to rest the arm.
• 9/7 Baseball News Source: Rookie Nick Maronde Gives Angels Bullpen a Gift: Nick Maronde opened the 2012 season at advanced Single-A Inland Empire and appeared in just seven Double-A games before getting...
• 9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver expects to return: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (biceps) said he expects to make four or five more starts this year, but he's unsure...[+] when his next start will come.
• 9/7 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Detroit Comes To Town: The Los Angeles Angels gauntlet continues as they return home to take on the Detroit Tigers in a three game weekend series. The...
• 9/7 Yanks Go Yard: Sabermetric Outlook: Phil Hughes: It’s been quite an up-and-down season for Phil Hughes. One day, it seems like he’s turned a corner as he dominates...
• 9/6 MLB Injury News: Jered Weaver Diagnosed with Shoulder Tendinitis: We learned earlier today that Los Angeles Angels right-hander Jered Weaver was returning to California to have his shoulder examined...
• 9/6 Baseball News Source: Angels Jered Weaver Will Miss Start With Biceps Tendinitis: Fresh off a sweep of the Oakland Athletics, the Los Angeles Angels got some disappointing news  when it was reported that  ace...
• 9/6 Halo Hangout: No Time to Rest: The Angels got a rest day, but now is no time for them to rest on their recent domination of the A’s. I wrote here before...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Whacked Weaver: Jered Weaver http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-angels-jered-weaver-20120906,0,2673304.story: An MRI test revealed...
• 9/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver has tendonitis: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (shoulder) was diagnosed with tendonitis in his shoulder. He will miss his start...[+] against the Detroit Tigers Friday, Sept. 7, and the team will announce his next start over the weekend.
• 9/6 MLB Injury News: Angels' Jered Weaver Likely to Miss Next Start: We relayed two days ago that Jered Weaver was questionable for his next scheduled start after being hit by a line drive....
• 9/6 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: If you knew nothing about Nick Maronde before his last two appearances, you’re going to learn a bit about him today. Also,...
• 9/5 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver to Miss Tigers Series: The Los Angeles Angels have been rolling as of late, but Cy Young candidate Jered Weaver is ailing. Weaver took a line drive off...
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver won't make next start: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (shoulder) won't make his next start against the Detroit Tigers Friday, Sept. 7,...[+] and will miss the entire series.
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to be examined: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (shoulder) is heading to Los Angeles to have his shoulder examined by Dr. Lewis...[+] Yocum. He is likely to miss the series against the Detroit Tigers.
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver unlikely to pitch Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said Tuesday, Sept. 4, that there is nothing new on the condition of SP Jered...[+] Weaver (shoulder) and his ailing right shoulder. However, it is looking doubtful that he will be ready to pitch Friday, Sept. 7, against the Detroit Tigers.
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: Jered Weaver Questionable for Friday Start: The Los Angeles Angels are in “wait and see” mode when it comes to right-hander Jered Weaver, who was hit by a line...
• 9/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Jered Weaver might miss his next start, Torii Hunter is getting back to his roots and Mark Trumbo‘s slump just will not...
• 9/3 Yanks Go Yard: Sabermetric Outlook: Hiroki Kuroda: Who saw this coming from Hiroki Kuroda? Before he joined the Yankees, I always thought the Japanese right-hander was underrated,...
• 9/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver's next start in question: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said SP Jered Weaver's (shoulder) right shoulder is a little tender and is...[+] not sure if he will be able to make his next scheduled start Friday, Sept. 7.
• 9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The...
• 9/3 Baseball Analytics: The fading Jered Weaver: It's hard to look at a pitcher who has a record like Jered Weaver and say that he's in a slump, but at the time when...
• 9/3 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver and the Stretch Run: Jered Weaver is the unquestioned Ace of the Angels pitching staff. It really goes without saying. Yes, this staff does have five...
• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver hit by comebacker: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (tricep) was hit in the right triceps area by a comebacker off the bat of Seattle...[+] Mariners 2B Dustin Ackley Sunday, Sept. 2. He was able to stay in the game initially, but departed after just 5 1/3 innings while allowing two earned runs.
• 9/2 High Heat Stats: Saturday AL Summary: A quick rundown of games from today’s AL action involving the leading teams. Tigers 5, White Sox 1 – Detroit closed...
• 9/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Four Run Eighth Sinks Mariners: Felix Hernandez has been an unstoppable and unbeatable force since June, and yesterday seemed like it was going to be one of those...
• 9/1 Halo Hangout: Now or Never: August MVP’s and LVP’s: With the conclusion of last night’s game against the Seattle Mariners, the Los Angeles Angels close the book on an August...
• 9/1 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Scioscia is going to ride Jered Weaver like the Ace horse that he is, Mark Trumbo‘s terrible August and, Mike Trout...
• 9/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Putz, Soriano, Giants: A hearty congratulations goes out to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus who bid farewell to the internet today as he will...

• 8/30 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions for the Rest of the Season: I don't necessarily believe all of these will happen, but there exists the possibility that they could happen.  A...
• 8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Can David Price Win The Cy Young Award?: In 2010, David Price put together a truly dominant season, finishing 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA and a 1.193 WHiP. Over his 208.2 innings...
• 8/29 BoSox Injection: He’s No Angel; Aceves Blows Lead, Angels Win 6-5 In Ninth: The Red Sox nursed a precarious 5-4 lead they’d earned since the sixth into the late innings. Boston had done what they...
• 8/28 SOX & Dawgs: Tuesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/28: After taking three-of-four from the Kansas City Royals, the Boston Red Sox embark on a nine-game west coast road trip. Tonight,...
• 8/28 Tomahawk Take: Great Debuts: Casey Kelly lived up to the hype in his first major league appearance, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the Padres to a...
• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27: Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his...
• 8/28 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Boston Comes To Town: The Angels and Red Sox renew their acquaintances after their series last week in which the Angels swept Boston in Fenway including...
• 8/28 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Los Angeles AngelsThe Advanced Scout stocks up on Red Bull and Five Hour Energy as he analyzes the Los Angeles Angels...
• 8/28 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitching Matchups: 8/28-8/30: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, August 28 @ 10:05 PM Clay Buchholz, RHP (11-4, 4.47) vs Jered Weaver,...
• 8/27 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitching Matchups: 8/28-8/30: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, August 28 @ 10:05 PM Clay Buchholz, RHP (11-4, 4.47) vs Jered Weaver,...
• 8/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Scherzer Shuts Down Angels: Good pitching stops good hitting. Yesterday the Angels ran into some really good pitching. Max Scherzer was on his game for the...
• 8/26 Swingin' A's: A’s Continue to Buck the Trend: Typically at this point in the regular season most A’s fans have moved on from baseball as their primary sports interest...
• 8/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Sayonara Takahashi, the Angels as a team could affect Mike Trout‘s MVP chances, more suspensions and professional courtesy...
• 8/24 Halo Hangout: Dan Haren – Slumping, or declining?: Here’s a line that has been drilled into the head of every Angels fan, “Dan Haren is a workhorse, an elite pitcher,...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23: For the last few months whenever the Boston Red Sox have needed a big start, they've been able to count on Clay Buchholz. But...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/23: For the last few months whenever the Boston Red Sox have needed a big start, they've been able to count on Clay Buchholz. But...
• 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/22: After yet another loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to even up the series in the middle game of a three-game set with...
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Tighter AL: Chris Sale struck out 13 Yankees and Phil Hughes lost a quality start as Chicago beats New York 2-1, sweeping the Yankees. With...
• 8/22 SOX & Dawgs: Wednesday Red Sox Mediocrity - 8/22: After yet another loss last night, the Boston Red Sox look to even up the series in the middle game of a three-game set with...
• 8/22 Call to the Pen: Firing Scioscia Would Be Blasphemy For Angels: There is an old quote that says, “Change for the sake of change is a recipe for failure.” In the case of the Los Angeles...
• 8/22 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Trumbo and Santana Lead Way To Victory: Is it crazy to think that Ervin Santana is right now the number two starter behind Jered Weaver? At this point he is. Santana...
• 8/21 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Head to Fenway To Take On The Red Sox: If you had to rank disappointing teams in the American League, you’d probably rank the Boston Red Sox one and the Los Angeles...
• 8/21 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimThe Advanced Scout stares into Mike Trout's eyes as he analyzes the Los Angeles Angels...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 8/21-8/23: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, August 21 @ 7:10 PM Ervin Santana, RHP (6-10, 5.59) vs Aaron Cook,...
• 8/21 Halo Hangout: Does Mike Butcher need to go?: An All Star rotation. Two relievers worthy of All Star consideration. One an All Star last year. A free agent pick up who had...
• 8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 8/21-8/23: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Tuesday, August 21 @ 7:10 PM Ervin Santana, RHP (6-10, 5.59) vs Aaron Cook,...
• 8/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 120: Moore Earns 10th Win as Bats Continue Surge to Sweep Angels: What a series the Rays had in Anaheim. They were not going to let the finale spoil that. The Angels have four really good starting...
• 8/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Chad Beardingsley Can’t Be Stopped, But Luis Cruz May Have Been: After seven more scoreless innings in Atlanta today, we’ve now seen six Chad Beardinglsey starts since his return from...
• 8/18 Baseball News Source: Angels Could End Up Baseball’s Most Disappointing Team: Ravaged by a rash of injuries that most teams over the course of baseball history could not overcome, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia...
• 8/18 Motor City Bengals: Handicapping the AL Cy Young Race: Last season the Cy Young for the American League was an open-and-shut case, there was no doubt that Justin Verlander was going...
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Seven Run Third Sinks Angels: Jered Weaver was due to have a bad game. Let’s not go crazy about it. However, if he’s not going to pitch well the...
• 8/18 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Fielder Hits Two Home Runs to Lead Tigers over Orioles: Baltimore 3 – Detroit 5 - Prince Fielder him hit two home runs, had four RBI and scored two runs to lift the Detroit Tigers...
• 8/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Instant replay, Dan Haren and moooooore Mike Trout. The air is getting sucked out of the lungs of this fan base quicker than the...
• 8/18 Baseball Musings: Off to the Races: The American League Central tightened up a bit on Friday as Detroit beat Baltimore 5-3 and Chicago loses to Kansas City 4-2. Tommy...
• 8/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tigers look to gain ground in the AL Wild Card race as they host the Orioles Friday night. Tommy Hunter faces the tough Justin...
• 8/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Spotlight: Jered Weaver: Jared Weaver was the 2011 runner up for the AL CY Young award and 5th in 2010. Is this his year? He surely has put himself into...
• 8/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Price Quiets Hot Angel Bats: Baseball is a funny game. One day you get a perfect game thrown against you. The next day your ace is on the mound and he throws...
• 8/17 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 15: Thou Bigoted Swine: I was listening to the excellent Solid Verbal podcast on my drive home from work yesterday, and Dan and Ty were having a discussion...
• 8/16 Rays Colored Glasses: How Will the Rays React to the Perfect Game?: Yesterday, the Rays got perfect-gamed by Felix Hernandez. How will they respond today as they start a series with the Los Angeles...
• 8/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Starting Pitching Valuation (SPv) Leaderboard: For a brief introduction to the statistic for those who have not read the article, SPv is a stat that encompasses 1) the number...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Felix Hernandez Perfect: King for a Day, Perfect Forever Felix Hernandez Throws a Perfect Game   Felix...
• 8/15 Halo Hangout: The Dog Days Of August: For the Angels, more like doggin’ it days of August. Amirite? While July ended with the Halos taking the first two games...
• 8/15 Baseball News Source: MLB – Baseball’s Best Starting Rotations: If the regular season ended today, the Major League Baseball playoffs would feature the following teams: The New York Yankees,...
• 8/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Shark Week: The Jeff Samardzija Evaluation: That's right, it is Shark Week ladies and gentleman! No better time to try and figure out the real fantasy value of Jeff "The...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: A.L. Cy Young watch, August: After a hot July, the MLB season has now gone into August.  With the...
• 8/14 WasWatching: 60+ % Quality Starts Since 2006 – Minimum 50 Starts: Here is the list, below. Not a lot of Yankees pitchers here, are there? Rk Player QS% GS From To Age G W-L% IP Tm 1 Ryan Vogelsong...
• 8/13 Kings of Kauffman: Strikeouts and Walks. What Else Really Matters?: Apparently, it’s important to strike hitters out without walking that many. Can we check to see if the Royals starters have...
• 8/13 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Angels: It’s a good thing the Boston Red Sox are having as dreadful a season as they are because the Cleveland Indians needed that four-game...
• 8/13 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: @White Sox 7, Athletics 3: H.R. Pierzynski broke a tie in the 6th with his 23rd HR, touching off a 5-run uprising, and Chris...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Handed Second Loss of The Season: He’s human after all. Jered Weaver has been nothing short of spectacular all season long. He had only lost one game coming...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: You’ll have to excuse any vitriol that I might display today. There was this weird looking “L” next to Jered...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Signs From Yesterday that “the Hand” is Moving Closer to the Proverbial “Panic Button”: With a 4-1 loss to the Mariners last night the sluggish Angels fell yet another game behind in the AL West standings and the AL...
• 8/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver tagged for second loss: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver saw his nine-game winning streak come to an end Sunday, Aug. 12, when the Seattle...[+] Mariners scored a 4-1 victory. He fell one shy of Chuck Finley's 1997 franchise record for consecutive starts won.
• 8/12 Baseball Musings: Walking Again: Miguel Montero continued his great second half Sunday afternoon as he nicked Jered Weaver for two home runs in a 4-1 Seattle victory...
• 8/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren Rocked as Mariners Even The Series: Maybe Dan Haren‘s back is bothering him again. Maybe it’s just a blip. We’ll see in the next five days. The...
• 8/12 PaulLebowitz.com: The Media Vultures Circle The Mets Again: Since the Mets have come apart after a surprising first half of the season when it was being speculated as to whether or not they’d...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: Top Five 2012 AL Cy Young Award Contenders: If the season ended today, it is unclear who would take home American League Cy Young Award honors. Five AL pitchers appear to...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: Jordan Zimmermann – Unlikely Cy Young Candidate: Washington Nationals‘ right-hander Jordan Zimmermann doesn’t have a flashy record. At 9-6, there are 22 pitchers among...
• 8/10 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – Miguel Cabrera – Subjects of AL MVP Debate: One is a 29-year-old slugger who hits for average and power, and has belted more than 300 home runs in his 10-year Major League...
• 8/10 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 18: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/10 Halo Hangout: Is Mike Trout Cooling Off?: In 2012, Mike Trout has yet to go into a slump. That’s pretty strange. All players have a poor string of games. Look at...
• 8/10 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Halos Return Home to Take on Mariners: The Angels look to fix themselves against the struggling Mariners this weekend as the Halos return home to the Big A. The Angels...
• 8/10 Halo Hangout: How Good Is Jered Weaver?: Jered Weaver is the Angels ace. He finished second is the AL Cy Young in 2011 and fifth in 2010. The baseball world is aware that...
• 8/9 High Heat Stats: Pitching reliability – an honest day’s work: Quick – have you had a bad day at work this year? Pretty silly question, right. Well, if you’re among a select group...
• 8/9 Baseball Musings: Nine In. Dickey: R.A. Dickey continued his remarkable season Thursday afternoon, pitching a complete game against the Miami Marlins. Dickey allowed...
• 8/8 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels: Can Their Starting Rotation Carry Them Into the Postseason?: Wednesday August 8th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Intern Writer):   The Los Angeles Angels made two big splashes in the offseason....
• 8/8 Bay City Ball: New Theory: Ryan Vogelsong is a wizard: Sometimes when I watch Ryan Vogelsong pitch, I’m reminded of this video. I imagine that Ryan Vogelsong is wearing a kilt...
• 8/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Swinging A’s Shell Wilson: C.J. Wilson was brought in to be a co-ace with Jered Weaver. Right now he’s not that. Wilson game up six runs in five innings...
• 8/7 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes – expanded: Added games are above the solid line. @Orioles 3, Mariners 1: Chris Tillman won his 4th straight start, beating the team that...
• 8/7 Southside Showdown: Chris Sale and Additional Innings:   When the White Sox announced last week that Chris Sale’s next start would be skipped due to what he described as a “dead...
• 8/7 Mets360.com: It’s A Tough Job, But Mets’ Fans Need To Temper Expectations Of Matt Harvey: Matt Harvey has arrived. In his first three starts he has pitched marvelously, in tough luck and pretty badly, in that order....
• 8/7 Baseball News Source: Where are Baseball’s Pre-Season Top 10 Prospects Today?: Ranking Major League prospects is an inexact science, much like filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket...
• 8/7 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Albert Pujols: Welcome to this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. I’ll be discussing a familiar face with a still-unfamiliar uniform,...
• 8/7 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Dominates A’s in Shutout: To paraphrase the DJ Khaled song; All Jered Weaver does is win, win, win no matter what. Weaver doesn’t blow people away....
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: Yu Stressed?: Baseball Time in Arlington notes that Darvish is pitching in more stressful situations than he encountered in Japan. As Dave Allen...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver dominates: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver pitched a four-hit shutout for his major league-leading 15th win Monday, Aug. 6....[+] He struck out nine and didn't walk a batter.
• 8/6 Baseball News Source: David Price – Dominating Despite Lack of Run Support: David Price is not anonymous. Though he has spent his five-year Major League career with the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that is routinely...
• 8/6 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Monday night presents a few nice match-ups between playoff contending teams. The Yankees travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers...
• 8/6 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Bullpen Falters Again as Angels Lose Series in Chicago: The Angels bullpen has been quite leaky on this road trip. This happened again yesterday, as the bullpen couldn’t protect...
• 8/3 BoSox Injection: BoSox Injection Midseason Predictions: Conor Duffy World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds Biggest Trade: Anibal Sanchez (5-8, 4.11) and Omar Infante (.280/.305/.429)...
• 8/3 Nolan Writin': Game 104: Brand New Faces in All the Right Places: The Rangers topped the Angels tonight in a good ol’ fashioned Texas shootout. The final score was 15-9 and both teams were...
• 8/2 Baseball News Source: Albert Pujols Can Still Hit – Was There Ever a Doubt ?: Back in December Albert Pujols came to the Los Angeles Angels as a free agent, signed a 10 year $240 million deal. Pujols hit...
• 8/2 The Baseball Page: Trade Deadline Winners and Losers – Philadelphia Phillies not Among Winners: The idea of ranking winners and losers at the end of a trade deadline...
• 8/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Angels All-Stars Lead Way In Victory: In important games, you need your stars to be stars. That’s exactly what Albert Pujols, Mike Trout and Jered Weaver were...
• 8/1 The Baseball Page: MLB Trade Deadline Winners and Losers: The MLB trade deadline has passed and the winners and losers of this...
• 8/1 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Albert Pujols Goes Deep Twice To Help The Los Angeles Angels Down the Texas Rangers Again: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 6, Texas Rangers 2 The Angels have improved themselves greatly by adding Zack Greinke to their...
• 8/1 Nolan Writin': Game 102: Peace Amongst the Dutch Tulips: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...

• 7/31 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Morales Makes History as Angels Win Big in Texas: Well the Angels bats certainly know how to break out of a slump huh? You gotta love baseball. One day you can’t score. The...
• 7/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Another angle on a Wainwright extensionA couple of other comparative contact cases to consider in the context of Adam Wainwright....
• 7/29 High Heat Stats: Saturday Summary – NL Edition: Not much in the way of heroic finishes in the NL on Saturday, but there are always interesting tidbits in the boxes. The Saturday...
• 7/29 Call to the Pen: Greinke Acquisition Places Angels Rotation Among Best in AL: On Sunday, Zack Greinke made his debut as a Los Angeles Angel. Greinke, acquired from Milwaukee for a package headlined by former...
• 7/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Angels Win Greinke Sweepstakes: When the Los Angeles Angels signed C.J Wilson last December, adding him to a rotation that already featured a formidable big three...
• 7/28 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Is Dan Haren Back?: Zack Greinke had to like what he saw from his new teammates last night. Shortly after acquiring the ace, Dan Haren pitched like...
• 7/28 The Baseball Page: Angels acquire Zack Greinke.: Deal is done: Greinke to #Angels, sources tell me and @jonmorosi. @Ken_Rosenthal #Brewers...
• 7/28 Call to the Pen: Zack Greinke Trade Analysis: With the biggest move in the books, let’s take a look at what each team received.  The Angeles sent Jean Segura, Ariel...
• 7/28 Halo Hangout: Angels Acquire Zack Greinke For Farm System: After Cole Hamels signed his mega-extension with the Phillies, Zack Greinke became the prize free agent pitcher for the trade...
• 7/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 100: Keppinger Provides The Only Offense as Haren, Pujols Defeat Rays 3-1: Tampa Bay arrived in Los Angeles for Friday’s series opener knowing full well that they’d be facing a tough Angels...
• 7/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Analyzing the Zack Greinke Trade: For the Angels The Angels have long had a history of collecting starting pitching. The addition of Zack Greinke gives them a top...
• 7/27 Baseball News Source: Greinke Joins Weaver and Wilson – Gives Angels Elite Trio of Starters: Forgive Angels manager Mike Scioscia if he feels a burst of exhilaration. Though his team entered Friday night’s game five...
• 7/27 Baseball News Source: How Will the Rangers Answer the Angels’ Acquisition of Greinke?: With the acquisition of Zack Greinke from Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim boast a rotation that include features...
• 7/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Zack Greinke to the Angels: What it means for fantasy owners: The trade market had been quiet since the Dodgers acquisition of Hanley Ramirez, but that is no longer the case. Jon Morosi and...
• 7/27 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #4 7/27: Zack Greinke to the Angels – The A.L. West Just Got Wilder: Saturday July 28th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Zack Greinke has just been traded to the Angels. It looks as if the A.L. West is...
• 7/27 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Angels Acquire Zack Greinke: The Angels gave up three prospects for Brewers ace Greinke. (US Presswire)After weeks of speculation about where he would be...
• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 (12): Rafael Furcal had the game-winning hit, giving him 2 of their 4 walk-offs this year. But my focus...
• 7/26 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bats Go Off Early as Angels Take Series: The Angels bats were alive and well from the words “Play Ball” as they jumped out to an 8-0 after four innings and finished...
• 7/25 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Offense Only Musters Four Hits In Loss: Many scouts were at the Big A to check out Garrett Richards, as the Angels may dangle him in trade talks. You have to wonder if...
• 7/25 WasWatching: Cole Hamels Signs $144 Million 6-Year Extension: Source. There have been few better since 2006: Rk Player ERA+ G From To Age GS W L IP BB SO ERA 1 Roy Halladay 144 207 2006 2012...
• 7/24 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Angels Eyeing James Shields: According to Tim Kurkjian of ESPN, the Angels and the Rays have been involved in numerous trade talks - including a trade that...
• 7/24 Halo Hangout: Help Wanted: Starting Pitchers: Last night after the game, the Angels announced a trade, acquiring Barry Enright from the Arizona Diamondbacks for the ol’...
• 7/24 mlbreports.com : David Price: The Best Starting Pitcher in the American League?: Tuesday July 24th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (MLB reports Intern Candidate):  The American league consists of several dominant pitchers,...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers & Angels Have Interest In James Shields: Both the Tigers and Angels have interest in Rays right-hander James Shields according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The two...
• 7/21 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (East Coast bias admitted): Braves 11, @Nats 10 (11): As soon as Paul Janish came up in the 11th with the go-ahead run on 3rd, you just knew he would make...
• 7/21 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Dominant As Angels Take Game One vs Texas: You could almost hear the Wild West showdown music when the Angels took on the Rangers last night. Okay maybe not, but it was...
• 7/20 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Texas Rangers (55-36) @ Los Angeles Angels (50-43): The Rangers are coming off of a split with the Oakland Athletics to face off against their AL West rival, the Angels. The three...
• 7/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Belated First Half Awards: The second half of the baseball season is now a week old, but here are my belated midseason awards.  Better late than never! AL...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The White Sox open a three game series in Detroit as Jake Peavy takes on Justin Verlander. Detroit trails Chicago by 1 1/2 games...
• 7/20 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Angels and Blue Jays Interested in Francisco Liriano: The Twins are not good.  They have some good pieces, but they are not good overall.  The one-time feel-good story out of the...
• 7/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Williams Struggles as Angels Lose Three of Four in Detroit: The Angels will head into this weekend’s Texas series losers of four of five as the they lost the finale of their series...
• 7/19 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 2012 World Series contenders?: Thursday July 19th, 2012 John Burns:  The 2012 season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim looks like it might be getting saved...
• 7/19 Call to the Pen: The Luckiest Pitchers in Baseball: Every season there are a number of players who receive a ton of credit for having an outstanding year they aren’t actually...
• 7/19 Nolan Writin': Game 91: Late Inning Letdown: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to just a handful of plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those...
• 7/17 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 15: Last Week: 2-1 This Week: LAA (7/16-19); CWS (7/20-22) So, What Happened? Justin...
• 7/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees – A tough offense to dominate: There are a dozen ways to look at how good a team's offense is. We could look at runs per game. We could look at a team's on-base...
• 7/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Stabilizing The Pitching Staff With Some CC: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) All things considered, the Yankees have handled the double-whammy...
• 7/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Avoid Sweep in the Bronx: When you are looking at the matchup of Jered Weaver and Ivan Nova, you were thinking a pitchers duel. Well you thought wrong....
• 7/16 Yanks Go Yard: Can’t Win ‘Em All: Bombers fall to Halos despite four more homers: Usually when a team hits four home runs, they put themselves in a very good position to be victorious. The Yankees, the major...
• 7/15 My Pinstripes: Yankees Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory: Cano's nap cost the Yankees dearly - courtesy of daylife.com No, that's not really how the saying goes, but it's apropos...
• 7/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: NAIL-BITER 'TIL THE END BUT YANKS COME UP SHORT:   The Yankees didn't win it today.  They literally went until the very end grinding it out and climbing back into...
• 7/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankee rally fizzles in the 9th, lose to Angels 10-8: The Yankees lost a frustrating one against the Angels today. Anytime the offense puts eight on the board you should win the game....
• 7/15 The Baseball Page: 2nd Half Power Rankings: 1. New York Yankees Top 10 in ERA, most home runs in baseball and CC...
• 7/15 mlbreports.com : Top Ten Stat Of The Week: (Active Pitchers Winning Pctg-Min 100 Decisions): Sunday July.15/2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Lead Baseball Writer)- Pitching wins are given less importance  all of...
• 7/15 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Yankees Bullpen Shuts Down Angels Offense: Jerome Williams made his return to the Angels rotation yesterday. He pitched okay and gave the Angels some length, but it wasn’t...
• 7/15 Yanks Go Yard: Mid-Summer Scorcher: Cano extends sizzling hit streak to 17 as Yankees drop Angels: As the baseball season enters the middle of July, it is also **** that speculation and competition surrounding which players will...
• 7/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Sunday starts off with a superb match-up as Jered Weaver and the Angels face Ivan Nova and the Yankees. The Yankees should challenge...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Have Interest in Matt Capps, Francisco Liriano: Looking to bolster their pitching staff for the stretch drive, the Angels have interest in both Matt Capps and Francisco Liriano...
• 7/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 14: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/13 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Angels at Yankees (7/13-7/15): The Bronx Bombers begin their second half of the season tonight as they try to continue their positive momentum from their 52-33...
• 7/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Series Preview: Angels @ Yankees 7/13 – 7/15: Pitching Matchups Friday, 7/13/12, 7:05pm ET Pitching for the Yankees: Hiroki Kuroda RHP Last Appearance: (ND) 5.2IP, 6ER, 10H,...
• 7/13 Baseball Reality Tour: Fun with Platoon Splits: We still have time for one more All-Star break statistical post before the second half of the season begins with this afternoon's...
• 7/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Keys To The Second Half: The Angels start their post all-star break schedule on Friday in New York against the Yankees. They currently sit four games behind...
• 7/12 Release Points: NL Midseason Awards: Without further ado, here the NL Midseason award winners. Cy Young Award R.A. Dickey, New York Mets – as far as extended dominance...
• 7/12 Rising Apple: Five Starting Pitchers the Mets Could Trade For to Replace Dillon Gee: The good news is that Dillon Gee will soon be released from the hospital. The bad news is that the treatment to prevent future...
• 7/11 Release Points: NL Midseason Awards, Surprises, and Blunders: Without further ado, here the NL Midseason award winners. Cy Young Award R.A. Dickey, New York Mets – as far as extended dominance...
• 7/11 Halo Hangout: Halo HIghlights- A Look Back at the First Half: The Los Angeles Angels enter the second half with a record of 48-38, four games behind the Texas Rangers for the AL West lead,...
• 7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Pitchers at the Break: Continuing yesterday's theme of players who were in a groove before the Midsummer Classic interruped the season. Ryan Dempster The...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: MLB Midseason Report: As we sit about four matches past the true halfway point of the season, it’s time to look at the season so far and see not...
• 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: American League Edition: Don’t be fooled by the fact that the All-Star Game is a glorified exhibition game. Yes, home field advantage is at stake,...
• 7/9 mlbreports.com : The MLB Pitching Leaders in Wins: What to Make of Them?:   Monday July 9th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: With more than half of the season over, we’ve seen a lot of surprises when it comes...
• 7/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Season review: Suprises, disappointments and awards: At the midway point of this baseball season, it is easy to tell this is far from a normal season for Major League Baseball. The...
• 7/9 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review:   The White Sox were at home for their last week before the All-Star break, looking to end the first-half on a high note...
• 7/9 WahoosOnFirst: This Week In Indians Baseball: Week 13: Returning home from a long road trip, the Indians were looking to make some noise this week while taking on the Los Angeles Angels...
• 7/8 Release Points: AL Midseason Awards: The Yankees and Red Sox were scheduled to play the final game of the first half – how apropos – before giving way to the All-Star...
• 7/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Shuts Down Orioles and Makes History: Anytime you can do something that Sandy Koufax did, you are probably pretty good. Jered Weaver is pretty good. Weaver improved...
• 7/8 Baseball Musings: No Runs Weaver: Jered Weaver pitched eight shutout innings Saturday night as the Angels beat the Orioles 3-0. In his last 14 2/3 innings against...
• 7/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #84: Tampa Bay Rays (44-40) at Cleveland Indians (43-40): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Indians fell behind early and fell farther behind in the fifth inning when the pitching...
• 7/7 Call to the Pen: If the Season Ended Today: As hopefully all baseball fans know at this point, a brand new playoff system will be unveiled for the 2012 season. Instead of...
• 7/7 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Angels Lose, Look Sleepy After Long Comeback Thursday Night: The Angels offense took the night off after an exhausting comeback on Thursday night and in doing so made Ex-Angel farmhand Miguel...
• 7/6 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 13: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/5 Yanks Go Yard: How Do The Yankees Fare Against Staff Aces?: I’m throwing out advanced statistics in favor of some lighter reading today. It’s an off-day for the Yankees today,...
• 7/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #80: Los Angeles Angels (45-35) at Cleveland Indians (40-39): By Mike Brandyberry Monday evening the Indians were not able to bring their offensive outburst from Baltimore home with them...
• 7/3 High Heat Stats: Jarrod Parker rolls on: Monday in Oakland, Jarrod Parker hurled 6.2 innings of 1-run ball in beating the Red Sox for the 2nd time in as many tries....
• 7/3 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Tampa Bay Rays Edge New York Yankees on Late Error: AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay Rays 4, New York Yankees 3 The New York Yankees took an early lead off Matt Moore thanks to run-scoring...
• 7/3 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Shuts Down the Tribe: When you get a match-up of two aces, sometimes it leads to 10-9 games. The match-up of Jered Weaver and Ubaldo Jimenez live up...
• 7/3 WahoosOnFirst: Tribe Can’t Solve Jered Weaver in 3-0 Loss to Angels: The Tribe’s long-awaited homecoming after a 10-game road trip didn’t go as planned as Jered Weaver shut down Cleveland’s...
• 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver solid: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed five hits and three walks while striking out two in seven shutout innings...[+] in his win over the Cleveland Indians Monday, July 2.
• 7/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Weaver and Downs Blank Tribe; Angels 3, Indians 0: By Bob Toth On Monday night, Jered Weaver gave Clevelanders a taste of how he sports the second-best ERA in the American League...
• 7/2 Halo Hangout: Four for KC: The American League All-Star team is going to have four Angels in Mark Trumbo, Mike Trout, Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson.  That’s...
• 7/2 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Jason Evans Talks Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim come to town Monday night to kick off a three-game set at Progressive Field. So I talked to...
• 7/2 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: It’s Almost All-Star Game time, a midseason look at individual awards leaders, and more as MLB approaches the halfway mark...
• 7/2 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get Split with Jays: It got interesting late, but the Angels managed to hang on as they beat the Blue Jays 10-6. It wasn’t the prettiest victory...

• 6/29 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 12: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/29 Call to the Pen: Jerome Williams’ Return May Force Angels to Send Garrett Richard to Minors: According to Alden Gonzalez, Garrett Richard may soon be heading back to the minors, and the reason isn’t necessarily performance-based....
• 6/28 Through The Fence Baseball: The legend of Mike Trout grows — ROY and MVP worthy?: American League catchers may resort to hiding kryptonite in their pockets when Mike Trout comes to bat. There doesn’t seem to...
• 6/28 MLBTradeRumors: Zack Greinke Rumors: Thursday: Zack Greinke picked up his ninth win of the season last night, allowing two runs in six innings of work during the Brewers' 8-4...
• 6/28 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Dominate Baltimore Orioles To Win Third Straight: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Baltimore Orioles 1 The Los Angeles Angels remain ultra-hot, as they crushed the Baltimore...
• 6/28 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Halos Hammer Hammel; Broom the Birds: Mike Trout led with his glove to make the Angels play of the year then his bat If you haven’t seen it do a quick google...
• 6/28 Halo Hangout: The Catch Featuring Mike Trout: After flipping through a dictionary, I could not find any words to describe the catch Mike Trout made on Wednesday night. The...
• 6/27 High Heat Stats: Wednesday mini-roundup: (“Mini-roundup” sounds like herding cats, which in a way it is. Anyway…) @Giants 3, Dodgers 0: For the first...
• 6/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Halo Homers lead Beatdown of Birds: The Angels bats broke out as they pounded Orioles pitching for 17 hits and four home runs as the Angels beat the Orioles 7-3....
• 6/27 High Heat Stats: A few Tuesday game notes: @Reds 4, Brewers 3: While Bronson Arroyo was holding Milwaukee hitless through 7, winless Marco Estrada was racking up 12...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees go for a sweep of the Indians as Ubaldo Jimenez faces Andy Pettitte. Ubaldo allowed six runs in his last four starts,...
• 6/26 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: A Quick Trip To Baltimore: The Angels make a quick pit stop to Baltimore for a two game set with the Orioles. The Angels got very healthy playing in interleague...
• 6/25 Bus League Baseball: Projected USA 2013 World Baseball Classic Roster: Pitchers: With the announcement a couple weeks ago that Joe Torre will manage Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, I can justify...
• 6/24 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Defense Does in the Angels: Well you can’t win em all. Ervin Santana pitched well for his second consecutive outing, but Chris Capuano out-dueled him...
• 6/22 Halo Hangout: OOTP 13 Simulation Of The Angels Season: The fine people over at Out Of The Park Baseball were kind enough to send me copies of their CPU and iPad simulation games. While...
• 6/22 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 11: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/21 Seedlings to Stars: The Plight of A Flyball Pitcher: Breaking Down A.J. Cole’s 2012 Struggles: This past offseason, when the Oakland Athletics made the deal sending Gio Gonzalez to the Washington Nationals, even though Gonzalez...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jean Segura Makes Future’s Game Roster: Jean Segura will be the Angels only representative at the Future’s Games during the All Star break. My tweets to @MLB to...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Weaver Returns; Shuts Down Giants: It’s almost like he never left. Jered Weaver came off the DL and pitched six shutout innings as the Angels beat the Giants...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Is Just Fine, Thank You: Any concerns about Jered Weaver and lingering back problems can be put to rest after the Angels ace was sharp in his first start...
• 6/21 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Set To Return: The Angels get their ace back. Jered Weaver will get back on the mound after his DL stint Wednesday night against the Giants....
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver solid in return: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed two hits and two walks while striking out three in six shutout innings to...[+] beat the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, June 20.
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: Weaver Returns: Jered Weaver didn’t miss a beat as he returns from the disabled list to throw six shutout innings. He threw just 78 pitches...
• 6/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: They Lince-come and they Lince-go: It’s a sad day when you realize that your favorite player in all of sports, well second to Steve Nash, is on the brink of complete...
• 6/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s a tough day to find good matchups. Tommy Hanson and Phil Hughes are hot in June, and they face each other in the rubber...
• 6/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Giants Bullpen Quiets Angel Bats: Well if Matt Cain isn’t perfect his bullpen certainly was. Matt Cain’s bid for another perfect game ended right away...
• 6/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to be limited: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said SP Jered Weaver (back) will be limited to 80 or 90 pitches in his first...[+] start back from the disabled list against the San Francisco Giants Wednesday, June 20.
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to return Wednesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) will be activated from the disabled list Wednesday, June 20, to start against...[+] the San Francisco Giants.
• 6/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Richards Dominant as Halos take Series from D’Backs: Looks like the Angels have some starting pitching depth now huh? Garrett Richards continues his impressive streak as the Angels...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver may return this week : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) could return to the starting rotation as early as Friday, June 22. Weaver...[+] was scheduled to pitch his final bullpen session Sunday, June 17.
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to throw bullpen session Sunday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) will throw 30-40 pitches in a bullpen session Sunday, June 17. Manager Mike...[+] Scioscia did not offer a timetable for Weaver's return.
• 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver throws simulated game: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) threw 60 pitches during a simulated game Friday, June 15, and did not report...[+] any problems. He is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Sunday, June 17.
• 6/15 The Baseball Page: Is the No-Hitter Becoming Less Impressive?: Matt Cain pitched the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants history...
• 6/13 FanSided: Is Ned Yost the Worst Manager in the Major Leagues?: Anytime things don’t go as expected, we all look for a reason.  Why did it happen?  Who is to blame?  The Royals 2012 season...
• 6/12 Mastersball.com: Luck in the Transactions: Well I suppose some of you need to Look at the transactions first but there are a lot of lineup changes that need to be made...
• 6/12 Crashburn Alley: The Dumbest Thing You’ll Read All Year: Before I link you to an article, here are some facts: Clifton Phifer Lee ranks third in Major League Baseball in strikeouts as...
• 6/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver throws 30 pitches: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) was able to throw from the front of the mound Monday, June 11. He is expected...[+] to throw a full bullpen session Tuesday, June 12, and then a simulated game before the end of the week.
• 6/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver might return when eligible: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) was able to play extended long-toss up to 300 feet Wednesday, June 6. It...[+] appears he is likely to return from the 15-day disabled list when eligible, although no official word has come from manager Mike Scioscia or general manager Jerry Dipoto.
• 6/4 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Scouting the Waiver Wire — Week 10: Big injuries this week to the Colorado Rockies Troy Tulowitzki and the Los Angeles Dodgers Matt Kemp have created an opening for...
• 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver throws lightly: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) was able to throw lightly Saturday, June 2, for the first time since going...[+] on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, May 29.
• 6/3 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff: The quantitative bounties found in Fangraphs linear weights help us understand most of the who, what, how, or why certain things...
• 6/2 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 8: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/1 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Dickey Deserves a Quality Contract:   Dickey’s focused on making hitters look silly, not on his contract status. When Omar Minaya signed a relatively unknown...
• 6/1 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: June 4-10: Rising UpStephen Pryor (0% owned last week; 5% this week)To hear some in the fantasy media tell it, there's nothing...

• 5/31 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Injured Stars: How to replace your banged up studs: If you play in more than one fantasy baseball league, there is a very good chance that this has been a rough week for you. In...
• 5/30 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver to DL; Angels Call Up Garrett Richards: The Los Angeles Angels have placed staff ace Jered Weaver on their 15-day disabled list with a lower back injury.  The Angels...
• 5/30 Halo Hangout: Garrett Richards Answers Angels’ Call: The Angels rotation has lost their ace with Jered Weaver hitting the 15-day DL, so the Halos have called up their number two prospect...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Injury Tuesday: Tuesday afternoon turned out to be a bad time to take a trip to Boston, as a number of major figures received reports on their...
• 5/29 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Los Angeles Angels of Ahaheim: Just to be clear, this poll includes all iterations of the Angels franchise, including the Anaheim Angels, California Angels,...
• 5/29 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Eventually Goes On The DLIt wasn’t a pretty sight watching Angels ace Jered Weaver hobble off the mound after … [visit site to read more]...
• 5/29 PaulLebowitz.com: The Two Roys, Weaver And…Igarashi?: Rangers sign Roy Oswalt. At least now we don’t have to endure the daily updates of Oswalt’s movements—taking out the garbage;...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Fifth starter spot might be skipped: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have a scheduled day off Thursday, May 31, so manager Mike Scioscia might elect to skip the...[+] fifth starter spot. Originally, the day off would have allowed each starter an extra day of rest, but the injury to SP Jered Weaver (back) might change that. SP Garrett Richards, recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake, might be available out of the bullpen in the meantime.
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver says no timetable for return: Updating a previous report, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) said Tuesday, May 29, that there is no timetable...[+] for his return from the 15-day disabled list. 'There's really no timetable,' Weaver said. 'It's just a matter of how my body responds to everything and how I bounce back from the treatments. That'll tell us when we can get into the stabilizing stuff, the core stuff, to kind of stabilize that part of the back.'
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to DL confirmed: Updating previous reports, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) will be placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday,...[+] May 29. SP Garrett Richards has been recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake. Weaver said the pain is greater on the right side of his lower back. 'There was some strain back there with some spasms and the MRI showed inflammation (in the muscles) around the discs,' said Weaver.
• 5/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 28 – June 3This week's AL two-starters features the reigning Cy Young/MVP as well as Detroit's other ace....
• 5/29 High Heat Stats: Memorial Monday musings: [Just in time for Tuesday night's slate, here are a few notes on Monday games.] White Sox 2, @Rays 1: To put it very mildly, ChiSox...
• 5/29 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Leaves Start With Back Injury: Jered Weaver has been the certified ace of the Angels staff this season, serving up a terrific encore to his 2011 Cy Young runner-up...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver update: Updating a previous report, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim retracted their earlier announcement that they had placed SP Jered...[+] Weaver (back) on the disabled list.
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to DL: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim placed SP Jered Weaver (back) on the disabled list Tuesday, May 29, and recalled SP Garrett...[+] Richards from Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding move.
• 5/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES LOST A HEARTBREAKER IN ANAHEIM: No one likes these late night West Coast games. Everyone has to stay up late to see if the Yankees can win these games,...
• 5/29 FanSided: Harsh realities brought to light after Yankees' loss to Angels: The New York Yankees entered last night's tilt against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim a season-best five games above .500 and...
• 5/29 Yanks Go Yard: Collision Course: Yankees lose wild one to Angels on walk-off blast in ninth: The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim entered the game on five-game and six-game respective win streaks. The...
• 5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo powering red-hot Halos: Is this finally what we’ve been waiting for? Can we breathe now? In case you haven’t heard, the Los Angeles Angels...
• 5/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Trumbo’s walk-off bomb sinks Yankees, 9-8: Mark Trumbo hit a ninth inning home run to left field on the third pitch from Cory Wade to give the Angels a 9-8 victory over...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver to be examined: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) will undergo an MRI exam and X-rays on his lower back Tuesday, May 29, and...[+] the team will wait for the results before putting him on the 15-day disabled list. Weaver was still in plenty of pain around four hours after being removed from his start Monday, May 28. 'I can't really bend over too much,' Weaver said after the game, as he stood awkwardly in front of his locker. 'I tried to throw that second pitch, but there was no way. The way the team is playing right now, I'm one of the guys that wants to be out there.' His next scheduled start is Sunday, June 3, against the Texas Rangers.
• 5/28 High Heat Stats: Pitchers who earn their losses: A familiar television advertisement from years ago featured the actor John Houseman as pitch man for the investment firm Smith...
• 5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver leaves gameLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) left the game Monday, May 28, because of a lower back injury....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (back) left the game Monday, May 28, because of a lower back injury.
• 5/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Having dispatched the second place Braves to fourth place, the Nationals head to Miami to take on the third place Marlins. The...
• 5/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 7: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: Valuations to Date: A.L. Pitchers: With the season past the quarter pole, it seems like a good time to look at how players are doing so far. Tonight I'll start with...
• 5/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Angels @ A’s Game 45: Afternoon extra-inning baseball results in a 3-1 loss for the A’s who slump to 22-23 and continue to hover around .500 but...
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There’s a full day of action as the first game starts at 12:35 EDT and the last at 9:40. Ricky Romero faces James Shields...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver wins sixth game Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (6-1) allowed two runs on three hits over seven innings in a victory over the San...[+] Diego Padres Friday, May 18, with three walks and four strikeouts. He improved to 11-3 with a 2.74 ERA in 19 career interleague starts.
• 5/19 Chicken Friars: Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angels Hold Padres to Just Three Hits: Jered Weaver had one moment of weakness in the game.  In the seventh inning, … [visit site to read more]Jered Weaver and...
• 5/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 6: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Several surprising names atop MLB stats in the early going: Wait a second. Carlos Beltran leads the National League in home runs? You read that correctly. Beltran, signed by the Cardinals...
• 5/14 FanSided: It's a Question of Command for Chris Beck: Chris Beck's arsenal of pitches has to drive you insane. It's unorthodox, and this season, it's been ineffective. Beck's fastball...
• 5/14 Nolan Writin': Game 35 – Moments that Mattered: The feast or famine Rangers offense was in full-on World-Eater mode last night, driving in 8 runs offGame 35 – Moments that...
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Weaver’s Worst: Jered Weaver leaves the game with eight runs allowed and a man on second. This is the fourth time he allowed eight runs in a game....
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Grand Slam Sunday: Nelson Cruz joins Giancarlo Stanton and Joey Votto hitting grand slams. Cruz’s comes in the third inning, unlike the other...
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Andy Pettitte returns to major league baseball as he starts for the Yankees against the Mariners. This is about as good as the...
• 5/12 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 5: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Showdown in Arlington:   If you aren’t excited about the weekend series against the Los Angeles Angels, then you’re either not a baseball...
• 5/10 Halo Hangout: How Awesome Is Jered Weaver?On the 20-80 scouting scale, Jered Weaver grades out with around an 85 awesome tool. … [visit site to read more]...
• 5/10 Halo Hangout: Top Ten Jered Weaver Moments: Jered Weaver is still riding high on the momentum of his no-hitter against Minnesota last week. He was named the AL Player of...
• 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Cole Hamels, Mariano Rivera, Demi Moore:   The hottest topics for the week of May 6, 2012 … And justice for all: After the Phillies’ Cole Hamels admitted...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Twins Get a Hit: With no out in the third, Jered Weaver walks a batter, then gives up a single to Erik Komatsu. The Twins are down 3-0 to the Angels...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Weaver at Ten: Jered Weaver pitches a 1-2-3 first, and how has pitched ten consecutive hitless innings. Weaver is tough to hit early in the game,...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rangers continue their tour of playing first-place teams as they travel to Baltimore to meet the Orioles. Matt Harrison takes...
• 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rays, Wright, Mets, Oswalt, Weaver: Sunday afternoon linkage.. The Rays could look out-of-house for an answer at third base, but Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay...
• 5/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 7 – May 13This week's AL pitching lineup features two starts from the reigning CY Young/MVP, as well as a bunch of risky pitchers....
• 5/5 Baseball Reality Tour: Thoughts from the Air: A view from the **** Saturday morning, and I'm flying from New York to Chicago, with aspirations to see the Dodgers at Wrigley...
• 5/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 4: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/4 High Heat Stats: Does a no-hitter spark a team?: As the Angels take the field for their first game following Jered Weaver‘s no-hitter, we look at a question of particular...
• 5/4 60ft6in.com: No Hitter: Jered Weaver: Los Angeles Angels right-hander, Jered Weaver, dealt a no-hitter against the punchless Minnesota Twins last night. Only two Twins...
• 5/4 Halo Hangout: I Called Jered Weaver’s No-HitterKinda. Sorta. I have proof. We’ll get to that in a minute. Jered Weaver capped an … [visit site to read more]...
• 5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Jered Weaver fever grips Anaheim: Even coming into this season, there was little doubt who the ace is in Anaheim. But, good lord, can I please pick my jaw up off...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: The Morrow of the Story: The day after Jered Weaver no-hits the Blue Jays Twins, Brandon Morrow spins a three-hit shutout against the Angels as Toronto...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: Impressions: Watching Jered Weaver pitch Wednesday night, the idea came to mind that Weaver goes deep in games without allowing a hit. For...
• 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Weaver, Komatsu, Sandoval: On this date last year, Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano no-hit the White Sox. Here are some links for Thursday afternoon,...
• 5/3 Justin Jabs: Rival Report 5/3: Wainwright wins, Braun’s trinity of homers, and a goat: I tuned in just in time (thanks Twitter) to see Jered Weaver finish off his first career no-hitter. I’m pretty sure the...
• 5/3 High Heat Stats: I don’t beWeave what I just saw! (The prevalence of no-hitters): Jered Weaver threw the 10th regular-season no-hitter since in the majors since 2010 last night, defined as team pitching performances...
• 5/3 Baseball Analytics: Jered Weaver's No-Hitter: Click image to enlarge Jered Weaver threw 121 pitches in his no-hit performance against the Minnesota Twins last night, striking...
• 5/3 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Jered Weaver’s No-Hitter caps dramatic night around MLB: Last night was a baseball fan’s perfect night. There were power displays, walk-off homers, dominant pitching performances, extra...
• 5/3 Halo Hangout: What We Learned From Jered Weaver And His No Hitter: He’s Really Good: Jered Weaver has been one of the top pitchers in baseball over the last three seasons. Since 2009, when he went 16-8 with a 3.75...
• 5/3 Fragile Freddy's: Game 24 Recap: OAK – 000 103 000 – 4 – 9 – 1 BOS – 000 000 101 – 2 – 8 – 0 The Sox dropped a second straight to Oakland to fall...
• 5/3 The Writer's Journey: Congratulations Jered Weaver!With the tenth no-hitter in Angels history, Jered Weaver defeated the Minnesota Twins 9-0....
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Video: Forget The Superstitions, Jered Weaver Had To Pee: Before Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim starter Jered Weaver went out to finish his no-hitter in the 9th inning on Wednesday night,...
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Unhappy Manager: Ron Gardenhire ripped his team after they failed to get a hit in a 9-0 loss to Jered Weaver and the Angels: “We got dominated...
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Weaver in the Ninth: Jered Weaver comes out for the ninth inning against the Twins with a 9-0 lead, one walk, eight strikeouts, and no hits allowed....

• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver tosses quality start Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed seven hits over six scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Cleveland...[+] Indians Friday, April 27, with four walks and eight strikeouts.
• 4/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #19—Los Angeles Angels (6-14) at Cleveland Indians (10-8): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians came from behind to win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning. Asdrubal Cabrera’s...
• 4/28 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Walk Off Against Angels in 3-2 Win: The Cleveland Indians got their first walk-off win of the year Friday night as the Tribe (10-8) came back from behind to beat...
• 4/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Beats Up Bullpen For Comeback Win; Indians 3, Angels 2: By Mike Brandyberry You can lose some battles if you are able to win the war. While the Indians struggled to score early, they...
• 4/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #18 – Los Angeles Angels (6-13) vs. Cleveland Indians (9-8): By Matthew Van Wormer The Indians are not helping their own cause when it comes to putting some breathing room between themselves...
• 4/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 3: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver looks to continue unique streak: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver will get the start Friday, April 27, against the Cleveland Indians. Weaver is 12-0...[+] with a 1.84 ERA in 14 starts before May 1 since 2010. He'll be opposed by the struggling SP Justin Masterson, who is 0-2 with a 6.65 ERA through four starts.
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Looking Back At The 2012 Arbitration Projections: This past offseason, we projected the salaries for 155 arbitration-eligible players who received one-year contracts. The results...
• 4/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Exploring the Value of the Quality Start: As someone who writes about fantasy baseball and of course plays it, I often find myself trying to find easy ways to value a player....
• 4/24 The Daily Catch: Angels Player Power Rankings – Week 3: This article is courtesy of our friends at Monkey With A Halo Written by: Garrett Wilson After an unexpected week off, the Angels...
• 4/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Early 2012 fantasy baseball studs and duds: With two and a half weeks of the season in the books, here are my picks for fantasy studs and duds so far. Studs Matt Kemp —...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Saturday offers a bevy of bodacious pitching matchups, but only one Blake Beavan. The Marlins and Nationals get the day started...
• 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Hamilton, Moreland, Angels: It was on this date in 1990 that Mariners right-hander Brian Holman just missed out on perfect game immortality.  Holman had...
• 4/20 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 2: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 4/18 High Heat Stats: Tuesday’s featured game: Texas at Boston: The Rangers clobbered the Red Sox on Tuesday, 18-3, opening a two-game miniseries in Fenway. It’s the fourth time since...
• 4/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver records 1,000th K: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver recorded his 1,000th career strikeout Monday, April 16, in a win over the Oakland...[+] Athletics. He allowed five hits and a walk while fanning six in 6 2/3 shutout innings.
• 4/17 Baseball Musings: Late Monday Roundup: The Orioles scored more runs in the tenth inning than they scored in the first nine as they beat the White Sox 10-4. With the...
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays and Red Sox play the annual Patriots Day game at 11 AM EDT in Boston, with James Shields facing Daniel Bard. Shields’s...
• 4/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: April 16 – April 22Yesterday I took a look at the NL pitching matchups for Week 3. Here are the AL matchups:...
• 4/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Erick Aybar’s scrappy play an Angels asset: The fall of 2008 was bleak if you were an Angels fan. It marked the second consecutive year the Red Sox would demolish the Angels...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: No Movement In Cole Hamels Talks: There has been no movement on the Phillies' part to restart contract extension talks with Cole Hamels, reports Jon Heyman of...
• 4/7 i70baseball.com: 2012 Opening Day: A game of opposites: For the first time since the incredible evening of September 28th, 2011 the Kansas City Royals finally took the field for a game...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Jeremy Guthrie lasted seven innings in his Rockies debut as Colorado defeated host Houston 5-3. Colorado new comers Michael Cuddyer...
• 4/7 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Hamels, Nationals, Detwiler, Orioles: While the Phillies have some interest in locking Cole Hamels up long-term, but it would appear that Matt Cain's $112.5MM extension...
• 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Excitement is palpable as Angels begin season: The pieces are in place: The 25-man roster is set, and the Los Angeles Angels’ season opener is a few hours away. The hype...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: How Teams Obtained Their Opening Day Starters: The 30 Opening Day starters aren't the 30 best pitchers in the game, but their managers do consider them the best arms currently...
• 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Staff Predictions on the 2012 AL Awards: Yesterday we revealed the staff’s predictions for the American League and the World Series. Today it is the staff’s picks...
• 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Staff Predictions for the 2012 MLB Season: The MLB season starts tomorrow (not including those ridiculous Japan games) and the Yankees Fans Unite staff has made their predictions...
• 4/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2012 Edition: The time has come to make bold predictions that will invariably be shown to be false over the course of the season. I have done...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Lannan, Johnson, Hamels: With Jonathon Niese closing in on a contract extension with the Mets, let's look at some other news from around the NL East... The...

• 3/31 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 MLB Award Predictions: American League MVP-Adrian Gonzalez Fresh off winter shoulder surgery, Gonzo claims that he can now "drive through the...
• 3/31 Baseball Press: Our Best Predictions For the 2012 Season: Will Joey Votto win another National League MVP Award in 2012? (US Presswire)The 2012 baseball season has arrived, and the Baseball...
• 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Oswalt Overkill and Desperation: In the category of unsubstantiated rumors of the day, the Angels are supposedly the “frontrunners” for fussy free agent righty...
• 3/30 The Captain's Blog: Do Spring Training Stats Matter After All?: Spring training stats mean nothing. At least that’s what most people seem to think. However, a recent correlation analysis published...
• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Emerging As Front-Runner For Oswalt?: The Angels are "suddenly the front-runner" for free agent right-hander Roy Oswalt, reports ESPN's Jim Bowden (on Twitter). The...
• 3/23 Call to the Pen: Fall From Grace: Matt Bush: In June of 2004, then Padres Gm Kevin Towers had an important decision to make.  The team was currently fighting its way to respectability...
• 3/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: Pineda’s other pitches: For further commentary on Michael Pineda‘s velocity, check out Larry’s feed from yesterday…brilliant stuff....
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Chipper, Cohen, Pelfrey: Three years ago today, Miami-Dade County commissioners approved the final documents necessary for the Marlins to move forward...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Looking For Starting Pitch Depth: Despite having a strong front four of Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, C.J. Wilson, and Ervin Santana, the Angels are looking for...
• 3/21 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Predictions: Part Two: McAL/NL MVP: Miguel Cabrera / Jose ReyesAL/NL CY: Jered Weaver / Josh JohnsonAL/NL MOY: Mike Scioscia / Ozzie GuillenAL/NL...
• 3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 amateur draft presents rare opportunity for Twins: The Minnesota Twins find themselves in a somewhat unfamiliar position this June when they select second overall in Major League...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels stole Winter Meetings headlines by signing the offseason's best free agent hitter and pitcher in the course of a few...
• 3/18 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 4 - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Angels: The Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) hit it big on the free agent market this past offseason and are truly stocked with fantasy...
• 3/15 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Starting Pitchers (Part I): To some, it might seem like this series has ground to a halt, but I'm almost done, with only three pieces to go. Today's the first...
• 3/13 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Face the Big Three of Colorado for the first time in 2012: Hello, Dodger fans! Today the Dodgers will play the Colorado Rockies, at Glendale, Arizona for the first time this year. The Dodgers...
• 3/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Open Mic: Critique This Draft Part 2Consider this a 2nd open invitation to critique a fantasy baseball draft....
• 3/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): In the third year of “The Decade of the Pitcher,” who will be the breakout Ace?: A couple years ago, I worked up a formula for identifying what I called "21st-Century Cys." The project was inspired by back-to-back...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver adjusts to life with new catcher: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver worked almost exclusively with C Jeff Mathis, who is now with the Toronto Blue Jays....[+] Weaver is working with C Chris Iannetta, but said he'll miss his old catcher. 'I'm definitely going to miss Jeff. When you've had that kind of relationship with somebody, you pretty much know what each other's thinking and what each other wants to do,' Weaver said. 'It's going to be a little different, no doubt about it, when you get a new guy - the way he catches the ball, the way he sets up, the way he calls a game.' Weaver worked two scoreless innings in his Cactus League debut Wednesday, March 7, against the Seattle Mariners.
• 3/7 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS Analyst N.L. Auction - Starting Pitchers Part I: Since this is the “pitching” league, I am going to start by taking a look at starting pitching.  Long considered the...
• 3/6 Obstructed View: Are some players rushed to the Major Leagues: The guy I used to run The Hawkeye State with and who now helps run The High Porch Picnic, another Hawkeyes blog, asked me a question...
• 3/6 NY Baseball Digest: David Phelps Impresses on the Mound – What Else is New?: The Yankees began their Grapefruit League action Saturday with a huge win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankee fans were...
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Jacoby Ellsbury: There was some talk out of Boston about the Red Sox exploring a multiyear deal with Jacoby Ellsbury this offseason, though it's...

• 2/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Expanded playoffs coming to 2012: Via Ken Rosenthal, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA have agreed on a plan to expand the postseason to 10 teams this season....
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Would-Be Contract Years: A slew of interesting players are entering their contract years for the first time, as they'll reach six years of Major League...
• 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL starting pitchers: The depth of pitching in baseball is at an all-time high. Almost every team seems to have a legitimate ace, with many having more...
• 2/25 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBSSports.com A.L.-only Analysts League: The Patton and Company Team: Yesterday, I parti**** in the CBS Analysts League A.L.-only auction on behalf of Patton & Company. This is the ninth year...
• 2/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place Los Angeles Angels 2011 Record: 86-76 2011 Pythagorean: 85-77 2012 Projected: 96-66 Pedestrian offense? The best...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Brewers GM Discusses Greinke: Zack Greinke doesn't see the need for an agent currently, but Brewers GM Doug Melvin told Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel...
• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: No Deadline For Hamels Extension: Phillies lefty Cole Hamels has no deadline in contract extension talks, he told reporters today at a press conference.  MLB.com's...
• 2/20 Bus League Baseball: Homer at the Bat: 20 Years Later: Well Mr. Burns has done it The power plant had won it With Roger Clemens clucking all the while Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness...
• 2/18 Baseball Musings: Changes, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim finished 2011 86-76, second place in the AL West. A 10-15 stretch from May 9th to June 10th...
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Average Game Scores for 2011: Messing around on baseball-reference, on the second night of baseball's winter meetings, I ranked starting pitchers by average...
• 2/15 Roto Think Tank: Sleepers (Or Why We're Going About It All Wrong) - Part II Pitchers: Last time out, I took a look at the right way to go about looking for value in fantasy baseball, focusing on hitters. Today, I'll...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Confident In Hamels Talks: With an ever-increasing payroll, it would seem difficult for the Phillies to find room to sign Cole Hamels to a lucrative new...
• 2/11 Roto Think Tank: Top 10 A.L. Starting Pitchers 2012: For the first time ever, I'm going to try my hand at a little prognostication. Tonight I'll go through my Top 10 pitchers in the...
• 2/11 Yankees Fans Unite: Is A.J Burnett Really Better Than We Think?: A.J Burnett is the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of baseball. There are times where you want to say, “thank goodness we have...
• 2/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Is A.J Burnett Really Better Than We Think?: A.J Burnett is the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of baseball. There are times where you want to say, “thank goodness we have...
• 2/10 The Daily Catch: Can Gio Gonzalez Be Successful Outside Of The Coliseum?: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Nats Blog Written by: William Yoder On a four hour train ride from New York City...
• 2/9 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 AL West Preview – Sleepers and ProspectsDespite having just four teams, there are plenty of big-name players in the AL-West. Albert Pujols joins names like Josh......
• 2/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: Why the Yankees are the Best at Scouting and Developing Relief Pitchers: Over 20 years ago, the Yankees began developing the greatest failed starting pitcher in history, Mariano Rivera. With Hughes and...
• 2/7 The Daily Catch: Spring Reporting Dates Just 10 Days Away: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Giants Baseball Blog Written by: Trevor Cole Here we are folks, the NFL is officially...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kershaw To Sign Two-Year Deal: The Dodgers announced that they have avoided arbitration with Clayton Kershaw, agreeing to terms on a two-year contract. The...
• 2/4 High Heat Stats: 100 wins and still with his original team: Thanks to offseason transactions, Justin Verlander is now the only active 100-game winner who is still with his original team....
• 2/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Pineda Finds Himself In Good Company: With all the discussion about Michael Pineda’s ability to pitch in the AL East following his trade, our readers should be very...

• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Anibal Sanchez: Before he turned 24, Anibal Sanchez had been dealt in a blockbuster trade, pitched a no-hitter and undergone an operation for...
• 1/29 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: AL West: Our review of Baseball Prospectus’ 2011 PECOTA projections continues with the hits and misses of the American League West,...
• 1/26 Bay City Ball: Lincecum and Cain: Heart versus Head:   I assume I have your attention. On Tuesday, Tim Lincecum and the Giants came to an agreement on what he’ll be paid...
• 1/25 Nolan Writin': Should The Rangers Sign Roy Oswalt?: Roy Oswalt photo courtesy Calgarysun.com There are multiple reports that free agent RHP Roy Oswalt is interested in becoming a...
• 1/25 Brotherly Glove: The Hamels Situation: The Phillies and Cole Hamels avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $15 million contract last week. Arbitration cases...
• 1/24 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Second Edition (11-20): In the first round you draft your flagbearer. The guy you would go to war with. The guy you would follow into **** on foot. Okay,...
• 1/20 Roto Think Tank: Do Values Stay The Same?: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 296 1691 Roto Think Tank 14 3 2076 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – First Edition (1-10): The Testing Era is in full swing. And miss. You’re out. Again. Sit down. Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Roy...
• 1/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Plenty of Dodgers Making the Cut on Bill James’ Top 100 Pitcher’s Duels: Last year, ESPN and Bill Simmons teamed up to launch “Grantland“, a new venture aimed at focusing more on long-form...
• 1/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Who are truest staff anchors for 2012?: Each team in Major League Baseball desires to have at least one, true staff anchor; a pitcher who you know you can rely on for...
• 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Wigginton, Brown, Oviedo, Fielder: Earlier today we heard that the Nationals are discussing a contract extension with Ryan Zimmerman and that the agent for Cole...
• 1/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Hamels avoids arbitration; signs one-year, $15MM deal: The California Kid is staying around Philly for at least one more year. The Phillies avoided arbitration and signed pitcher Cole...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Hamels' Agent: Weaver Contract Not A Parallel: Cole Hamels now owns the second-largest salary in arbitration history ($15MM), and he's not stopping there.  Agent John Boggs...
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Falling Arbitration Records: Back in April, I outlined the arbitration records for catchers, other position players, and starting pitchers.  As expected,...
• 1/17 Phillies Nation: Hamels Situation Gets Dicey with One-Year Commitment: Cole Hamels has signed for one more year at $15 million. That would seem like a good thing. That’s just the feeling on the...
• 1/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: An ace in hand: The Yankee fan reaction to the big Jesus Montero-Michael Pineda trade has been somewhat mixed, both for emotional and analytical...
• 1/17 Crashburn Alley: Hamels Kicks Off Farewell Tour with $15 Million Contract: The Phillies have signed LHP Cole Hamels to a one-year, $15 million deal, avoiding a final year of arbitration with one of their...
• 1/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY PINEDA HAS ACE POTENTIAL...A SABERMETRIC VIEW: In case you didn't read it, check out my piece titled WHY I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS REGARDING MONTERO FOR PINEDA. In it, I made...
• 1/14 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2011 A.L. Pitchers: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1662 9476 Roto Think Tank 78 18 11637 12.0 0 false 18...
• 1/13 Brotherly Glove: Hamels To Sign One Year Deal: Lost in the shuffle of the Reds winning the offseason by signing Ryan Madson to a one year, $8.5 million contract, was the news...
• 1/12 The Daily Catch: The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow: This article is courtesy of our friends at River Avenue Blues Written by: Stephen Rhoads On Tuesday Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com...
• 1/12 Phillies Nation: Phillies Nation TV Ep. 8: Madson, Hamels, Beer: In our latest episode of Phillies Nation TV, Corey and I talk about the Ryan Madson deal and how both sides **** up royally (i.e....
• 1/10 Crashburn Alley: The Farewell Voyage?: If there was one thing I was concerned about entering this offseason, it was the possibility that the Phillies would fail to lock...
• 1/2 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander On the Road to Cooperstown: Last summer, I almost witnessed history. On an oppressively hot Sunday afternoon, I watched along with my dad and about 37,000...

• 12/31 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: Brian Wilson: The Giants landed Jonathan Sanchez in the 2004 June draft. He was the next-to-last (29th) pick of the 27th round, making him...
• 12/30 Fragile Freddy's: 2011 in Review: With the nightmarish way the season ended I never really did a look back at the positive moments of 2011.  September will...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Cole Hamels: Cole Hamels turns 28 today and by the time he turns 29 there’s a good chance he’ll have signed a new contract -- either with...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Extension-Prone Agencies And GMs: Some agencies are more open to multiyear extensions for their clients than others.  The Boras Corporation is notorious for...
• 12/24 High Heat Stats: Do-over: The most valuable pitchers of 2011: (Thanks very much to Sky Kalkman who provided extremely useful feedback to improve my approach to this analysis.)Yesterday, I...
• 12/22 Baseball Analytics: White Sox Lock Up John Danks: With the free agent starting pitching market consisting of a few pricey aces and then a glut of arms with age or injury concerns...
• 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: White Sox, John Danks Agree To Extension: Despite many rumors to the contrary, John Danks isn’t going anywhere. The White Sox have agreed to sign the left-hander...
• 12/20 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker: As usual, most arbitration cases remain unsettled as we approach the new year, including heavyweights such as Tim Lincecum, Cole...
• 12/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offseason Swap Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: By Matthew Van Wormer The Los Angeles Angels were one of the busiest teams during the annual Winter Meetings and took the baseball...
• 12/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Angels a better fit than Yanks for Wilson: C.J. Wilson had an interest in the New York Yankees, if not for nothing more than to drive up his price. Wilson tried to set up...
• 12/10 MLB Dirt: The Angels’ 2012 Rotation: The Los Angeles Angels left the winter meetings with a splash. They signed possibly the best free agent starting pitcher on the...
• 12/8 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Los Angeles Angels Sign C.J. Wilson: C.J. Wilson joins an already strong Angels' rotation. (Icon SMI)The Los Angeles Angels and new general manager Jerry Dipoto...
• 12/8 For Baseball Junkies: Prince Albert Taking His Legacy West - Angels Sign Pujols to 10 Year Contract: The Angels made headlines today, signing Albert Pujols to a 10 year pact worth upwards of $250 million.  The contract rivals...
• 12/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels make waves with Pujols, Wilson signings: When I first heard the Angels had signed Albert Pujols to a 10-year, $250 million dollar contract, my reaction was of calm, measured...
• 12/8 PaulLebowitz.com: They Hired Jerry DiPoto To Do This?: A team that spends their money in this way in free agency—C.J. Wilson ($77.5 million over 5-years); Albert Pujols ($250...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Angels To Sign C.J. Wilson: Lefty C.J. Wilson will join Albert Pujols in Los Angeles, as the Angels continue a surprising free agent spending spree.  The...
• 12/3 Baseball Musings: Eventually, the Angels will Get This Trading the Catcher to the Blue Jays Thing Right: For the second year in a row, the Angels trade a catcher to the Blue Jays: The Jeff Mathis era — cynical Angels fans would...

• 11/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Dan Haren Speculation:   Brian Cashman has done a great job recently of avoiding the temptation to trade his best prospects for pitchers who were...
• 11/22 Release Points: How Well Does C.J. Wilson Fit with the Angels?:   C.J. Wilson has been linked to the Angels for quite some time now, at least in terms of the ever-so-slow developing offseason. ...
• 11/21 High Heat Stats: Did Jered Weaver have a better season than Justin Verlander?: Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP awards, but one could argue that Jered Weaver had a better year. Now, don't get...
• 11/21 Halo Hangout: Verlander First Starting Pitcher to Win MVP Since ’86: Justin Verlander becomes the first pitcher to win the Most Valuable Player award since Dennis Eckersley in 1992. (Getty Images)...
• 11/21 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: 86-76, 2nd place, 10 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. ...
• 11/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Did CC Sabathia deserve to come in 4th place in the AL Cy Young voting?: The AL Cy Young award ceased to be a contest roughly in August when it became clear that Justin Verlander was on his way to a...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander Captures Cy Young: I'm not sure if anyone saw this one coming, but Justin Verlander was the runaway winner of the 2011 AL Cy Young Award. ...
• 11/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander Captures Cy Young: I'm not sure if anyone saw this one coming, but Justin Verlander was the runaway winner of the 2011 AL Cy Young Award. ...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL Cy Young Award: This should come as no surprise to anyone as to who won the American League Cy Young Award presented by the Baseball Writers'...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL Cy Young Award: This should come as no surprise to anyone as to who won the American League Cy Young Award presented by the Baseball Writers'...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: Justin Verlander Unanimous Cy Young Winner: Justin Verlander beats Jered Weaver by 99 points, capturing all 28 first place votes. Weaver was the consensus second place pick,...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Wins AL Cy Young: Tigers righty Justin Verlander unanimously won the American League Cy Young award, announced the Baseball Writers Association...
• 11/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Solid pitching has Angels poised for success in 2012: The Angels’ 2011 season has long been over. All things considered, the Halos were a lucky break or two away from earning a spot...
• 11/10 Phillies Nation: The Art of Worley: Vance Worley’s 2011 Year in Review: When there’s no-one else in sight In the crowded lonely night Well I wait so long For my love vibration And I’m Vanceing...
• 11/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yu Darvish: A Rare Opportunity for the Yankees: Clayton Kershaw, Tim Lincecum, Jered Weaver, David Price, Stephen Strasburg.  What do all these pitchers have in common,...
• 11/9 MLB Dirt: Pitchers With Good Stuff: Jonathan Mitc**** posts here a few days ago on the worst pitches in baseball and the best pitches of 2011 has to be this writer’s...
• 11/7 Baseball Musings: Players A to Z, Felix Hernandez: Felix Hernandez helped break the connection of wins to the Cy Young Award. Photo: Icon SMI Felix Hernandez pitched for the Seattle...
• 11/5 NY Baseball Digest: MLB Should Invoke the Franchise Tag: The MLB free agency period is now upon us and much speculation has been written where the Big Three free agents of Albert Pujols,...
• 11/3 PaulLebowitz.com: The C.J. Wilson Free Agency Profile: Name: C.J. Wilson. — Position: Left handed pitcher. — Vital Statistics: Age-31. Height-6’1″. Weight-210....
• 11/2 MLB Dirt: 2011 American League Awards: First off, I would like to apologize for my disappearance over the last few weeks. I’ve just been very busy but a break should...

• 10/30 AndyPatton.net: 2011 MLB award predictions!: The MLB season has ended (congratulations to the Cardinals) and now it is time to make my award predictions! 2011 AL MVP: Justin...
• 10/23 i70baseball.com: Verlander Unanimous Selection For Walter Johnson AwardJustin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw named Walter Johnson Award winners by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
• 10/22 Kings of Kauffman: Justin Verlander Unanimous Selection for AL Walter Johnson Award by BBA: You can debate whether Justin Verlander should win the “best player in the league” award.  There was no debate on if he’d...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels, soon to be under new leadership, will look to add a minimum of one starting pitcher, improve their offense and tinker...
• 10/17 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA American League Walter Johnson (Cy Young) Award: There isn't really much of a write-up that needs to be done this year for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance Walter Johnson Award...
• 10/17 Chicken Fried Baseball: 2011 American League Awards: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Mourning Game Four–My First Playoff Game: Wednesday afternoon, I made my way to Comerica Park with my dad and little brother to take in my first ever playoff game and only...
• 10/12 NY Baseball Digest: Cashman Must Not Let Sabathia “Ponzi” the Yankees: While the New York Yankees sit home again and watch the balance of the post season like the rest of us, the biggest concern regarding...
• 10/11 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Awards: Goose Gossage & Walter Johnson: Our next round of awards voting for the Baseball Bloggers' Alliance is upon us and we're examing the Goose Gossage Award and Walter...
• 10/10 MLB Dirt: Walter Johnson Award – American League: The Walter Johnson award is given, you guessed it, to the top pitcher in each league. The American League was fairly easy for...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Staying Out of Trouble: When I looked at Shaun Marcum‘s stats today, it struck me that he kept himself out of trouble by not facing too many batters...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers of America announced their AL Cy Young award winner, Justin Verlander: The Internet Baseball Writers...
• 10/7 Dropped Strike Three: Award Season Is Upon Us: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I am duty bound to provide my own take on the post season awards. Rather than go...
• 10/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2011 MLB Awards ballot: The 2011 Major League Baseball season has come to a close and the Dodgers are not playoff-bound for the second consecutive year....
• 10/1 It's About the Money (Stupid): Saturday’s Gunslingers: Who the heck is Doug Fister?: Did you know Doug Fister had the same fWAR as Jered Weaver? Would you have guessed he had a lower walk rate than Cliff...

• 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tony Reagins Out As Angels GM: It's never fair to evaluate a general manager by one trade, or to judge a trade after one year, but the Mike Napoli-Vernon Wells...
• 9/29 PaulLebowitz.com: My 2011 MLB Award Winners (And They Should Be Yours Too): Here are my 2011 Award Winners along with the other contenders listed 1-5. Also my pre-season picks are included. American League...
• 9/28 Motor City Bengals: Maybe We Should Actually Be Thanking the Angels: There is a lot of angst being tossed in the general direction of the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) coming from Detroit. The...
• 9/25 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Kuroda, Lopez, Sanchez, Harden, Angels: Here are some notes from both divisions out west... Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda shrugged off speculation from the Japanese...
• 9/25 Baseball Musings: Three-Way Playoff: With the chance of Boston, LAnaheim and Tampa Bay tying for the AL Wild Card, here’s how the playoff would work out. The...
• 9/25 B-R Blog: Saturday 9/24/11: Night of the Living Dead Wild-Cards: Every time we think they're out, the leaders pull them back in.... Both wild-card races tightened up, as the quarry went down...
• 9/24 PaulLebowitz.com: It Takes At Least Two To Complete A Collapse: Not only does the collapsing team have to come completely apart and allow their pursuer(s) to catch and pass them, but the pursuer(s)...
• 9/22 B-R Blog: Matt Moore fans 11 Yanks in his first start: Thursday night in the Bronx, 22-year-old Matt Moore, Tampa's latest pitching phenom, struck out 11 over 5 scoreless innings...
• 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Josh Hamilton’s hot bat and who is not a fan of Derek Holland: The Texas Rangers are still very much in a battle for the top spot in the AL West. They are trying desperately to repeat as division...
• 9/21 Tyler's Think Tank: Playoff Picture: One Week to Go: It's hard to believe, but the MLB regular season ends a week from today.  So with only seven or eight games remaining on...
• 9/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Rays V: Shields is the new Felix: The Yankees kick off their last 10 games of the season with four against the Rays this week, three against Boston this weekend...
• 9/20 Fungoes.net: Sabermetric MVP update: AL top 20: It’s close enough to the end of the season for us to feel comfortable unveiling a leaderboard for our so-called sabermetric...
• 9/19 Chicken Fried Baseball: Division Title on the Horizon: Great weekend for the Rangers. With their magic number now at six, it is possible to clinch even if the Angels go undefeated...
• 9/19 The Captain's Blog: Should Team Record in a Pitcher’s Starts Be MVP Criterion?: Justin Verlander continued his late season run of dominance by recording his 12th consecutive victory in Sunday’s 3-0 triumph...
• 9/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Should Team Record in a Pitcher’s Starts Be MVP Criterion?: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). Justin Verlander continued his late season run of dominance...
• 9/18 Raising Matt Cain: Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!: That was the day for Giants hitters. SIX homers! They smacked the ball all over the place. They had a season-high eight-run inning...
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Come Fly with Me: The Angles knock out six doubles and three home runs as Jered Weaver gets plenty of support in the 11-2 drubbing of the Orioles....
• 9/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jered Weaver tries to keep the Angels in the playoff race as he faces the Orioles and Alfredo Simon. Weaver goes for his 18th...
• 9/16 B-R Blog: Can a pitcher deserve to win the league MVP award?: Every time a starting pitcher has a monster season, a debate arises around whether a pitcher can deserve to win the MVP (or even...
• 9/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Losing Season Clinched: The A’s fell to the Angels today 4-1, guaranteeing that the Athletics finish with a sub .500 record on the year. This...
• 9/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Josh Hamilton’s hot bat and who is not a fan of Derek Holland: The Texas Rangers are still very much in a battle for the top spot in the AL West. They are trying desperately to repeat as division...
• 9/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Inside Weaver’s outing against the Yankees: Both Jered Weaver and Dan Haren put on respective pitching clinics last weekend while facing the Yankees, combining to hold the...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: Good Afternoon for Massive Ties: The Angels defeat the Athletics 4-1 Wednesday afternoon as Jered Weaver earns his 17th win. He allowed on run in 17 innings of...
• 9/14 MLB Dirt: Jered Weaver Could Have a lot More Wins: I recently wrote and article on John Lackey and his terrific run support. Well Jered Weaver is suffering from the opposite. Weaver...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Wednesday’s pitching match-up between the Blue Jays and Red Sox seems to favor the epic collapse continuing. Ricky Romero...
• 9/13 Brotherly Glove: Bringing Oswalt Back: For most of the season, the declination of Roy Oswalt‘s 2012 option has been treated as a foregone conclusion. By extension,...
• 9/13 Baseball Musings: Short Rest Angel: Mike Scioscia will use Jered Weaver on short rest at some point to put him on rotation to pitch against Texas in the last series...
• 9/11 Yankees Daily: Yankees take advantage of Angels sloppy Play and win 6-5: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson homered, New York scored two key runs when Peter Bourjos dropped...
• 9/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Slumbering bats no match for brilliant Haren in first complete-game shutout against Yankees this season: What do you get when you mix several players simultaneously slumping, with injuries to what feels like half the lineup, combined...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
• 9/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY OUR YANKEES FELL SHORT: The Yankees only have 3 hits last night and 1 of them was a home run by Jesus Montero. We can celebrate Montero's talent since...
• 9/10 Yankees Daily: Yankees lost three-in-a-row because of Weather, Journeymen pitchers and Inexperience: by Sean Serritella Yankees Daily So I’m looking at why the Yankees lost three in a row. I realized that mother nature had...
• 9/10 Yankees Daily: Yankees lose to Angels 2-1 despite strong performance by Colon: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis drove home pinch-runner Jeremy Moore with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly...
• 9/10 The Captain's Blog: Aces Up: Yanks’ Offense Lagging Against Elite Starters: The Yankees won’t be catching any breaks on their final West Coast trip. One day after being stifled by Jered Weaver, the Yankees...
• 9/10 My Pinstripes: Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones But Last Licks Really Hurt Me: The Yankees are on a roll right now and it's not a good one. Dominated by Jered Weaver, the Yankees managed just three hits against...
• 9/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Outstanding Weaver outduels excellent Colon as Angels top Yanks 2-1: How come the Yankees couldn’t get this Weaver during that fateful trade nine years ago? Jered Weaver was masterful in this...
• 9/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY IT’S COLON’S BIG NIGHT: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Angels III: Big-time pitching at The Big A: I often wonder how the schedule-makers determine the number of games the Yankees play against non-AL East teams. I’m sure...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tampa Bay Rays host the Boston Red Sox as the teams open a three-game series in what could be the last gasp of the AL Wild...
• 9/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY SEPTEMBER LOSSES TO DIVISION RIVALS STINKS: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PREDICTING THE MVP & CY YOUNG AWARDS: It’s hard to believe that it is already September, which means we are in the final sprint for post-season play and voting...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Pujols, Huntington, C.J. Wilson: SI's Jon Heyman leads his latest column with a discussion of the Albert Pujols situation, which is due to flare up once the season...
• 9/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Down, but not Out (Yet): September is here, which means we have less than one month of baseball left to play.  Rosters recently expanded from 25 to...
• 9/1 60ft6in.com: Five Month Cy Young Awards: As the pitching in Major League Baseball continues to improve, or the hitting continues to decline, a number of pitchers have...
• 9/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Goodbye August, **** homestretch: There is no doubt that a full season of major league baseball is one that is very long, and to many, too long. A season that runs...

• 8/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: CY Clones:   The MVP races are heating up, and thus the baseball blogosphere has been saturated by the competition between the leagues’...
• 8/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: Quotable Quotations: Weaver on his Contract Extension: Much of the discussions regarding Jered Weaver’s new contract extension with the Angels has centered on the amount of money...
• 8/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Ask the Experts: Lucas Apostoleris and Josh Weinstock answer our PITCHf/x questions: As regular readers know, I am incredibly interested in and fascinated by pitching analysis, and in turn, PITCHf/x. As a result,...
• 8/29 B-R Blog: Selective summary for Sunday 8/28/2011: -- David Price went 7 innings and set a Tampa Bay record with 14 strikeouts, breaking the mark shared by James Shields and Scott...
• 8/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Moyer, Beckett, Weaver: Four years ago today, the Dodgers claimed Esteban Loaiza off waivers from the Athletics, taking on over $8MM and getting very...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Experiment Fails: Jered Weaver started on three days rest for the first time in his career, and the experiment failed for the Angels. Weaver was...
• 8/28 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 8/21/11 - 8/27/11: As we approach the waiver trade deadline, let's take a look back at the week that was.. The Angels signed ace Jered Weaver...
• 8/28 mlbreports.com : Sunday MLB Insider Report: Our Views on the Latest Baseball News:   Sunday August 28, 2011     MLB reports:  Here is our weekly look at Major League Baseball and the latest news, together...
• 8/28 FanSided: Bobbleheads Cause Hypnosis, Mariners Bats Asleep: Via thesportsbank.net   There are copycats in the world.  People who emulate something because of a plethora of reasons. ...
• 8/28 SoDo Mojo: Bobbleheads Cause Hypnosis, Mariners Bats Asleep: Via thesportsbank.net   There are copycats in the world.  People who emulate something because of a plethora of reasons. ...
• 8/28 Blog Red Machine: Leake Showing Consistency: No fan can argue that consistency from the Reds starting rotation this season has been a major bugaboo. Aside from Johnny Cueto...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jered Weaver held the Rangers on one run on August 18, 2011. He pitches on short rest for the first time Sunday night. Photo:...
• 8/28 Baseball Musings: Teeing Off on Wilson: The Angels launched four home runs against C.J. Wilson Saturday night as LAnaheim reduced the Rangers lead to two games with an...
• 8/28 B-R Blog: Ervin Santana is on a hot streak: Yesterday Ervin Santana pitched his 8th-straight game with at least 7 innings pitched. That's among the best streaks so far in...
• 8/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Weaver, Cano, Thome: Four years ago today, Astros owner Drayton McLane fired GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner. Houston was 58-73 at the time,...
• 8/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels ascending at the perfect time: My, oh my. Things sure are heating up over here on the West Coast. The Los Angeles Angels, who looked dead in the water after...
• 8/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Harden, Thome, Weaver, Carroll: Links for Friday, before Jim Thome makes his return to Cleveland as the Indians host the Royals... Athletics pitcher Rich...
• 8/26 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective 8/25/11: -       I guess it is a good thing that Rangers catcher, Mike Napoli, doesn’t play wide receiver.  Big Papi didn’t...
• 8/25 All of Baseball: Trumbo’s homer, at the very least, bought Halos more time: The Los Angeles Angels’ status was about to change from contenders to pretenders on Aug. 18 before Mark Trumbo hit …Continue...
• 8/25 SoDo Mojo: Building A Ballclub With Bill Bavasi: Part I: The dimly lit room smells of smoke.  The ash is palpable in the air.  The ember of a cigar floats down to the wood-stained laminate. ...
• 8/25 Fire Brand of the American League: A Reminder of How Good Theo Has it in Boston: 24 runs scored, seven runs allowed in the last two days. Not even John Lackey (obligatory cheap shot!) can put a damper on those...
• 8/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Weaver And Hendry’s Rational Self-Interests: Refreshing? A tribute to the type of people they are? These are the kinds of things that are being said about Angels pitcher Jered...
• 8/25 Baseball Musings: Well Pitched Wins: Jered Weaver lived up to his new contract as he threw seven shutout innings and the Angels defeated the White Sox 8-0. Jeff allowed...
• 8/25 MLBTradeRumors: White Sox Notes: Danks, Peavy, Guillen: The Cubs are looking for a new GM and they appear to be considering White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn for the job opening. Here’s...
• 8/25 B-R Blog: Wednesday game notes: -- Mark Teixeira drilled a solo HR that tied the game in the 8th. It's the first of his 35 HRs this year that tied the game or...
• 8/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Debating this year’s MVP and Cy Young winners: I just want to start the postseason-awards debate by breaking down the pros and cons for the top-three candidates for the MVP...
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The day starts with one Cy Young winner and ends with another. Felix Hernandez tries to help the Mariners play spoiler to the...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rangers, Weaver, Rodriguez, Thome: We saw one trade completed today and, as our list of players to clear waivers shows, there are more potential deals on the horizon....
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver’s Own Deal: Jered Weaver says he left money on the table, not taking advice from his agent Scott Boras: Jered Weaver admits he had to go against...
• 8/23 B-R Blog: Random recap for Monday 8/22: The day Milwaukee clinched: -- Book it: The NL Central race is over. Milwaukee has a 9-game lead on St. Louis; they only split their doubleheader with Pittsburgh,...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Top Starters Eschew Free Agency: Boras Corporation client Carlos Gonzalez bucked the agency's trend in January, signing a seven-year, $80MM deal instead of going...
• 8/22 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective: Harper, A-Rod, Weaver and A.L. Central: Lefty pitchers are baseball’s equivalent of kickers in the NFL.  They are just a little bit different.  However, because...
• 8/22 Brotherly Glove: Extending Cole Hamels, Part II: On May 5, I outlined the parameters of a Cole Hamels extension, comparing him most closely to Justin Verlander. The Tigers’...
• 8/22 Giants Nirvana: Splash Hits: Brian Wilson, Matt Cain, Jerome Williams: Lots of links… Giants 8th INNING WEIRDNESS: Who Has the Better September Offense: Giants or Diamondbacks? The Giants team...
• 8/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Weaver, Mariners, Athletics : The Angels extended Jered Weaver yesterday and it didn’t take long for some initial reactions to surface. Here are more reactions...
• 8/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Jered Weaver’s Extension And Scott Boras’s Shaky Year: When thinking about the Angels contract extension with Jered Weaver, I realized that no one has signed Scott Kazmir. What’s...
• 8/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Carpenter for Hamels: If you take that “go big or go home” mentality, then this is just about as big as it gets right now.  No, I’m...
• 8/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Hamels, Pelfrey, Braves: Jimmy Rollins announced on Twitter that he has a mild grade 2 groin strain and will be on the disabled list until September. Here's...
• 8/21 Baseball Musings: Weaver’s Payday: It appears that Jered Weaver will receive a five-year, $85 million contract from the Angels. Weaver had two more years of arbitration...
• 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Initial Reactions To Jered Weaver's Extension: The unexpected news of Jered Weaver's five-year extension with the Angels elicited a wide range of responses Sunday night. Here...
• 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Extend Jered Weaver: The Angels have signed ace Jered Weaver to a five-year, $85MM contract extension, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (via Twitter)....
• 8/19 Through The Fence Baseball: The race for the AL Cy Young runner-up: To say that every Detroit Tiger’s game is must-see TV would be an exaggeration to anyone, including Tiger fans. I’m...
• 8/19 Roto Think Tank: Targetng Rookie PItchers for Future Success: Last week I was asked who was a better keep for "the next couple of years": Alexi Ogando or Danny Duffy. This is really...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: Low Scoring Thursday: Of the five National League games on Thursday, none produced more than six runs, the Dodgers 5-1 defeat of Milwaukee being the...
• 8/18 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB Draft Dollars And The Strategy Of Spending: Why do I get the feeling that with all the talk about clubs spending, spending and spending some more in the MLB Draft, that 2011...
• 8/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Ian Kennedy takes on rookie ace Vance Worley as the Diamondbacks and Phillies play the rubber game of their series. Ian tries...
• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Young, Adams, Guzman: The Rangers will look to extend their seven-game lead against the Angels tonight, when they ask Colby Lewis to defeat Cy Young...
• 8/16 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Baseball Highlights: That “fun card” got me to thinking…if Donruss still made baseball cards and released a 56-card Highlights set...
• 8/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankee Starters Against Top Offenses (Updated): A number of people have asked me how the Yankees starters have performed against better offenses, so I compiled the relevant numbers...
• 8/15 B-R Blog: How rare is a team cycle with just 4 hits?: On Saturday, the big news in the Angels' 11-2 loss was Jered Weaver allowing a career-high 8 runs (upping his ERA from 1.78 to...
• 8/15 MLBTradeRumors: What Lies Ahead For The Boras Corporation: The Boras Corporation regained the top spot last offseason with big deals for Jayson Werth, Adrian Beltre, Carlos Gonzalez,...
• 8/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): Murray Chass hearts Dan Shaughnessy: I assumed blogger Murray Chass' opinion on the addition of another wild card team in baseball would be predictable, reactionary,...
• 8/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The early afternoon game in Toronto offers one of the best pitching match-ups of the day as Jered Weaver and the Angles take on...
• 8/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Tigers, Phillies, Soriano: Padres center fielder Cameron Maybin is starting to look like one of the top acquisitions of last offseason. He has a .279/.332/.408...
• 8/10 Yankees Daily: Nova and Granderson help Yankees beat Angels 9-3: NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson hit a three-run homer off Garrett Richards before the rookie got his first major league out...
• 8/10 Fire Brand of the American League: Is Beckett the Cy Young Front Runner?: Did you know that the Red Sox have three legitimate MVP candidates?  Of course you did, because no one will stop talking about...
• 8/8 For Baseball Junkies: Free Agent Class of 2012: C.J. Wilson: The Rangers are one of the hottest teams in baseball and yet their pitching often gets overlooked. If I asked fans outside of...
• 8/7 Through The Fence Baseball: The New York Times: Five days late and a witty, unbiased, baseball story short: First things first. One. The following excerpts are from a New York Times article that ran Friday, August 5, about a baseball...
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: It’s Tough to be an Hernandez: Felix Hernandez pitches a complete game loss as he and the Mariners fall to Ervin Santana and the Angels 2-1. Until the seventh...
• 8/7 Baseball Reality Tour: Ugliest Pitcher Wins of 2011: On Friday night, Jered Weaver and Aaron Harang exemplified what pitcher "Wins" are worth. Weaver wound up with a no-decision...
• 8/7 B-R Blog: Multiple Games of 9+ IP 0R without a Win: On Friday night,  Jered Weaver managed to pitch 9 innings without allowing a run and still not earn a win. Not only that, it...
• 8/7 B-R Blog: Saturday selections: Games of 8/6: -- Seattle rookie Blake Beavan allowed 1 run in 8 innings for his 3rd win. He has a 2.83 ERA and 6 straight quality starts to...
• 8/6 COSFBA: Line of the Day: Jered Weaver: August 5th, 2011: Jered Weaver pitched nine scoreless innings, giving up seven hits while striking out eight and walking just one, receiving a...
• 8/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Let’s slow down the Jered Weaver bandwagon: Jered Weaver pitched another fantastic game for the Angels last night, allowing no runs over 9 innings pitched against the...
• 8/6 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Trayvon Robinson, Seattle Mariner: In his MLB debut for the Seattle Mariners, Trayvon Robinson sure made a nice impression, no? Robinson also chipped in a single,...
• 8/6 Baseball Musings: One is the Loneliest Number: One was the most important number in the AL West Friday night. One game separated the Rangers and Angels. The temperature in Arlington,...
• 8/6 B-R Blog: Friday night factoids: -- This is the sort of thing that happens to a team in the throes of a losing streak: Pittsburgh got 24 baserunners (15 hits,...
• 8/5 Call to the Pen: Dominant Game of the Week–Johnny Cueto: In conjunction with my Dominant Games series, each Friday I will be selecting the best pitched game from the week before. July...
• 8/4 NY Baseball Digest: Beware Verlander, The Future Starting Rotation, Munson and Teixeira HOF Credentials: The dog days of August start to build separation in the standings. In the AL Central, both Detroit and Cleveland made deadline...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Weaver Suspended, Guillen Not?: So let me get this straight…. Throwing at a batter’s head (see Jered Weaver) will get you suspended. Understood. But...
• 8/4 Fragile Freddy's: The State of the Rotation: So the story du jour is of course the formal announcement that Clay Buchholz is not returning anytime soon.  I think even...
• 8/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Sabathia Named AL Pitcher of the Month of July: Remember when CC Sabathia was so good down the stretch for Milwaukee in 2008 that it made the Yankees salavate over him?...
• 8/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: We all know CC is great, but is he … the BEST?: You either know that CC Sabathia may be on his way to the best season of his career, or you don’t follow the Yankees (and...
• 8/2 Baseball Analytics: Jered Weaver Head Hunting: Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim received a six game suspension on Tuesday for throwing at Alex Avila of the...
• 8/2 Call to the Pen: AL Cy Young Race Taking Shape: This morning Buster Olney posted a piece discussing the tight AL Cy Young race that’s upon us.  In his eyes, three contenders...
• 8/2 Fragile Freddy's: This & That: Let’s spend a little time considering some of the issues of the day;Item: Tigers-Angels make faces at each other, don’t have...
• 8/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ inactivity at deadline shows faith in the future: Not surprisingly, the Los Angeles Angels let the 2011 trade deadline go by without making a move. Frustratingly, the powers of...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Bell, Yankees, Pirates: As ESPN.com's Buster Olney points out, the American League Cy Young race is shaping up to be a compelling three-way contest. Justin...
• 8/1 Dropped Strike Three: An Unwritten Rule Violation?: There are literally hundreds of unwritten rules in the game of baseball. Don't walk on the pitcher's mound, don't verbally distract...
• 8/1 Motor City Bengals: On Justin Verlander, Carlos Guillen, and the Bunt: There is a lot of talk surrounding yesterday’s game this morning. ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike were both up in arms...
• 8/1 The Captain's Blog: Did Yanks Lose the Deadline? How Potential American League Playoff Rotations Stack Up: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By most objective...
• 8/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Did Yanks Lose the Deadline? How Potential American League Playoff Rotations Stack Up: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). By most objective standards, the Yankees have the best pitching...
• 8/1 Baseball Musings: Head Hunting: Carlos Carrasco’s six game suspension for intentionally throwing at a player’s head does not look good for Jered Weaver. ...

• 7/31 PaulLebowitz.com: The Verlander No-Hit Bid—If You Can’t Do The Time, Don’t Do The Crime: Justin Verlander‘s bid for a third career no-hitter was—in a bizarre turn of events—a background story when...
• 7/31 Baseball Musings: Verlander through Seven: Justin Verlander walked Bobby Abreu for the second time in the game, but retired the other three Angels batters to keep his no-hitter...
• 7/31 Baseball Musings: VW: The matchup between Justin Verlander and Jered Weaver is proving fun to watch. Both pitchers display excellent deliveries. Weaver...
• 7/31 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Angels and Tigers continue to battle for playoff spots as they send aces Jered Weaver and Justin Verlander to the mound. Both...
• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: Bobby Abreu's 2012 Option Vests: When Bobby Abreu came to the plate against Jose Valverde in the ninth inning of today's game, it was his 433rd plate appearance...
• 7/29 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace Update: About 12 weeks ago, the day after the Wedding of the Year, we did this study to see which pitchers have the largest difference...
• 7/28 Fragile Freddy's: Thoughts on the Cy Young Race: Kevin Kernan of the New York Post got ahead of the curve this week and lobbied for C.C. Sabathia as the Cy Young Award winner. ...
• 7/28 COSFBA: Line of the Day: Ervin Santana: July 27th, 2011: Ervin Santana pitched the first no-hitter of his career, striking out 10 and walking one in a 3-1 victory over the Cleveland...
• 7/28 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Ervin Santana, Third No-Hitter of 2011: Ervin Santana of The World’s Worst Sports Blog‘s favorite American League team, the Los Angeles Angels, no-hit the...
• 7/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Celebrate, L.A.! Santana hurls no-hitter: How poetic is it that Ervin Santana’s first career no-hitter would come against a team he had never previously beaten? Santana...
• 7/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: One Mistake; Angels 2, Indians 1: By Mike Brandyberry When a pitcher finds themselves in a pitcher’s duel, just one mistake can make the difference in the game....
• 7/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels trade options: Offense or pitching?: With the trade deadline creeping up on the Los Angeles Angels, the Halo faithful are left to wonder if the team will make a big...
• 7/26 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff: We did this a few months ago, when there was such a small sample size, it was almost a waste of time. Tonight, we'll be looking...
• 7/25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels vs. Cleveland Indians: By Matt Van Wormer After an extremely disappointing weekend, which saw the Indians drop two games to the White Sox (the 3rd being...
• 7/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Red Sox Seek Rotation Depth: Enter Rich Harden?: With a week and several hours left to the trade deadline, the Athletics still have yet to make a move despite many pieces that...
• 7/23 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Opponent OPS Leaders: Joe Posnanski published an inspired blog post on Friday. If you're into looking at baseball from different point of views, or...
• 7/22 60ft6in.com: Scouting Report: Jered Weaver: After spinning seven shutout innings against the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon, Los Angeles Angels right-hander, Jered Weaver,...
• 7/22 COSFBA: Line of the Day: July 21st, 2011: C.J. Wilson allowed just two hits, a walk and a hit by pitch but ended up on the losing end of a 1-0 game against Jered Weaver...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger: Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: A rare tough loss for Sabathia in pinstripes: Thursday night, CC Sabathia allowed 2 runs in a CG (8-inning) loss to the Rays. It was the first time as a Yankee that Sabathia...
• 7/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels turn the tables on Texas: After the All-Star break, the Angels lost three of four to Oakland, then Texas took the first game of their series in Anaheim...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Good Day for the Cy Young Candidates: Justin Verlander finishes a day of great pitching for American League Cy Young candidates. Verlander lasts eight innings against...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Lopsided Loss: C.J. Wilson pitched one of the best games of his life, holding the Angels to two hits and one walk during eight innings of work....
• 7/21 COSFBA: Made-Up Statistic: The Super Start: Recently, I approached my friend and fellow blogger, William Tasker of The FlagrantFan, with an idea of how to make the seemingly-meaningless...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Doug Fister and Ricky Romero face off in a battle of pitchers with identical ERAs as the Mariners finish their series with the...
• 7/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): Ubaldo Fallacies: If you don’t want to trade for Ubaldo Jimenez, I respect that.  One can certainly argue that under the current labor agreement,...
• 7/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ Kendrick shows flashes of potential: The Los Angeles Angels sent three players to the midsummer classic in Arizona, two of whom were pitchers. This tally is a pretty...
• 7/17 Fragile Freddy's: Sunday Notes - Award Division: Mid-Season AwardsWith the clubs having reached the honorary halfway point this week at the All Star break I figured I’d join...
• 7/17 B-R Blog: Scoreless in Seattle no more! … and other Saturday streak-breakers: -- Our long Northwest nightmare is over: Ichiro Suzuki's 2-out single ended Seattle's scoring drought at 30 innings, dating to...
• 7/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees send CC Sabathia against Toronto and Ricky Romero as the Blue Jays go for three wins in a row in the four game series....
• 7/15 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Should Go “All Out” For Ubaldo Jimenez: Earlier today, we discussed how the Rockies had requested an expensive package from the Yankees for Ubaldo Jimenez. George...
• 7/15 B-R Blog: Back to real baseball!: [A light schedule is better than no schedule....] -- Derek Holland began the 2nd half in Seattle with an ERA of 4.68 this year...
• 7/14 Wahoo's Warriors: Pitching efficiency rating – 1st half stats:   A couple years ago I developed a stat called PER (pitching efficiency rating). The purpose of the stat is pretty self explanatory...
• 7/13 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/13: The big story from last night's 2011 MLB All-Star Game isn't the fact that if the Boston Red Sox get to the World Series they...
• 7/13 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Quickie: Halladay’s All-Star No-Hit Bid: The All-Star Game is managed strangely. That’s a given. It’s the only place where Roy Halladay could start a game...
• 7/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Five Yankees to watch after the All-Star break: Recently I ran a post demonstrating that the best teams in baseball the past few seasons have separated themselves from the pack...
• 7/12 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 MLB All-Star Game Delight: After breaking a decade long drought with a win last year, the National League looks to make it two in a row over the American...
• 7/12 Baseball Musings: Textbook Change Up: Jered Weaver just struck out Carlos Beltran on a 76 MPH change up in the bottom of the first. Go back and watch that at bat if...
• 7/12 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 MLB All-Star Game Delight: After breaking a decade long drought with a win last year, the National League looks to make it two in a row over the American...
• 7/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY HE'S C"CY YOUNG" SABATHIA: With CC Sabathia’s most recent 1-0 complete game shutout over the Rays, he moves to 13-4 and regains sole possession of...
• 7/12 mlbreports.com : E-MAILBAG: Ask the Reports, Wednesday July 6th All-Star Edition: Thank you for reading the E-mailbag.  Please send all your questions to mlbreports@gmail.com and please include your first name...
• 7/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: It's been over two months since we gave out any hardware, so we're overdue for another edition of Player of the Fortnight. For...
• 7/6 COSFBA: Line of the Day: July 5th, 2011: Dan Haren pitched a two-hit shutout against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers to earn his 100th career win. It was the...
• 7/3 B-R Blog: Sunday Smorgasbord – games of Saturday, July 2: [A Whitman's sampler of Saturday action, with neither leaves nor grass....] -- White Sox 1, Cubs 0 ... for the first time in MLB...
• 7/2 NY Baseball Digest: Montero Falling in Depth Charts; Wood on Radar: I spoke to a Yankees scout about the recent fan furor over Jesus Montero‘s performance, who told me that Montero is not...
• 7/1 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Don’t Have Prospects, They Have Assets: Mark Newman sat down with the guys at NoMaas the other day. It’s a lengthy interview, but the one thing I took away from...
• 7/1 NY Baseball Digest: Sausage Fest , Bullpen Management, Entrance Music, Radio Gossip: The guys at Nomaas call the Yankees three game sweep of the Brewers a “sausage fest.” *** By the way… using...
• 7/1 Fungoes.net: Chris Carpenter’s three nights in June: In dispatching the Orioles Wednesday night, Chris Carpenter threw 132 pitches, the second-highest total in his career and most...
• 7/1 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR-Stars: With most teams at or past the midpoint of the season, and the annual Po**** & Pity Game almost upon us, let's stage a fantasy...

• 6/30 MLB Dirt: My AL All-Star Starting Lineup: My NL All-Star lineup was posted yesterday and here is my American League starting lineup. Catcher: Alex Avila has really jumped...
• 6/28 NY Baseball Digest: Why Jeter Should Stay at Leadoff Upon Return: There is likely no bigger Derek Jeter fan than me. I don’t live and die with every Jeter at bat, but am a big fan in the way...
• 6/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Wait Until Last Second to Avoid Sweep: For most of the afternoon, today’s matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Jered Weaver more than lived up to the hype, matching...
• 6/26 B-R Blog: Justin Verlander: Best Tigers pitcher since … ?: After many hours hunched over my trusty slide rule, I've reached a tentative conclusion: this Verlander chappy just might have...
• 6/26 B-R Blog: Saturday Snippets: -- After 238 career starts, Jake Peavy made his first relief appearance Saturday, and picked up a win with 4 dominant innings...
• 6/24 NY Baseball Digest: The Killer K’s?: We reported the Yankees interest in Kerry Wood a couple of weeks ago. I can confirm the Yankees are not only looking at Wood (currently...
• 6/21 Baseball Musings: New Manager, Same Result: The Marlins try their second new manager in two days, and the result is the same, a 2-1 loss. This time, the Angels manage to...
• 6/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees visit another NL Central town as they send Ivan Nova against Cincinnati and Johnny Cueto. Nova is a great example...
• 6/17 That Ball's Outta Here: GAME 1 PREVIEW: Angels at Mets, 7:10 PM: STARTING PITCHERS: Chris Capuano (5-6, 4.40 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 2.81 K/BB): After a rough start, Capuano has been exactly the kind...
• 6/15 Baseball Press: 2011 National League Rookie of the Year Race: Gas throwing Craig Kimbrel is a strikeout machine. (Icon SMI)With the baseball season a third of the way complete, Baseball...
• 6/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Long road trip could be the cure for Angels: For the 33-36 Angels, a long stint away from home could be exactly what the doctor ordered. At home, the Halos have fallen flat,...
• 6/15 COSFBA: Line of the Day: June 14th, 2011: Justin Verlander took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and finished with a complete game two-hit shutout, striking out a season-high...
• 6/15 Baseball Musings: Angels Gain Again: Jered Weaver pitched his second shutout of the season as the Angels defeated the Mariners 4-0. Like Justin Verland earlier in...
• 6/13 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Weaver, Davis, Anderson, Ellis: As the Angels and Mariners begin a three-game series at Safeco Field tonight, let's look at some items concerning those clubs...
• 6/13 COSFBA: Line of the Day: June 12th, 2011: SP Tommy Hanson of the Atlanta Braves struck out a career-high 14 hitters over seven innings to lead the Braves to a 4-1 victory...
• 6/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Scioscia’s bullish approach needs to change: After Wednesday’s heartbreaking loss to Tampa Bay, Mike Scioscia finally let his frustrations fly in a postgame interview. He...
• 6/11 Bus League Baseball: Come Along As We Teach You To Spell Jared, The Minor League Baseball Way: On the day my son was born, my wife and I went to the hospital at some ungodly hour, six or seven o’clock in the morning, so...
• 6/9 Baseball Musings: The Long and the Short of It: Reid Brignac drove in Tampa Bay’s first run of Wednesday with a home run off Jered Weaver of the Angels, and he drove in...
• 6/8 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Hiroki Kuroda and Cole Hamels battle in Philadelphia as the Dodgers continue their series with the Phillies. Kuroda is suffering...
• 6/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees take rubber game, complete successful road trip: The Yankees finish off the Angels 5-3 this afternoon/evening, putting the finishing touches on a 6-3 trip to West Coast. That...
• 6/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Analyzing Weaver’s disappointing May: Jered Weaver’s spectacular 6-0 start to the season had Angels fans buzzing about a possible Cy Young-caliber season for the...
• 6/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): Nova pitches just well enough to stay in rotation: Manager Joe Girardi insisted yesterday that Ivan Nova wouldn't be pitching for his starting rotation spot Friday night in...
• 6/4 My Pinstripes: Failure in the Halos House of Horrors: All those good feelings built up by the sweep of the Oakland A's and a four game winning streak were nearly completely wiped out...
• 6/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankee bats vanish against Weaver in 3-2 loss: Despite making Jered Weaver throw more than 50 pitches over the first two innings, the Yankees let Weaver off the hook, as he...
• 6/4 Stealing First Base: Weaver suma séptima victoria: Angelinos 3, Yanquis 2: ANAHEIM, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Jered Weaver empató el viernes el primer lugar de la Liga Americana con su séptimo...
• 6/4 Stealing First Base: Yankees lose to Angels after Weaver’s strong Showing: ANAHEIM, Calif. – Jered Weaver tied for the AL lead with his seventh victory — 39 days after getting his sixth one — and...
• 6/3 Stealing First Base: Yankees at Angels Game 55 -2011: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Russell...
• 6/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Angels I: You’d be surprised at what Dan Haren and Phil Hughes have in common: (Note: As of this writing it’s possible Dan Haren may be scratched from his start on Saturday. That being said, I spent...

• 5/31 Through The Fence Baseball: West coast trip looking positive for Yankees: The Yankees are in the midst of a nine-day road trip out west, which inevitably keeps the faithful fans back east bleary-eyed....
• 5/31 The Process Report: James Shields Day: The Changeup: The 2011 version of James Shields is representative of a pitcher’s evolution. Adapting to the pitching backwards or pitching...
• 5/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Who can figure out these Angels?: The name of the game in Anaheim is unpredictability. This team has become increasingly difficult to write about with confidence....
• 5/30 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Complete Game Shutout… PSYCH!: Jered Weaver pitched a brilliant game Saturday night for the Angels against the Twins. He’s had a strange opening to the...
• 5/29 B-R Blog: Low-Hit Game in Minnesota Saturday: Swarzak vs. Weaver: Last night in Minneapolis: Twins RHP Anthony Swarzak did not allow a hit until Peter Bourjos doubled with 1 out in the 8th inning....
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver tosses career-high 128 pitches: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver worked nine scoreless innings Saturday, May 28, against the Minnesota Twins in a...[+] no-decision, and he threw a career-high 128 pitches. Weaver was sharp, facing just two batters over the minimum.
• 5/28 Baseball Musings: No-No in Minnesota: Anthony Swarzak just finished his seventh inning of work, and he’s pitching a no-hitter for the Twins against the Angels....
• 5/27 B-R Blog: Quick Thursday Recap: Anibal, Carl, Micah, Nolan & “Vogue”: Just a quickie to see if this contraption really flies: -- To review: Ryan Vogelsong began this season in AAA at the age of 33,...
• 5/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Brutal schedule ahead for Yankees: I hate West Coast road trips. You hate West Coast road trips. Everyone hates West Coast road trips. Most of the weeknight...
• 5/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): The IIATMS morning update: 5/26/2011: Off day today before the Yankees embark on a West Coast trip featuring four 10:05 P.M. start times and another 9:05 game in Anaheim....
• 5/24 Through The Fence Baseball: The true stars in MLB? The Freak, The Machine and Doc: How many stars are there in Major League Baseball? A bunch, you might say. Let’s rephrase the question: How many studs are there...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver solid in ND: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed a run on six hits and three walks while fanning five in seven innings in...[+] his no-decision against the Oakland Athletics Monday, May 23.
• 5/24 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: The last place I expected to see an 8-7 game was in the Mariners/Twins contest, but that was the final score as Seattle won the...
• 5/24 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...
• 5/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Impressive rotation can’t do it alone for Angels: During the first few weeks of the 2011 season, the Los Angeles Angels looked to have one of the best starting rotations in the...
• 5/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 48: 6:55PM PDT: So Conor Jackson is getting the start at third base tonight, and Andy LaRoche is getting the start at second…...
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Boston Red Sox send the pitcher they kept against the pitcher they sent away as Clay Buchholz battles Justin Masterson and...
• 5/22 Baseball Moves: Week 8 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 8. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/21 MLB Fantasy Recon: Week 9 Two Start Pitching Options: Pick of the week?  Fat Chance.Two start pitcher for week 9American League Options - Ranked by Potential Usefulness.Justin...
• 5/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Batter Down: Where’s the genius? Why can’t the Athletics score? They made acquisitions to improve a moribund offense, but still...
• 5/19 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 42: Vargas started the year slow and despite a high ERA we all knew that he would be fine, or atleast I thought he’d be fine....
• 5/18 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: Change for a Quarter, AL: Teams are reaching the quarter-lap mark on their schedules, and today we offer an early look at the fantasy baseball studs of...
• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Getting Josh Hamilton back is good, but is it good enough?: Through just about the quarter mark of the season, the American League West Division looks to be in a race for the worst division...
• 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Who’s to blame for the Angels’ recent struggles?: Every Angels loss leading up to Tuesday’s game featured glaring flaws in the team: a blown save here, a boneheaded baserunning...
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Previewing Jaime Garcia's Arbitration Debut: If Jaime Garcia keeps pitching like this, David Price and Clayton Kershaw won’t be the only first-time arbitration eligible...
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Ackley, Braden, Weaver: It's still a little early to be thinking about trades, but the Mariners could be close to making a big mid-season addition nonetheless....
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Alexi Ogando out-pitched Jered Weaver as Texas defeated the Angels 4-1. Ogando gave up one home run to Weaver’s two. After...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver loses third in a row: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed four earned runs, seven hits and one walk over six innings in a loss Friday,...[+] May 13, against the Texas Rangers. He also struck out six batters in the 107-pitch outing. After starting the season 6-0 with a 0.99 ERA in his first six starts, Weaver is 0-3 with a 5.50 ERA over his past three outings.
• 5/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ Weaver handed third straight loss: Two starts ago, Jered Weaver was primed to be the first pitcher in Major League Baseball to reach seven wins. Friday’s game,...
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Royals and Tigers battle for second place in the AL Central as Luke Hochevar visits Justin Verlander. Hochevar improved his...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver has Texas mastery: In 21 career starts against the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver is 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA. Rangers SS...[+] Elvis Andrus (.281) is the only player on the team batting better than .250 against Weaver with more than 11 at-bats.
• 5/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Figueroa, Molina, Royals, Angels: Links for Wednesday, on a night we'll remember for Eric Hosmer's first MLB home run... The Mets signed Luis Figueroa to...
• 5/9 Baseball Reality Tour: Pitch Value Leaderboards: No time nor use for rhetoric tonight. The following are current 2011 leader boards for Fangraphs' Pitch Type Linear Weights,...
• 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 5/1/11 - 5/8/11: Among the many topics covered in this week's MLBTR original analysis was, of course, the no-hitters of Francisco Liriano and...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver suffers loss Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (6-2) allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings in a loss to the Cleveland...[+] Indians Saturday, May 7. He walked two and struck out none. It was only the second time in Weaver's career that he failed to strike out at least one batter in a game.
• 5/8 Baseball Musings: White Outpitches Weaver: Indians rookie Alex White out pitched Jered Weaver as Cleveland took the game against the Angels 4-3. White made one mistake,...
• 5/8 Wahoo's Warriors: Tribe solves Jered Weaver: Entering Saturday, Angels ace Jered Weaver was leading the AL in each of the pitching triple crown categories. But the Tribe roughed...
• 5/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Braves try to make it two in a row against the Phillies as they send Julio Teheran in his major league debut against Kyle...
• 5/6 The Process Report: Wade Davis And The Infield Fly Ball: For some pitchers inducing infield flyballs (IFFB%) can be a repeatable skill. This is generally true of a flyball pitcher like...
• 5/5 The "Mc" Effect: Kevin Correia's Hot Start: Kevin Correia is 5-2 with a 2.91 ERA in his first 8 starts this year. That is one of the best starts for a Pittsburgh Pirates...
• 5/4 Baseball Happenings: Game 28 Recap: LAA – 001 010 021 – 5 – 13 – 1 BOS – 100 020 60x – 9 – 11 – 0 For the second consecutive day the Sox got a victory...
• 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Will Jered Weaver Make Next Year?: Jered Weaver's upcoming arbitration case won't be as groundbreaking as Tim Lincecum's, but Weaver should still continue to set...
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/2: After salvaging the finale of their series against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in walkoff fashion, the Boston Red Sox continue...
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/3: Jered Weaver had owned the American League in 2011, just look at his record. He was 6-0 with a 0.99 ERA before last night's...
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/3: The Boston Red Sox continued their recent dominance over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last night and look to do the same...
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver named AL Pitcher of the Month: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for the month of April. He went...[+] 6-0 with a 0.99 ERA with two complete games and a shutout during the month.
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/3: The Boston Red Sox continued their recent dominance over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last night and look to do the same...
• 5/3 Baseball Musings: Pedroia Versus Weaver: At Baseball Analytics, I take a close look at the battle between Dustin Pedroia and Jered Weaver in the bottom of the fifth inning...
• 5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/3: Jered Weaver had owned the American League in 2011, just look at his record. He was 6-0 with a 0.99 ERA before last night's...
• 5/3 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...
• 5/3 MLB Fantasy Recon: Player Notes for Week 6 from FB Tools: Blue StreakTodd Lammi over at Fantasy Baseball Tools sends up some key notes for planning out week 6, including why you nee to...
• 5/2 Call to the Pen: Weaver Scratched with Illness: It turns out the only team that can deny Jered Weaver a win is his own.  The Los Angeles Angels scratched Weaver from his Sunday...
• 5/2 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/2: After salvaging the finale of their series against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in walkoff fashion, the Boston Red Sox continue...
• 5/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Questions for May: One day late into the month but it is still important to ask some May questions and one day certainly fails to answer any. So...
• 5/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees visit Detroit with Bartolo Colon taking on Justin Verlander. The Tigers are one of the coldest teams in baseball right...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver has lost weight: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (illness) has lost nine pounds in the last few days while dealing with an illness....[+]
• 5/2 MLBTradeRumors: Lincecum's Historic Arbitration Case: The Giants avoided a historic arbitration case with ace Tim Lincecum last year, agreeing to a two-year, $23MM deal.  That contract...
• 5/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): In Defense of the Flyball (starring 2011 NL Cy Young, Ian Kennedy): The discussion generated by Josh’s insightful post on Derek Jeter’s “groundball problem” got me thinking about a...
• 5/2 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/2-5/5: Monday, May 2nd @ 7:10 PM Jered Weaver, RHP (6-0, 0.99) vs Clay Buchholz, RHP (1-3, 5.33) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver set to start Monday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (illness) will work Monday, May 2, against the Boston Red Sox. Weaver was originally...[+] scheduled to start Sunday, May 1, but he was pushed back a day due to a stomach virus.
• 5/1 Baseball Moves: Week 5 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 4. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/1 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/2-5/5: Monday, May 2nd @ 7:10 PM Jered Weaver, RHP (6-0, 0.99) vs Clay Buchholz, RHP (1-3, 5.33) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red...
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver scratched from start: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (stomach) has been scratched from his scheduled start against the Tampa Bay Rays...[+] Sunday, May 1, because of a stomach ailment. SP Tyler Chatwood will start in his place.
• 5/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Justin Masterson goes for his sixth win with no defeats on Sunday. Photo: Icon SMI The Tigers and Indians get things started as...

• 4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Minaya, Weaver, Danks, Zimmerman: Emilio "Millito" Navarro, believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player at 105, passed away in Puerto Rico today....
• 4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Weaver, Danks, Sandoval, Zimmerman: With plenty of games still to come today, let's take a look at some links on this Saturday afternoon.. While researching...
• 4/30 Baseball Musings: Weaver Pitching Tomorrow: I’m somewhat surprised that the Angels are holding Jered Weaver out until tomorrow. All month Mike Scioscia started him...
• 4/29 MLB Fantasy Recon: Buy, Sell, or Hold - Starting Pitcher Edition from FB 365: 2011 Josh Beckett for sale at 2009 pricesCharlie Saponara over at Fantasy Baseball 365 did a great thing and took BABIP, K/BB%,...
• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Lincecum, Cano, Votto, Weaver, Dodgers: Ryan Braun's $105MM, five-year contract extension through 2020 seemed like it came out of nowhere, but a ton of other young stars...
• 4/27 Baseball Musings: Hard Luck Haren: For the second game in a row, unearned runs cost Dan Haren a win. In his last start he allowed four runs, two earned, and lost...
• 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Price, Kershaw Likely To Redefine Market: C.J. Wilson, Mark Buehrle and (possibly) C.C. Sabathia aren’t the only left-handed starters pitching for contracts in 2011....
• 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Free Agent Class Analysis: Our 2013 MLB Free Agent list has just been posted.  Since that post will be a permanent addition to the sidebar, comments on...
• 4/26 Nolan Writin': Toronto Blue Jays (10-12) at Texas Rangers (14-8) Game 2 Preview: The Rangers weren’t able to hold off the Blue Jays last night but tonight is another night and is the night for the second...
• 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Records: Starting Pitchers: Several arbitration records could fall in 2012.  Here's my best attempt at finding the current records for starting pitchers...
• 4/26 B-R Blog: Jered Weaver’s win streak to start the season: Last night Jered Weaver won his 6th game in his 6th start of the season. I can't link to it because as I'm writing this our database...
• 4/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 23: 7:20PM PDT: Michael Wuertz was activated today – which was anti**** – and Bobby Cramer was optioned to Sacramento...
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: While Jered Weaver can't lose, Dustin Moseley (above) can't seem to win, despite both posting great ERAs. Photo: Icon...
• 4/25 COSFBA: Fun With Player Projections: With three full weeks of games in the books to start the 2011 season, it's time to start looking at some of the statistics players...
• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver looks to make club history: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver is scheduled to start Monday, April 25, against the Oakland Athletics, reports Mark...[+] Saxon, of ESPNLosAngeles.com. If Weaver is successful to run his record to 6-0, he would be the first pitcher in club history to do so in the team's first 23 games. Weaver would also be the first to do it in MLB since SP Randy Johnson accomplished the feat for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002.
• 4/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Early Season Oohs And Ahs: Let’s have a look at some of the early seasons positives and whether or not they’re real or a mirage. The rampaging...
• 4/22 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/22: After an extra innings win last night, the Boston Red Sox look for their third straight win and second against the Los Angeles...
• 4/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: A Hughes Decision:   It’s no secret that the Yankees fell short of their primary off-season goal, as the Phillies swooped in at the last minute...
• 4/22 The Helmholtz Way: Weekly MLB Review: April 14th -20th Meltdown in Twin City? Joe Nathan, who was one of the most dominant closers in baseball, showed that he is not...
• 4/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Orioles sit three games back in the AL East as they host the division leading Yankees Friday night. Two pitchers with decent...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Weaver Versus Cruz: There was a very good plate appearance battle between Jered Weaver and Nelson Cruz Wednesday night. I look at how Weaver came...
• 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Will John Danks Earn In 2012?: If they don't sign extensions, starters John Danks, Matt Garza, Jeremy Guthrie, and Jered Weaver will enter fairly uncharted...
• 4/21 Red Sox Beacon: An Optimistic Oakland Split: The Red Sox split their mid-week two-game series in Oakland, but there are reasons to be hopeful about both contests, regardless...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Angels in Heaven: The Angels defeated the Rangers 4-1 Wednesday night to take over first place in the AL West. Jered Weaver won his fifth game of...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver is first to five victories: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed just one earned run, six hits and no walks in a complete victory Wednesday,...[+] April 20, against the Texas Rangers, reports The Associated Press. Weaver became the first pitcher in the majors to five wins. He also struck out eight batters in the 119-pitch quality start.
• 4/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: With two double headers (both split admission) there are 17 games on tap Wednesday. They should cover 12 hours, so there’s...
• 4/19 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR Now Updated: 2011 Wins Above Replacement data is now live on the site and will be updated daily throughout the season. This includes the league...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver is in rare company: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver, who secured his fourth win of the season Friday, April 15, is the first pitcher...[+] since Roger Clemens (Red Sox) in 1991 to post four wins in his team's first 13 games, reports The Associated Press.
• 4/17 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at some of the original analysis and reporting MLBTR's writing team delivered this week.. Days after announcing...
• 4/17 Baseball Musings: Pair of Fours: Dan Haren allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings of work as the Angels down the White Sox 4-2. With no walks Sunday afternoon, Haren...
• 4/16 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace: Which pitchers have had the largest difference in average velocity between their fastball and change-up? According to fangraphs: National...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver is first to four wins: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed three runs - two earned - and four hits over seven innings Friday, April...[+] 15, against the Chicago White Sox, reports The Associated Press. Weaver is the first pitcher in the majors to four victories.
• 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Extension (Or Trade?) Candidate: Jered Weaver: After allowing two earned runs in seven innings against the White Sox tonight, Jered Weaver's ERA ballooned all the way up to...1.30,...
• 4/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: All the action in MLB happens under the lights this Friday the 15th. The Orioles and Indians get things started with two pitchers...
• 4/14 MLB Fantasy Recon: Top 50 Starting Pitchers from the Fix: I mixed league trust Harang Jered Weaver is quickly answering all those who questioned his ability to repeat his spectacular 2010...
• 4/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver set for series opener: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver will start the series opener Friday, April 15, against the Chicago White Sox, according...[+] to The Associated Press. Weaver went 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA over 13 innings in two starts against the White Sox in 2010.
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Haren One-Hitter: Dan Haren ended Cleveland’s winning streak in grand fashion, tossing a one hit, two walk shutout as the Angels win 2-0....
• 4/12 Royally Speaking: Opening day positives: Yesterday's outcome was disappointing and while there were certainly plenty of negatives worth discussing I'm going...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Top Starters Unwilling To Go Year-To-Year: Baseball players, starting pitchers in particular, are a risk-averse bunch.  Given the choice between multiyear security and...
• 4/11 The World's Worst Sports Blog: 15 Strikeouts Early In The Season: Apparently, Jered Weaver wants to make a stronger case for the Cy Young this year. Last night, the Los Angeles Angeles hosted...
• 4/11 COSFBA: Line of the Day: April 10th, 2011: SP Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels struck out a career-high 15 batters in a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. In...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver strikes out 15 in victory: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed one earned run, four hits and four walks in 7 2/3 innings in a win Sunday,...[+] April 10, against the Toronto Blue Jays, reports The Associated Press. Weaver also struck out a career-high 15 batters. 'I just wanted to go out there, knowing that we had a long one last night, and I wanted to try to extend it as much as possible,' Weaver said. 'We were able to get three runs, and that was enough to work with.'
• 4/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Dustin Moseley’s tough luck should make Padres optimistic: If it wasn’t for hard luck, San Diego Padres’ starter Dustin Moseley would have no luck at all. The right hander is...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Dream Weaver: Jered Weaver continues to be an early season Cy Young candidate as he struck out 15 Blue Jays and allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings...
• 4/8 B-R Blog: SP Winning Early Since 2009: From 2009 through yesterday's games, which starting pitchers have won 7+ games within his team's first 30 games of the season?...
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver picks up his second victory: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed one earned run, three hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings in a win Tuesday,...[+] April 5, against the Tampa Bay Rays, reports The Associated Press. Weaver also struck out six batters in the 112-pitch quality start, running his record to 2-0. He has a microscopic 0.69 ERA through his first two outings.
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: David Price: Last year 25-year-old lefty David Price established himself as one of the best pitchers in baseball, finishing second in the American...
• 4/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels bullpen gives Scioscia lots to “sort out”: After the Angels bullpen coughed up three leads over the weekend, manager Mike Scioscia told reporters that the team was “going...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Major Arbitration Paydays For 2012: Last month we looked at the best players who will be arbitration eligible for the first time in 2012, including Andrew McCutchen,...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Jimenez Extension Going Well For Rockies: There's inherent risk in signing any pitcher long-term, let alone someone who has just one full season of Major League experience...
• 4/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver peerless in Opening Day start: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed just two hits and two walks in 6 1/3 scoreless innings in a win against...[+] the Kansas City Royals Thursday, March 31, reports Lyle Spencer, of MLB.com. Weaver also struck out six batters. 'My fastball location was really good - a lot better than I thought it would be,' Weaver said. 'I looked to keep people off the basepaths as much as possible.'

• 3/31 Baseball Musings: Still Weaving: Jered Weaver picked up where he left off 2010. He struck out six and walked two in pitching 6 1/3 scoreless innings against the...
• 3/31 Baseball Musings: Nailing the Padres: Chris Carpenter is perfect through three innings against San Diego as the Cardinals hold on to a 1-0 lead. Chris only struck out...
• 3/31 MLBTradeRumors: Half Of Opening Day Starters Were First Rounders: Even though former top picks such as Zack Greinke, Adam Wainwright and Stephen Strasburg are currently sidelined, a substantial...
• 3/30 Baseball Daily Digest: BDD 2011 Division Previews: AL West: Welcome to the BDD 2011 Division Previews! We are taking a different approach this season, choosing to tackle the baseball universe...
• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: How Teams Obtained Their Opening Day Starters: You can define a No. 1 starter in any number of ways, but in one respect, managers around the game have already done the work...
• 3/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: On Chad Billingsley’s New Contract (And Notes): Fun fact: over two years ago, on January 26, 2009, I wrote about Zack Greinke‘s extension with the Royals and wondered how...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: UCB Project: American League West: With the loss of Cliff Lee, can the Rangers still win the division?(Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)Each month the United Cardinal...
• 3/29 Obstructed View: NL Central Questions & Answers: Houston Astros: Prior to the start of the season we're going to be previeing the other NL Central teams in two ways. First, Berselius will post...
• 3/28 Baseball Musings: AL West Preview: The 2011 division previews continue with the AL West. I’ll use 2010 WAR from FanGraphs for the evaluation. I concentrate...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Billingsley Agree To Extension: The Dodgers have agreed to a three-year extension with Chad Billingsley that will pay the right-hander over $30MM, according...
• 3/28 Obstructed View: NL Central Questions & Answers: Houston Astros: Prior to the start of the season we're going to be previeing the other NL Central teams in two ways. First, Berselius will post...
• 3/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: A Look at the 2011 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: In 2009 the Angels won 97 games and came two victories shy of making the World Series. That team featured a high-powered offense...
• 3/27 Subjective Baseball: 2011 Predictions: AL West: 1. Oakland AthleticsPerhaps the most improved team from last year to this one, the A’s have scary good potential.  They...
• 3/27 Mastersball.com: The Return of the So-Called Expert: The National Fantasy Baseball Championship Classic was held on Saturday, March 26 of this year.  This is a 15-team, 5x5 mixed...
• 3/25 B-R Blog: The 20 most productive pitchers of 2010: Following on to my list of the 20 most productive hitters of 2010, here's a list of the 20 most productive pitchers. First, here...
• 3/25 BomberBanter.com: Bomber Banter 2011 Fantasy Baseball Team Roster: As mentioned in my previous Fantasy Baseball post, I'm targeting short stop and catcher this year, and since I have the first...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw Nears Arbitration Payday: Clayton Kershaw has a considerable amount in common with the ace of the Dodgers’ American League counterpart. Like Jered Weaver,...
• 3/22 The Daily Catch: Quality Starts Correlation to Record: One way to determine a pitcher’s value no matter what team they play on is quality starts. The definition for a quality...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Best Arbitration Eligible Pitchers Without Extensions: Earlier today we looked at the best arbitration eligible position players without extensions, including Geovany Soto, Prince Fielder,...
• 3/22 B-R Blog: 5+ Quality Start Losses In 2010: How many pitchers last season threw 5 or more games where they had a "Quality Start" and yet got tagged with a loss? Here's the...
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver strikes out 11: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver pitched 7 1/3 innings in an 'A' game Monday, March 21, and surrendered three earned...[+] runs on five hits while striking out 11, according to Victor Rojas of KCOP.
• 3/20 Mastersball.com: Popping my American League Tout Wars Cherry: Well, that was fun.  I just got back to my hotel after parti**** in AL Tout Wars, helping administer the Mixed auction and grabbing...
• 3/20 MLB Fantasy Recon: Spring Training Stats Don't Matter, But They Are Intersting: Spring Training stats don't count, but they can give us clues to how a player might perform or how healthy they are.  Such...
• 3/18 COSFBA: Ups and Downs: 03/18/2011: As we continue to get closer to Opening Day, now seems like an appropriate time to publish another edition of Ups and Downs. Jobs...
• 3/18 MLB Fantasy Recon: Future Aces - Fantasy Starting Pitchers Bound for Greatness: Ubaldo Jimenez and Jered Weaver took the next step in 2010 from middle round consideration to fantasy aces.  So who is going...
• 3/17 The Sporting Hippeaux: 21st Century Cys (2011 Edition): Last season about this time, in response to "out of nowhere" Cy Young award-winners like Zack Greinke and Cliff Lee, I offered...
• 3/17 Baseball Press: Not With a Ten-Foot Pole: Starting Pitchers: Roy Halladay's average draft position could handcuff you this year. (AP)With fantasy drafts hitting full stride over the next...
• 3/12 Motor City Bengals: Questioning the Elite-ness of Justin Verlander: After an incredibly disappointing 2008 season, Justin Verlander took a big step forward for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. I don’t...
• 3/8 MLB Fantasy Recon: Is Jered Weaver an Ace?: Jered Weaver made huge gains in 2010, posting a whopping 233 Ks.  Weaver's 2010 was out of wack with his 2006 - 2009 stats....
• 3/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Riverboat Gambler: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away and know when to run”...
• 3/6 B-R Blog: 2010 Cubs: Blowout Specialists: The  2010 Cubs were involved in a bevy of blowouts.  Mostly they were on the receiving end of the whoopin' , but they also handed...
• 3/4 Mastersball.com: How Can I Replace Wainwright?: How can I replace Wainwright? I can’t. I want to thank my friend Lawr for the suggestions he offered after my KFFL team’s...

• 2/28 The Biz of Baseball: Attendance Watch 2011: The LA Angels: As David continues to look forward to possible attendance trends he's wound his way through the AL East (see the Yankees - Red...
• 2/23 B-R Blog: Breaking news: Adam Wainwright may be out for the year: ESPN.com, among others, is reporting that Adam Wainwright suffered a serious elbow injury on Monday and may require Tommy John...
• 2/22 The Biz of Baseball: Players in MLB Salary Arbitration see Salary Increase of 100% for 2011: The 119 players in salary arbitration will see a salary increase of 100 percent for the 2011 season compared to last season, according...
• 2/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano Didn’t Sign with Boras for an Extension: Via George King of the NY Post: “No, I would never do that,” Cano said of asking Boras to talk to the Yankees...
• 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Recap : The arbitration season ended when Hunter Pence beat the Astros at Friday's hearing to give players a 2-1 advantage in the three...
• 2/18 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Why the difference in voting?: As much as I love the Angels, I can’t take Jered’s side on this one. Today, I was browsing the voting results from...
• 2/18 The Biz of Baseball: MLB Salary Arbitration Ends Today with Astros and Hunter Pence Headed to Hearing: Salary arbitration in Major League Baseball officially ends today with one lone player left to have his salary for the upcoming...
• 2/15 Mastersball.com: Angels show no respect for Jered Weaver: Arte Moreno has surprised us again. After what can only be described as a bizarre offseason for the Angels, their owner has managed...
• 2/14 MLBTradeRumors: Weaver Remains Open To Long-Term Deal: Jered Weaver told Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times that he remains open to extension talks with the Angels, who beat him in arbitration...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/6/11 - 2/12/11: Spring Training is in the air at last... let's run down the last seven days as baseball sneaks up on us: The Rangers and...
• 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Verducci On Weaver, Lester, Pujols, Young: Here's the latest from Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci.... Though the Angels won their arbitration hearing with Jered ...
• 2/10 Baseball Musings: Off-Speed WeaverAt Baseball Analytics, I look at the effectiveness of Jered Weaver‘s off-speed pitches. ...
• 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Rumors: Trout, Weaver, Podsednik: The Angels aren't talking to the Rangers about a deal for Michael Young, but the Halos are busy on other fronts, as Bill Shaikin...
• 2/10 The Biz of Baseball: AL MVP Josh Hamilton Inks 2-Yr, $24M Deal with Texas Rangers Avoids Arbitration: The “Hambino” is feeling dandy today, and so are the Texas Rangers. Josh Hamilton, the reigning AL MVP has reached a 2-year,...
• 2/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Angels: Penny-wise, pound foolish: I know that sounds harsh, but hey, sometimes you have to call a spade a spade. After an off-season that involved losing...
• 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver loses arbitration case: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver lost his arbitration case Thursday, Feb. 10, and will make $7.365 million this year,...[+] according to The Associated Press.
• 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Beat Jered Weaver In Arbitration The Angels beat Jered Weaver in arbitration, MLBTR has learned. ...
• 2/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Liriano/Yankees trade chatter accelerates: There's not much smoke yet, but there's plenty of chatter about the mere possibility that Francisco Liriano might be available...
• 2/10 Baseball Musings: Shaun Settles: Shaun Marcum and the Brewers pretty much split the difference between the team’s arbitration offer and the pitcher’s...
• 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver, Angels go to hearing: The Los Angeles Angels and SP Jered Weaver have gone to an arbitration hearing, and a decision is expected Thursday, Feb. 10,...[+] reports The Associated Press. The Angels are offering $8.8 million, while the team is arguing he should be paid $7.365 million.
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Ohlendorf Beats Pirates In Arbitration Hearing: Ross Ohlendorf won just one game last year, but it didn't take long for him to pick up his first victory of 2011. The right-hander...
• 2/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Arbitration hearing for Jered Weaver Wednesday: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and SP Jered Weaver are scheduled for an arbitration hearing Wednesday, Feb. 9, reports Mike...[+] DiGiovanna, of the Los Angeles Times. The team has not ruled out the possibility of signing the pitcher to a long-term contract, although a last-minute deal is not expected before the hearing. Weaver is asking for $8.8 million in 2011, while the club countered with $7.375 million.
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Weaver Set For Wednesday Hearing: The Angels and right-hander Jered Weaver are scheduled to have their arbitration hearing on Wednesday, blogs Mike DiGiovanna...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Pirates, Ohlendorf Go To Arbitration: The Pirates and pitcher Ross Ohlendorf had their arbitration hearing Tuesday, tweets Colin Dunlap of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,...
• 2/7 Mets360.com: Can R.A. **** repeat his fine season?: Beyond a shadow of a doubt the feel good story of 2010 for the Mets was the emergence of R.A. **** Signed for Triple-A, **** instead...
• 2/7 B-R Blog: Winning More Than Losing, Last Quarter Century: Since 1986, how many pitchers (min. 100 decisions) have "Wins > 1.5*Losses"? Here's the list: Rk Player W L Dec From To Age...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Unsigned Arbitration Eligible Players: Only 13 arbitration eligible players are still unsigned for 2011 and that number figures to keep on shrinking this week. As our...

• 1/30 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/23/11 - 1/30/11: Pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training in just two short weeks, but that doesn't mean the rumors have stopped. Let's...
• 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Law's Top 100, Sisk, Almonte: While the Angels have picked up a re**** for adding pricey outfielders in recent years, they have a highly touted, cheap one on...
• 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Talking contract with Jered Weaver: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have begun contract talks about a long-term extension with SP Jered Weaver, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's...[+] Mark Saxon.
• 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Weaver Being Talks About Long-Term Deal: The Angels and Jered Weaver have opened talks about a long-term contract extension, reports Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles. ...
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Ten Arbitration Cases To Watch: There aren't many unsigned arbitration eligible players remaining at this point in the winter, but many of the most high-profile...
• 1/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Hardball Times Has A’s Winning 88: Hardball Times has a projection (as of 1/19/2011) that states the A’s will finish in second place winning 88 games. The...
• 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Duchscherer, Damon, Gorzelanny: Happy birthday to Astros manager Brad Mills, who was born 54 years ago today in Exeter, California.  Here are some news items...
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver files arbitration figures: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver has filed an $8.8 million salary request in arbitration, according to The Orange...[+] County Register's Bill Plunkett. The team has countered with $7.365 million.
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Figures: Tuesday: Today is the deadline for players and teams to submit arbitration figures. Let's keep track of those figures here, with the latest...
• 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Players exchange arbitration figures: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver and C Mike Napoli submitted their arbitration figures Tuesday, Jan. 18, according...[+] to The Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. Weaver is asking for $8.8 million while the team is submitting $7.365 million. Napoli is asking for $6.1 million, with the team filing for $5.3 million.
• 1/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Six file for arbitration: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver, 1B Kendry Morales, OF Reggie Willits, 2B Howie Kendrick, SS Erick Aybar and C Mike...[+] Napoli filed for salary arbitration Friday, Jan. 14, according to The Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. Hearing will not be scheduled until later this month.
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Callaspo Avoid Arbitration: The Angels agreed to a one-year contract with Alberto Callaspo, avoiding arbitration, according to the team. The Halos acquired...
• 1/11 Giants Nirvana: MLB Power Rankings: Here you go, here's my list. Ranking all 30 MLB teams. This is really hard. Seriously. It's very difficult to rank all thirty...
• 1/10 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Looking At All the Angels: Bourjos may provide the Angels with speed and power in 2011.  (Getty) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/5 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Why the difference in voting?: As much as I love the Angels, I can’t take Jered’s side on this one. Today, I was browsing the voting results from...
• 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Eight up for arbitration process: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have eight players who may file for arbitration when the filing period begins, according to...[+] MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. Eligible players are SP Jered Weaver, 1B Kendry Morales, C Mike Napoli, C Jeff Mathis, 2B Howie Kendrick, SS Erick Aybar, IF Alberto Callaspo and OF Reggie Willits.
• 1/4 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Los Angeles Angels: I know this article is supposed to be about identifying fantasy baseball keeper targets but I can't help but mention how badly...
• 1/1 The Process Report: The Endowment Effect Strikes Matt Garza: A common perception about people is how they value what is theirs higher than they do items that are not. In economics, this is...

• 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Lots Of Arb Cases For Angels, Jays, Giants, Padres: The Angels and Blue Jays have more upcoming arbitration cases than any other major league teams. Toronto and Los Angeles both...
• 12/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Missing Bats in the Strike Zone: Here are just a couple of views at one distinctive pitching statistic we don't often talk about but is pretty telling.  Tonight,...
• 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Next $100MM Contract: We've already seen four nine-figure deals this offseason and Troy Tulowitzki, Carl Crawford, Jayson Werth and Cliff Lee may...
• 12/10 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: More Pitching Efficiency: Last week, I started with a question: are strikeouts an inefficient way of retiring batters? I started off by looking at the...
• 12/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Wednesday Cliff Lee Rumors: Has Somebody Really Bid 7-Years?: Yesterday we heard a lot of wild rumors about free agent Cliff Lee. Most of those rumors were fueled by Jon Heyman of Sports...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Cliff Lee Rumors: Wednesday: SI.com's Jon Heyman reported yesterday that two teams may have offered Cliff Lee seven-year deals, and the rumor mill will be...

• 11/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2010 Season in Review: Phil Hughes: In the history of Yankeeist, only two players have been tagged in more posts: CC Sabathia, with 77, and Alex Rodriguez, with...
• 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Regular Season Award Winners Cashing In: Players take a lot of pride in individual awards. While most will say that team success outweighs winning a Cy Young, Gold Glove,...
• 11/20 The Captain's Blog: AL Cy Young Voting Only a Minor Skirmish in Stats War: The American League Cy Young race was seen by many as a battleground between modern sabremetrics and old fashioned statistical...
• 11/19 SOX & Dawgs: King Felix Hernandez Wins 2010 AL Cy Young Award: Despite just 13 wins on the season, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix...
• 11/18 B-R Blog: Felix Hernandez wins the AL Cy Young award: This is a good day for stats geeks like us. Felix Hernandez, despite a 13-12 record, easily won the AL Cy Young award, and deservedly...
• 11/18 The Biz of Baseball: "King" Felix Hernandez Wins 2010 AL Cy Young Award: Baseball writers ignored the fact that the Seattle Mariners posted 101 losses, and with it, abysmal run support, focused on his...
• 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Felix Hernandez Wins AL Cy Young Award: Felix Hernandez won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. David...
• 11/18 Jason's Baseball Blog: Fantasy Rankings in Review – Starting Pitchers: Back in February, I took my first shot at attempting to rank players for fantasy purposes. After a full season, I thought it wise...
• 11/11 Sabernomics: 2010 Most Valuable Players (Pitchers): Here are the most valuable position players in the leagues, according to my estimates. Position players here. AL Rank Player Team $-Value...
• 11/8 PaulLebowitz.com: The World Of Imagination: Giggling like schoolgirls: Is it a story that the Yankees contacted Cliff Lee's agent on the first day of free agency? ...
• 11/6 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers & Angels Notes: Payroll, Crawford, Werth: Kevin Baxter and Dylan Hernandez of The Los Angeles Times bring us the latest from Tinseltown... Pitching is a priority for...
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Padres: Let's take our amateur signing bonus series to California's second largest city... Donavan Tate, $6.25MM (2009) Matt ...
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Reasons Young Starters Are Not Extended: Not all good young starting pitchers are locked up through their arbitration years - Carlos Zambrano, A.J. Burnett, Dontrelle...
• 11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Reasons Young Starters Are Extended: If they hadn’t signed extensions, Zack Greinke and Dan Haren would be hitting the free agent market and Felix Hernandez and...

• 10/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Positive storylines from the 2010 season: As we get further into the offseason I'll be doing comprehensive rundowns of each individual player's seasons, but for now I'd...
• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Angels: Next up in our series looking at each club's five largest amateur signing bonuses, the Angels... Jered Weaver, $4MM (2004) Kendry...
• 10/23 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: Walter Johnson Award: It was "The Year of the Pitcher" after all, so it should come as no surprise that this was easily the most difficult ballot to...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers are next in our arbitration eligibles series. First time: None Second time: Chad Billingsley, James Loney,...
• 10/17 Jason's Baseball Blog: The AL Walter Johnson Award: Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we have been voting on our award winners for the regular season. Previously I have...
• 10/17 Call to the Pen: The Top 100 MLB Prospects 2010: #60-51: Welcome to the October 16, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects! The column has now been permanently moved to Saturdays, for...
• 10/6 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Owner Prepared To Spend: Angels owner Arte Moreno says he plans to spend aggressively to send his team back to the postseason. Moreno told Bill Plaschke...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: AL Cy Young Vote: Last night I sent my ballots to the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA). Here are my votes for AL Cy Young:...
• 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Orioles, Nationals, Darvish, Leyland: Friday night links, as Jered Weaver aims for the AL strikeout lead in Texas.... Buck Showalter says that potential free...
• 10/1 Baseball Press: The 606 - October 1, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...

• 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Atlanta Braves: The Braves are next in our arbitration-eligibles series. First time: Jair Jurrjens, Eric O'Flaherty, Martin Prado Second...
• 9/27 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Los Angeles Angels: The arbitration eligibles series is back with a vengeance.  Today we look at the Angels players who will be eligible for arbitration...
• 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver takes AL strikeout lead: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (13-12) struck out nine and took over the major league strikeout lead with 229,...[+] two more than Seattle Mariners SP Felix Hernandez, according to The Associated Press. Weaver's performance wasn't good enough to prevent Los Angeles from falling 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox.
• 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver, Torii Hunter honored: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver was named the winner of the second annual Nick Adenhart Award and OF Torii Hunter...[+] was the recipient of the annual Owner's Trophy, given to the club's most valuable player, according to The Associated Press.
• 9/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver finally wins: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver won his first game in more than a month Wednesday, Sept. 15, by beating the Cleveland...[+] Indians, according to The Associated Press. He retired 21 of the 22 hitters he faced in seven innings to snap the longest losing streak of his career. Weaver is 1-4 in seven starts since his last win Aug. 6. He struck out seven to take the American League lead in strikeouts with 218. 'His stuff right now is every bit as crisp as it was at the beginning of the year, and that's a huge sign,' manager Mike Scioscia said. Weaver is up to 204 innings this year, which is seven innings shy of his career high set last year.
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: Weaver Baffles: Jered Weaver continued his excellent season with seven shutout innings against the Indians, allowing just one hit. He struck out...
• 9/14 MLBTradeRumors: Nine Rotations Already Set For 2011: There are no sure things when it comes to starting pitching, but some teams are better-positioned than others for 2011. These...
• 9/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver takes over major league lead in strikeouts: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver struck out six Seattle Mariners Friday, Sept. 10, to take over the major league...[+] lead from SP Felix Hernandez, according to The Associated Press. Weaver's 211 strikeouts this season are also a career high.
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: The Yankees drove Texas starter C.J. Wilson out of the game after three innings, but ten Texas relievers held New York to one...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: The Angels' 2011 Rotation: The Angels won’t have to look outside the organization for pitching this winter, since they have six major league starters under...
• 9/7 Baseball Musings: Evil Player: The Evil Player program selected Jered Weaver as Tuesday’s evil player. Although he wears a halo and is surrounded by Angels....
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver walks three in Saturday loss: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (11-11) walked three and allowed six hits in seven innings Saturday, Sept. 4, in...[+] a 3-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics. Associated Press writer Janie McCauley reports Weaver is winless since Aug. 6, a span of five starts.
• 9/4 Jason's Baseball Blog: Week in Review – August 23 to August 29: If the Playoffs Started Today Tampa Bay Rays (79-50) vs. Texas Rangers (73-57) Minnesota Twins (75-56) vs. New York Yankees (80-50)...
• 9/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: See yesterday’s post for my thoughts on the Danks/Buchholz matchup. Colby Lewis and Carl Pavano square off in Minnesota...
• 9/4 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 4, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...

• 8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver fans 11 in loss: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver lost to the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 Sunday, Aug. 29, in a game in which he fanned...[+] 11 hitters, The Associated Press reports.
• 8/29 Baseball Musings: Duel in Anaheim: Jeremy Guthrie and Jered Weaver put on a pitching clinic Sunday afternoon at Angels stadium. The Orioles starter shutout the Angels...
• 8/28 Baseball Press: The 606 - August 28, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 8/23 Jason's Baseball Blog: Week in Review – August 16 to August 22: If the Playoffs Started Today Tampa Bay Rays (76-48) vs. Texas Rangers (69-54) Minnesota Twins (71-52) vs. New York Yankees (77-47)...
• 8/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: CC Sabathia Not Close to Cy Young Despite Win Total: For years the measure of a really good pitcher was how many wins he was able to rack up. Last season though something happened,...
• 8/18 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/17: After a 10-game road trip that saw them go 5-5, the Boston Red Sox return to Fenway Park for a nine-game homestand that begins...
• 8/17 Baseball Musings: Widening the Gap: The Boston Red Sox helped take Jered Weaver out of competition with Clay Buchholz in the AL ERA race as they score six runs off...
• 8/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver hit hard Tuesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed six runs and six hits while walking two and striking out four in a loss...[+] to the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, Aug. 17, his first loss in four starts, according to The Associated Press.
• 8/17 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/17: After a 10-game road trip that saw them go 5-5, the Boston Red Sox return to Fenway Park for a nine-game homestand that begins...
• 8/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Detroit Tigers send Justin Verlander to the mound against CC Sabathia as the Yankees try find themselves in a tie with the...
• 8/16 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 8/17-8/19: Tuesday, August 17th @ 7:10 p.m. Jered Weaver, RHP (11-7, 2.87) vs Clay Buchholz, RHP (13-5, 2.49) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio:...
• 8/16 SOX & Dawgs: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 8/17-8/19: Tuesday, August 17th @ 7:10 p.m. Jered Weaver, RHP (11-7, 2.87) vs Clay Buchholz, RHP (13-5, 2.49) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio:...
• 8/16 Jason's Baseball Blog: Week in Review – August 9 to August 15: If the Playoffs Started Today Tampa Bay Rays (71-46) vs. Texas Rangers (67-49) Minnesota Twins (68-50) vs. New York Yankees (72-45)...
• 8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver fans 11 Wednesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver struck out 11 to beat the Kansas City Royals Wednesday, Aug. 11, giving him a major...[+] league-leading 182 strikeouts this year, according to The Associated Press. He allowed just one run in eight innings. It was Weaver's sixth career game with 10 or more strikeouts and his fourth this year.
• 8/11 El Maquino: EMR: Best Players in the Majors: A lot of people like these, so here are some more.  Major League player rankings based on EM Ratings (P.S.: Check out where...
• 8/9 Jason's Baseball Blog: Week in Review – August 2 to August 8: If the Playoffs Started Today Tampa Bay Rays (67-44) vs. Texas Rangers (64-47) Chicago White Sox (63-48) vs. New York Yankees...
• 8/9 Fungoes.net: No no-no, but Morrow hurls majors’ best of 2010: Sunday afternoon Brandon Morrow nearly missed a no-hitter, but struck out the most batters in a single baseball game since 2007,...
• 8/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: State of the Yankees 1/3rd of the Way Through: The book Moneyball is many things to many people, but one of the things I took away from the book that I always liked was...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver extends AL strikeout lead: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed three hits over seven innings with one earned run Friday, Aug. 6, according...[+] to The Associated Press. His nine strikeouts in a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers extended his American League lead to 171.
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: Week in Review – July 19 to July 25: If the Playoffs Started Today Tampa Bay Rays (59-38) vs. Texas Rangers (58-41) Chicago White Sox (53-44) vs. New York Yankees...
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Review – Dan Haren to the Angels: We got a bit of a surprise on Sunday afternoon when the Diamondbacks moved SP Dan Haren, but not to one of the previously mentioned...
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series – #14 – Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #14: Los Angeles Angels...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: Jeremy **** strong debut: Last night, Jeremey **** made a strong major-league debut for the Rays, allowing just 3 hits over 7 innings. That doesn't happen...
• 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver wins again: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed an unearned run on four hits and three walks while striking out seven in...[+] seven innings to beat the Seattle Mariners Sunday, Aug. 1, The Associated Press reports. He leads the league with 162 strikeouts.
• 8/1 Baseball Musings: What’s Wrong with Lee?: Jered Weaver out-dueled Cliff Lee Sunday afternoon as the Angels defeated Texas 4-1. Something must have been wrong with Lee (...
• 8/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Justin Verlander and Clay Buchholz face off in Boston as the Tigers and Red Sox finish their series. Verlander’s road ERA...

• 7/28 Baseball Musings: West Coast Roundup: The NL West tightened up a bit Tuesday night as the Dodgers downed the Padres and the Giants defeated the Marlins. Chad Billingsley...
• 7/27 Call to the Pen: Notable Numerals: Dan Haren, Jered Weaver and More: As we approach the trade deadline in the MLB, moves are beginning to happen and rumors are heating up as I write this column....
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jason Heyward leads the Braves against Stephen Strasburg. Photo: Icon SMI The night opens with a rookie battle as Baseball Jesus...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Downgrading Haren: Dave Cameron relays why MLB teams aren’t that high on Dan Haren: As best as I can tell, it comes down to two issues –...
• 7/25 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Dan Haren in Anaheim: Dan Haren's value gets a huge boost in Anaheim. (AP) Swooping in from the middle of nowhere, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
• 7/25 Baseball Musings: Haren to the Angels: Sports Illustrated is reporting Dan Haren was trade to the Angles, but there are no details at the moment. Update: The Arizona...
• 7/23 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 23, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Josh Johnson has lowered his ERA in three straight games, bringing it to 1.62 as he faces the Rockies in Florida at noon, EDT....
• 7/22 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 22, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/16 B-R Blog: Tim Lincecum earns his 50th win: Last night Tim Lincecum earned his 50th win in his 109th career game. Let's take a look at where that puts him in history. I...
• 7/16 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 16, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/13 El Maquino: Updated All-Star Rosters: Since the rosters were released July 4th, there have been a lot of changes. The ASG rosters for tonight: NATIONAL LEAGUE: 2b:...
• 7/10 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 10, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver suffers loss Tuesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed four runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings Tuesday, July 6, to suffer his...[+] fourth loss of the season, reports The Associated Press. He struck out six batters and walked one in the game.
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver named to All-Star Game: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver has been named to the American League roster for the All-Star Game, reports MLB...[+] Network.
• 7/2 Baseball Musings: West Coast Roundup: The Rockies moved into third place in the NL West with a 7-3 win over the Giants. Carlos Gonzalez hit his 13th home run, equaling...
• 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver masters Texas hitters Thursday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (8-3) struck out six and walked two Thursday, July 1, in lowering his ERA to 1.70...[+] in eight home starts, according to The Associated Press. The Angels topped the Texas Rangers 2-1. His 124 strikeouts lead the American League, and he has 28 in his last three starts while allowing just three walks.
• 7/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Mariners go for a sweep of the Yankees as they send Ryan Rowland-Smith against CC Sabathia. The Hyphen saw all three of his...

• 6/26 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 26, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 6/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Roy Halladay faces his old team tonight as the Phillies travel to Philadelphia to face Toronto at home. What? Yes, this is the...
• 6/25 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 25, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 6/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver pitches seven shutout innings Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver pitched seven scoreless innings Saturday, June 19, to pick up his seventh win of...[+] the season, reports The Associated Press. He allowed two runs and struck out 11 batters.
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: Weaver Ks: Jered Weaver works seven shutout innings for the Angels, allowing just three base runners on two hits and a strikeout plus wild...
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Mets go for their ninth straight victory as they send Mike Pelfrey against the Yankees and Phil Hughes. Both pitchers come...
• 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver gets on track: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed three runs on five hits and struck out seven in six innings to beat the...[+] Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, June 13, The Associated Press reports. He won for just the second time in seven starts.
• 6/13 B-R Blog: Drew Storen, National hero: Stephen Strasburg just got a huge boost from Drew Storen, who relieved Strasburg with the bases loaded and registered two outs...
• 6/9 Baseball Musings: Outstanding Pitching Night: Stephen Strasburg shone in his debut, but it was a night of strong winning pitching performances. The winning team allowed two...
• 6/4 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 4, 2010: A pair of streaking AL East hurlers clash in Toronto on Friday. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three...
• 6/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver pitches well Thursday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver won his first game Thursday, June 3, against the Kansas City Royals since May 7,...[+] according to The Associated Press. Weaver had not won in his previous five starts despite allowing more than two earned runs once. He gave up four hits and struck out nine in the outing.
• 6/3 Baseball Musings: Weaver Dominates: Jered Weaver pitches seven strong innings against the Kansas City Royals in a 5-4 Angels victory. Weaver earns a short shutout...
• 6/3 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 3, 2010: Some matinees and a few under the lights, maybe we'll even see more perfection Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees Kevin...
• 6/3 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 3, 2010: Two aces square off from Kauffman Stadium - Can Greinke find a win? (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the...

• 5/31 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame May 29, 2010: Memorial Day weekend opens summer. Fifteen contests today help usher us into the greatest of seasons - Pennant Race Season Cleveland...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver hurls quality start Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed one unearned run on three hits over seven innings against the Seattle Mariners...[+] Saturday, May 29, according to The Associated Press. He walked three and struck out six but ended up with a no-decision.
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver strikes out eight Sunday in no-decision: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver struck out eight batters Sunday, May 23, against the St. Louis Cardinals, but The...[+] Associated Press reports he did not get the decision because St. Louis won 6-5 after Weaver had left the game.
• 5/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox finish their series with the Phillies by facing an old friend, Roy Halladay. The Red Sox have been very successful...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Minnesota and Toronto continue their series with Carl Pavano and Shaun Marcum taking the mound. Pavano pitched very well on...
• 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver earns win Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver (4-1) allowed two hits over 7 1/3 scoreless innings Friday, May 7, in a victory...[+] against the Seattle Mariners, according to The Associated Press. He walked three and struck out seven.
• 5/8 B-R Blog: Bibbidi Bobbidi BAbip: Batting Average on balls put into play (BAbip) is a pitcher's batting average allowed on batted balls ending a plate appearance...
• 5/7 Baseball Daily Digest: Get Your Ballots Ready: Big Changes to the NL Squad: MLB.com opened voting for the All-Star Game some about two weeks ago, which I postulated was about a month too early. There have...

• 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver keeps mowing them down: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver allowed a run on seven hits and a walk while fanning seven in six innings to beat...[+] the Cleveland Indians Monday, April 26, according to The Associated Press.
• 4/22 B-R Blog: Halladay’s start: Roy Halladay has had a very impressive start. It's been a while since a pitcher won his first 4 starts of the season with at least...
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Jered Weaver misses out on win: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Jered Weaver received a no-decision Wednesday, April 21, after his bullpen blew the lead, according...[+] to The Associated Press. He allowed two runs on six hits, two walks and struck out six in seven innings against the Detroit Tigers.