Scott Downs

The Angels have reached an agreement with LaTroy Hawkins for one-year, $3 million, pending a physical, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports. The deal was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports reports. Hawkins will provide another quality arm at the backend of the bullpen to go along with Jordan Walden and Scott Downs. Hawkins posted [...]

Tony Reagins has resigned as Angels GM reports Bill Shaikin of the LA Times. Reagins will remain on staff as an assistant to team president Dennis Kuhl Mike Digiovanni of the LA Times adds. Angels owner Artie Moreno released a statement saying, “We remained short of our objective in winning a championship. In moving forward, we [...]

The Los Angeles Angels have designated right-handed pitcher Jason Bulger for assignment, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.  The team also optioned Matt Palmer to Triple-A Las Vegas. The moves were done to accommodate Joel Pineiro and Scott Downs – both of whom are coming off of the disabled list. Bulger, 32, was 0-1 [...]

Left handed pitcher Scott Kazmir has been struggling during Spring Training with a 7.79 ERA in 17.1 innings. In his last outing he was shelled for eight earned runs and eight hits over five innings against the Brewers. Although his Spring results haven’t been any different than last season (5.94 ERA), he insists that he’s feeling [...]

In an unusual injury Los Angeles Angels’ left-handed relief pitcher Scott Downs will miss at least two weeks with a broken toe.  Downs was “doing normal dad stuff at home” according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLosAngeles.com when his toe swelled up and turned purple. “It’s obviously very frustrating, but I think it’s just a minor setback,” [...]

As a 20+ year baseball fan, I have been fortunate enough to attend numerous playoff games, opening day games and last years All-Star game.  But I never attended Spring Training in either Florida or Arizona, up until this past week. It’s not that I didn’t want to go it’s more of I didn’t think Spring Training was [...]

10. Orioles- The Orioles hit many speed bumps this off-season as they were turned down by many free agents but in the end, were able to together a decent offseason.  They traded for J.J. Hardy and also traded for Mark Reynolds.  The Orioles didn’t stop their as they also signed Derek Lee who [...]

In a Tweet by Rob Biertempfel of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, he mentions that the Pirates are no longer pursuing free agent pitcher Brian Fuentes. On January 1, Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated reported that in addition to the Pirates, the Blue Jays, Rays, Mariners, Phillies, Brewers and Mets have shown interest in the left-hander. Fuentes has been [...]

According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, he reports that the Blue Jays, Rays, Mariners, Pirates, Phillies, Brewers and Mets have all shown some interest in free agent relief pitcher Brian Fuentes. Heyman added on January 1, that it doesn’t appear that the Red Sox are in on Fuentes anymore with the signing of Hideki Okajima. Marc [...]

In a Tweet by AOL FanHouse, Steve Philips says the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are both going for free agent left-handed relief pitcher Brian Fuentes. However, they are not the only teams interested. The Minnesota Twins and the Colorado Rockies are also in the mix. Yesterday, it was reported that Fuentes is looking [...]