After throwing a no-hitter last Thursday, Jered Weaver appeared on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” presenting the Top-10 List called “Top-10 signs you’ll never throw a no-hitter” (via Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times).
“I watch Dave before I go to bed when I’m home, so it’s pretty cool to be on the show,” said [...]
05/11/12
Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels has thrown a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins, driving the Angels to a 9-0 victory. His final line was 9 innings, 121 pitches, 9 strikeouts and one walk to Josh Willingham in the 7th (Chris Parmalee also reached on an error).
Weaver’s no-hitter was the tenth in the clubs [...]
05/03/12
C.J. Wilson is one of the top free agent arms on the market. Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports notes that Wilson has received offers four teams which include the very active Marlins and Angels, as well as two other unnamed clubs. Two other clubs that have shown interest in the LHP over the previous weeks [...]
12/05/11
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 [...]
09/30/11
The Angels and Jered Weaver have agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $85mm Jon Heyman of SI.com reports. Weaver will have a full no-trade clause over the life of the contract which will keep him in pretend LA through 2016 (Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports provided this info).
The deal includes Weaver’s last year of [...]
08/22/11
Shortstop Jose Reyes will become a free agent at the end of this season, and Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated provides us a list of possible destinations for Reyes.
– San Francisco Giants: Heyman believes the Giants are a “natural fit” for Reyes. The Giants are a big-market team, and they could use not only an [...]
08/11/11
According to Craig Calcaterra of MSNBC, Ron Washington and Bruce Bochy have announced their Starting Lineups. Starting Pitcher for the NL Is Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Starting Pitcher for the AL is Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels. The starting lineups then go as follows:
American League
1. Curtis Granderson CF New [...]
07/11/11
Back in February, Jered Weaver and the Angels exchanged figures as Weaver was arbitration eligible for the second time. Weaver had requested a salary of $8.8 million while the Angels countered with an offer of $7.375 million. Weaver made $4.265 million in 2010 when he went 13-12 with a 3.01 ERA while striking [...]
04/29/11
The Angels are fresh off an uneventful weekend where they were swept by the Red Sox and looked over matched in almost every aspect of the game. Thankfully for the Angels, the A’s came to town today and they sent Jered Weaver to the mound who happens to be the hottest pitcher in all of [...]
04/26/11
Here’s the latest from Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports:
– Right handed pitcher Jeremy Bonderman will likely miss at least the first few months of the 2011 season after attracting only Minor League contract offers in the offseason.
– Veteran infielder David Eckstein is still a free agent, but he’s been working out with his brother Rick, [...]
03/17/11