Angels Sign Mark Lowe

The Angels signed reliever Mark Lowe to a minor league deal, tweets Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times.  Lowe will be in big-league camp with the Halos, who open the season in Cincinnati on Monday.  Lowe had signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers in February, but was released three days ago.  He's represented by Frye McCann Sports.

Lowe, 29, posted a 3.43 ERA, 6.4 K/9, 3.0 BB/9, 1.14 HR/9, and 33.9% groundball rate in 39 1/3 big league innings for the Rangers last year.  The hard-throwing righty missed time with an abdomen strain. 

Yesterday, MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez wrote that three relievers — Mitch Stetter, David Carpenter, and favorite Garrett Richards — were fighting for two spots in the Angels' Opening Day bullpen.  The team's bullpen also includes Ernesto Frieri, Sean Burnett, Kevin Jepsen, Scott Downs, and Jerome Williams, with Ryan Madson slated to start the season on the DL.