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Angels, Bud Norris Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 30, 2017 at 3:15pm CDT

3:15pm: Norris would earn $1.75MM with the Halos were he to make the Major League roster, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports (Twitter links). The deal contains incentives that can push the total value of the contract north of $3MM.

12:40pm: The Angels and right-hander Bud Norris have agreed to a minor league contract, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter). The Wasserman client will compete for a rotation gig in Spring Training, Passan adds.

[Related: Updated Los Angeles Angels Depth Chart]

Norris, 31, pitched to a 5.10 ERA with 8.1 K/9, 3.9 BB/9 and a 47.6 percent ground-ball rate through 113 innings between the Braves and Dodgers this past season. Initially signed to a $2.5MM deal by Atlanta in the offseason, Norris suffered through a dreadful April and quickly lost his spot in the Braves’ rotation. However, his time in the bullpen clearly helped him to right the ship, as he pitched to a pristine 2.08 ERA with a 43-to-17 K/BB ratio over his next 47 2/3 innings (which included five starts in a reclaimed rotation role). Fangraphs’ Jeff Sullivan broke down Norris’ run of success in late June, noting that a newly implemented cutter had dramatically improved his performance against lefties. That success proved to be short-lived, however, as Norris struggled to a 6.54 ERA with the Dodgers.

From 2011-14, Norris was a solid mid-rotation arm for the Astros and Royals, pitching to a 4.06 ERA and averaging 30 starts/174 innings per season. The past two seasons, though, have largely been a struggle outside of the previously mentioned two-month run of excellence in Atlanta.

Norris will compete for an opportunity to line up behind presumptive rotation locks Garrett Richards, Matt Shoemaker, Ricky Nolasco and Tyler Skaggs (assuming he is healthy). Current candidates for the fifth slot include right-hander Jesse Chavez, who signed an early $5.75MM deal with the Halos back in November, in addition to lefty Nate Smith and right-handers Alex Meyer and Daniel Wright. Non-roster southpaws Manny Banuelos and John Lamb could eventually get consideration as well, health permitting.

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  1. halofan20

    8 years ago

    Nice

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  2. 14lopeza

    8 years ago

    Good pick up for potential bullpen help. Could also trade to a PTBL or something to help build up farm system

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    • davep-3

      8 years ago

      Bud Norris is the pyrite of pitchers. I was eager to see him pitch for the Padres a few years back. He can still throw hard but when he can’t locate (which is often), he gets clobbered.

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      • User 4245925809

        8 years ago

        I dunno.. He’s more of a BP pitcher it seems to me. FB is flat, nothing seems to work. I think Angels would have been better of signing ex- orioles Vanimal for the 1m he just signed for.. Guy can go 2-3 innings of solid relief and has been solid entire career. Norris wasn’t really more than a weak back end guy at his best.

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        • davidcoonce74

          8 years ago

          No, the biggest problem with Norris is that lefties eat his lunch and always have. For some reason teams are unable to look up career splits and keep trying to start him, when he should clearly be used as a righty specialist out of the bullpen, a la Russ Springer back in the day or Joe Smith or something. Justin Masterson was the same way, and teams kept throwing him into the rotation anyway.

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      • lesterdnightfly

        8 years ago

        DaveP:
        He should sign with the Pittsburgh Pyrites.

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  3. a1544

    8 years ago

    Total angels move

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  4. jakem59

    8 years ago

    I don’t think Bud Norris ever played for the Royals. He went Houston to Baltimore, didn’t he?

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    • goOs23

      8 years ago

      Yes, was actually pretty decent for the Os in ’14. 15 wins and a solid era. After that he was beyond horrible though

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  5. WAH1447

    8 years ago

    Bud never pitched for the royals it was Baltimore that he played for

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  6. duhtruth

    8 years ago

    Angels have one of the most underrated offseasons . they picked up cheap great pieces that fill their need. maybin, Espinosa, Revere, Luis valbuena

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    • lovethegame27

      8 years ago

      Just hope we can compete now and win some big games!

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      • halos101

        8 years ago

        season hinges on grich and his right elbow.

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        • lovethegame27

          8 years ago

          Ya man hoping for a healthy rotation moving forward!

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        • ryanw-2

          8 years ago

          Bobby Grich retired 20 years ago. 😛

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        • angelsfan4life

          8 years ago

          Ryan I hate to make both of us feel old. But Fridge retired 30 years ago.

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        • lesterdnightfly

          8 years ago

          “Fridge”? William Perry?

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        • angelsfan4life

          8 years ago

          Stupid auto corect. I wrote Gridge and it changed it to Fridge.

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        • ryanw-2

          8 years ago

          Old and going senile I guess.

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        • Bob Knob

          8 years ago

          Still pretty good, though.

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    • lesterdnightfly

      8 years ago

      duhtruth:
      California Dreamin’ …. on such a winter’s day.

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      • ryanw-2

        8 years ago

        Lame.

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    • chesteraarthur

      8 years ago

      they picked up cheap great pieces – maybin, Espinosa, Revere, Luis valbuena.

      I think we might have different definitions of great

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      • duhtruth

        8 years ago

        for the amount of money they got, there aren’t much people better.

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        • chesteraarthur

          8 years ago

          They got good value doesn’t mean they got great pieces.

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  7. jst8131

    8 years ago

    hang em up Norris, go back to Novato

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  8. Solaris611

    8 years ago

    This is the first I’ve heard his name mentioned this winter. Signing makes sense for LAA as much-needed insurance for inevitable rotation injuries.

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    • ryanw-2

      8 years ago

      There was an article suggesting this back in November.

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  9. gorav114

    8 years ago

    I must have completely missed his time with the Royals??? I also see no mention of his 2014 season, with the Orioles btw, where he went 15-8 over 28 starts good for an era of a sparkling 3.65 with a sweet 7.2 to 2.8 strikeout to walk ratio per 9. Only real drag was only 165 innings, I wanna say that’s less than 6 innings a start. Liked his demeanor on the mound and I always thought he had the stuff to be a solid 2/3. He was good that year and that season made it worth giving up Josh Hader when they got Bud from Houston. Hader has been climbing every prospect list since. A trade which actually worked out for both sides! Solid chance to take if you are the Angels to get him on a minor league deal and let him win a job.

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  10. Wolf Hoffmann

    8 years ago

    Norris is the Brett Tomko of this generation. The world’s most hittable 96 MPH heater.

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    • ryanw-2

      8 years ago

      That’s why you sign him to a minor league and see what happens. If he can’t hack it as a starter, you throw him into the bullpen as a multi innings reliever.

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  11. Bob Knob

    8 years ago

    This is same Bud Norris that boasts the following ???

    2015 (6.72 / 1.58)
    2016 (5.10 / 1.46)

    (era / whip)

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  12. white mamba

    8 years ago

    For the money, I’d rather have Weaver back, though I’d imagine he’d balk at a minor league deal.

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  13. Scott Worden

    8 years ago

    I remember when he killed the Angels when he was an Astro in 2014. This is a risky move, but it will bring a lot of competition to Spring Training. We still need a #1 catcher and bullpen.

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    • Philliesfan4life

      8 years ago

      Logan , and Blevins is still availble. Hammel and fister still for the rotation. Wieters makes too much sens for us.

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    • ryanw-2

      8 years ago

      It helps that’s it’s a real cheap deal if he makes the club. They’d still have $14-16 million left before the luxury tax.

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