The Angels have announced a significant roster shuffle occasioned by a few injuries. Starters Garrett Richards and Nick Tropeano are each hitting the DL, as are infielder Zack Cozart and reliever Jim Johnson.
It’s not fully clear how severe these injuries are, but it’s still an ugly casualty list for a team that has already had some worrying health issues arise recently. Richards has a left hamstring strain, while Tropeano is dealing with right shoulder inflammation.
With Shohei Ohtani already on the shelf, likely joining JC Ramirez and Matt Shoemaker there for a lengthy stretch, the team’s rotation depth has already been tapped into. It seems the team is likely to call upon John Lamb in the near-term, as Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register tweets that he’s with the team (though not yet active). That’ll require a 40-man move. Otherwise, the best 40-man possibilities are Parker Bridwell, Felix Pena, and Miguel Almonte.
Pena is among the four players coming up to take the open roster spots for the time being. He could presumably become a rotation option, but there’s a pressing enough need that it’s fair to wonder if outside possibilities will be pursued.
Along with Pena, the team has called up three additional right-handed hurlers to help absorb innings. Eduardo Paredes, Akeel Morris, and Jake Jewell will all come off of the Triple-A Salt Lake roster to join the club in Oakland. That’ll at least help the team deal with the absence of Johnson, who has a lumbar strain.
In some regards — without knowing details yet from the team — Cozart’s injury may be the most worrisome. It’s particularly poor timing given that Andrelton Simmons is also sidelined, though the real concern here is the question of severity.
Cozart has been diagnosed with a left shoulder subluxation, a potentially worrying injury. That injury has in recent years sent at least two players — righty Carson Smith and infielder Marco Hernandez — to the operating room for season-ending procedures. Hopefully, that won’t be needed in Cozart’s case, but the fates of those players serve to illustrate the seriousness of injuries of this general variety.
my goodness this team just cannot stay healthy. Our lineups in shambles rn and now our pitching is to. It’s just brutal man
Is Fletcher still on the big league roster? He’s not in the lineup tonight.. kinda pisses me off after his 3-4 debut.
Yes he is
Welcome to the life of a Rangers fan.
Ok Angels fan we all know we have the best play in baseball here the deal that put us a better place to win u trade mike trout And kole Calhoun to the Mets and u get back Noah synedergaard Jacob degrom and Zack wheeler yoenis cespedes jay Bruce and 2 as player so we get 8 for 2 i think that put us back in the race we Mise well get a lot for trout
I hate to be negative but the Angels have no chance of making the playoffs, which is truly sad. They are too right hand strong and really wish they picked up different starting pitchers. Oh well I guess. Long season left, will see….
Angels coaching staff has to figure a lineup and stick with it, I’m frustrated as a fan to watch different lineups every night.
This is just in the angels have placed half their roster on the DL. Holy cow.
This just in “and this is for you Angels Fan” All of the Angels pitchers need TJS. Yes, I know it’s uncalled for.
Aren’t you a Giants fan?
No, Actually an Angels fan lol
Yep unnecessary comment
There you are how are you?
I’m great how are you ?
Damn! It stinks. But now we’ll get a taste of what some of the kids can do.
Just another day in paradise…
Billy Eppler, AJ Preller is on line 1…
Just call us the Los Angeles Mets of Anaheim at this point
Need middle infield help??? Bring in Aybar he has been working out in the DR waiting for the right opportunity.
That’s a lot of people at once
Call the Twins….they are going nowhere, and Lance Lynn is pitching better lately.
Good fit, wouldn’t cost too much
Angels like the Twins are going nowhere.
Soft like marshmellows
The Braves would probably trade Teheran. He’s been pretty good outside of Atlanta.
I know they are all a bunch of very injury prone guys going down, but this is also getting pretty excessive to the point organizational practices should probably be looked at.
Fluke injuries are one thing, but many of the things affecting the Angels seem to be more overuse injuries, which should be able to be minimized with proper training and conditioning.
It’s one thing if this was an outlier, but the Angels have been decimated with injuries for several years running now.
I’d imagine Tyson Ross and/or AJ Happ would be good options. The Angels supposedly have an improved farm system and while starting pitching is always in high demand, I don’t see their prices being too high
I wonder if the Angels will promote Canning. Not ideal obviously, but he’s their best option at this point. 5 of their top 8 starters are on the DL
Correction, 6 of 9 – don’t forget about Alex Meyer
And Parker Bridwell is on the Bees DL, so I guess it is 7 of 9
Counted Bridwell already…
Forgot Ramirez and Meyer, if you consider them better than Canning then it’s 7/10 hurt.
Barria Skaggs Heaney all healthy
Canning has merely about 2 months in pro ball and isn’t expected until late 2019. He’s more a last resort type.
Same is fairly true of Barria honestly. He is just 21 with little time in advanced ball. Was not expected until possibly a ’18 September callup.
One other guy who would have been an upper level/ML ready option for a call about now is Nate Smith. But he too has been hurt for the last year plus.
didnt the angels just draft some pitchers? time to move them up.
you watch in the off season…..pitching will still not be a priority
30 teams just drafted some pitchers. The highest the Angels took one was the third round… and you don’t call up your picks that quickly in baseball.
yeah, we would be so much better off if we signed lynn or cobb like the fans wanted to. ***sarcasm***
Angels gonna angel
John Lackey is still available. Would be neat to see his career come full circle with the Angels.
It might be easier to instead just list all of the Angels who are healthy. Yikes.
Simba should be back soon so the Cozart injury won’t sting as much. Plus with Fletcher/Fontana/Fernandez able to play all over the INF depth should not be an issue. The real problem is pitching. The rotation has been decimated and the pen has grossly underwhelmed. Maybe Jewell and Lamb can prove their worth but reinforcements are needed. Instead of the top of the market names being bandied about here is rather see us look at Danny Duffy from KC. He’s not cheap and has struggled much of the year but that should lower the asking price and there is clearly talent in that left arm. Kyle Barraclough is a BP I’d look into. High K High BB guy but the stuff is there. We need to gamble on controllable upside as opposed to established rentals IMO
Bear claw is gonna cost a lot though. You aren’t going to get him without giving up a prospect of consequence. Duffy will be relatively cheap to acquire. I agree the angels should probably be looking towards the next couple of years as well because it’s going to be hard for them to do much this year.
Yeah Bearclaw will be pricy but I’d rather pay for his control than Herrera or Britton rentals
Anaheim Angels Memorial Hospital jeez.. poor club can’t catch a break.
Did the team bus crash? Talk about bad luck!
If I’m not mistaken Scoscia’s contract expires after this season. Any thoughts from Angels fans about how that’s gonna play out?
Sciosica retires. Asmus takes over from his front office role