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Andrew Heaney To Begin Season On Injured List

By Steve Adams | March 17, 2019 at 12:10pm CDT

MARCH 17: While Heaney will resume his throwing program Sunday, he’ll start the season on the injured list, Fletcher tweets.

MARCH 13: Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney has been shut down due to ongoing discomfort stemming from inflammation in his left elbow, the team revealed to reporters (Twitter link via Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register). While that’s clearly unwelcome news for a Halos staff that has been ravaged by injuries over the past several seasons, the good news is that an MRI has already been performed, with no structural damage being found.

It’s not clear yet just when the Angels believe Heaney will be ready to throw. Fletcher notes that Heaney dealt with a similar issue last spring but wound up missing only a week and a half of the regular season. Meanwhile, MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger tweets that Heaney is optimistic he’ll be able to resume throwing in the near future. However, he’s only totaled 1 2/3 innings this spring, which seemingly makes it unlikely that he’ll be ready to start the season in two weeks.

Heaney, 27, pitched to a 4.15 ERA with 9.0 K/9, 2.3 BB/9, 1.35 HR/9 and a 41.2 percent ground-ball rate in 180 innings of work (30 starts). That marked only the second time in his career that Heaney was able to make more than five starts at the MLB level or pitch more than 100 innings. To this point, the clearly talented lefty — he’s a former first-round pick and consensus top prospect — has been snakebit by injury issues, most notably including Tommy John surgery.

With Heaney now looking decidedly unlikely to be ready to take the mound early in the season, the Angels project to rely upon Matt Harvey, Trevor Cahill and Tyler Skaggs as the top three arms in the rotation. Jaime Barria and Felix Pena are strong candidates for those final two rotation spots, although the Angels do have alternatives including offseason pickup Dillon Peters, who has been sharp thus far in Spring Training (one run in 10 innings). Nick Tropeano isn’t expected to be ready for the opener either, while J.C. Ramirez and Shohei Ohtani aren’t options following 2018 Tommy John surgery.

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  1. a1544

    6 years ago

    It begins

    5
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    • Ejemp2006

      6 years ago

      It begin when Angel make bad hire at training staff. Period.

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    • xXabial

      6 years ago

      Mets minor league IL system
      …the angels

      1
      Reply
  2. Marquetwayne

    6 years ago

    Keuchel. I dare you

    5
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    • SirPartyAnimal

      6 years ago

      they need to

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      • sheff86

        6 years ago

        For what? To lock up 3rd?

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        • SalaryCapMyth

          6 years ago

          ROFL! So harsh. Come on, its to early in the season to hulk-smash the hopes of Angel fans.

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        • macstruts

          6 years ago

          Have you looked at the A’s starters? You people are comical.

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        • SalaryCapMyth

          6 years ago

          Comical? Well there WAS a joke in there.

          Reply
        • macstruts

          6 years ago

          It’s a joke that you are worried about the A’s. The A’s wish they had the Angels pitching.

          Reply
    • John Luke

      6 years ago

      “The Angels should really sign Dallas Keuchel to show Mike Trout they want to win.” …. “Dallas Keuchel hits the injured list for 3 months”….. “The Angels were so stupid to sign Keuchel. He’s over 30, you think they would have learned by now to not sign pitchers that are regressing, now Mike Trout is going to leave”

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      • DarkSide830

        6 years ago

        at the very least making an effort shouldn’t hurt

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      • brandons-3

        6 years ago

        The only way Trout stays if he gets stupid stupid money.

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    • macstruts

      6 years ago

      The same people who are begging for Kuechel would be the same people calling the Angels stupid a year from now for signing him. These are the same people who wanted Heyward and Crawford.

      Reply
  3. joshua.barron1

    6 years ago

    Good for him for taking $3MM in exchange for 10% of his career earnings upfront from that firm investing in player risk. Does anybody remember what it’s called or any other notable players they’ve invested in?

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    • angels fan 3

      6 years ago

      FanTex I believe it was

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    • Jbigz12

      6 years ago

      3MM for 10% of his career earnings still seems highly possible to turn into a net loss for him. He’s made 8.1 so far (signing bonus included) And he’s got 2 more go arounds with arbitration. Followed by a potential foray into Free agency. That company has a pretty decent chance of turning a profit on that one.

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      • bigkempin

        6 years ago

        Fantex can’t touch previous earnings…..Fantex has earned roughly 500k off of Heaney so far. They’re still in the hole for $2.8M and Heaney would need to make $28M for Fantex to break even.

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        • Jbigz12

          6 years ago

          I wasn’t aware when he signed the deal. They need more than that then. The PV of the 3.39MM they gave out is considerably higher than recovering that much over 10 years. Realistically it’s more like 35 more for them to turn a small profit on it.

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      • twoseamer

        6 years ago

        Time value of money

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    • Steve Adams

      6 years ago

      We were tracking who signed deals with Fantex back when it first became a thing, but they began being incredibly quiet about players signing with them, and the legal issues for companies with similar business models (Big League Advance) only further quieted things, it seems. There’s only a small handful of players publicly known to have signed such agreements, but they’re listed here:

      mlbtraderumors.com/2016/05/list-mlb-players-agreed…

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    • kmeadno1

      6 years ago

      M. Franco

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    • jdgoat

      6 years ago

      Fantex is the company. As of 2016, the other players that have it are Yangervis Solarte, Collin McHugh, Tyler Duffey, Maikel Franco, and Jonathon Schoop.

      Reply
      • Jbigz12

        6 years ago

        They’ll never recover enough cash on Solarte or Duffey.

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        • petersdylan36

          6 years ago

          So I guess for the company, they are betting 3MM up front that a player will eventually make more than 30MM in his career. I think those odds have to be pretty good.

          Reply
  4. SoCalStuntman

    6 years ago

    Wow shocking!!

    Reply
  5. Ketch

    6 years ago

    Do the Angels prefer to only acquire extremely fragile pitchers? Or is their training regimen so insanely torturous that even those who survive it are permanently maimed?

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    • Oxford Karma

      6 years ago

      Good luck to Matt Harvey!

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  6. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    Mets West

    Reply
  7. GOP Lizards

    6 years ago

    If Halos were serious about making a legit run and keep Trout’s interest they might want to look at Kuechel.

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    • Thomas Walker

      6 years ago

      They looked at Keuchel, and now he has a sprained elbow.

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      • GOP Lizards

        6 years ago

        That’s kinda funny

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      • snotrocket

        6 years ago

        Upvote

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  8. bastros88

    6 years ago

    He’s been healthy his whole career so I wonder…….

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  9. HaloShane

    6 years ago

    Does it really matter? This team is going nowhere fast.

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    • Vizionaire

      6 years ago

      talking about you and your team?

      Reply
  10. Mike's Trout

    6 years ago

    There are still options out there. Go get someone before they sign! Injuries will continue to hit the pitching staff.

    Reply
  11. J. C. Hahne

    6 years ago

    I’d like to see Dillon Peters get a look. No need to push the panic button… yet.

    Reply
  12. FishyHalo

    6 years ago

    Hoping for Gio Gonzales

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    • sflaa

      6 years ago

      Agreed, he’s a durable innings eater… something the angels haven’t had in awhile

      Reply
  13. Thomas Walker

    6 years ago

    Classic Angels story. Keuchel would get hurt just fielding the phone call from the Angels. Stay away DK……and Mr.Trout, you take care of yourself, and in 2 years, run for your life!!!!

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  14. Grizalt

    6 years ago

    Why they haven’t already signed Keuchel is completely baffling to me.

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    • trident

      6 years ago

      Same can be said for the Padres.

      Reply
      • Grizalt

        6 years ago

        Not really. Padres are in the late stages of a rebuild and have lots of close to Major League ready arms they want to give a chance to, with an unusually large percentage of them being southpaws. Keuchel isn’t as much of a fit as you might think. The Angels on the other hand are facing a sense of urgency to start making the postseason so Mike Trout doesn’t get discouraged with the team. They gotta take a risk as opposed to running in place like they have the last 4 years.

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        • trident

          6 years ago

          If the Angels are trying to convince Mike that they will add big name free agents to contend then they need realize that ship has sailed. He’s been around the team long enough to know what that organization is all about.

          It sucks being an Angel fan right now but I appreciate their effort and intentions when they sign guys like Hamilton, Vlad, CJ Wilson, Upton, Pujols, Simmons, Ohtani, Teixeira, Greinke, etc. Obviously, the contracts don’t always work out but it shows the guys in the clubhouse that they want to win. Maybe having experience with bad contracts is why they don’t want to add a #3 starter on the wrong side of 30 and trending down.

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        • Grizalt

          6 years ago

          If that is the case (and I’m not saying it isn’t) then the best thing they can do is trade Trout. It won’t be popular with fans but losing him for nothing but a draft pick after 2020 will be even worse.

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        • AngelDiceClay

          6 years ago

          Of all the players you mentioned, the only ones they signed were Pujols, Hamilton, Vlad and Wilson. Ohtani chose them and the others were traded for.

          Reply
        • trident

          6 years ago

          @ PFF – Agreed, especially if it is clear they will not contend next year by the end of the trade deadline. Of course this is all moot if he agrees to sign a huge extension.

          @ Honk – Sign/trade. My point remains. They make an effort to stay competitive and Trout probably sees that. They shouldn’t feel obligated to sign FAs just to make Mike happy. The Angel’s window is closed and they probably would rather develop their farm and wait for the Astros dominance to end.

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    • GeoKaplan

      6 years ago

      If you’re baffled, then let me explain: Between what Keuchel believes he is worth, and what ANY team’s GM thinks he is worth is a difference of tens of millions of dollars. He would get interest on a shorter deal with a high AAV, or his requested 5-year deal at greatly reduced AAV (not the stated $100M/5 yr contract he is seeking).

      This isn’t about the Angels specifically; his former team who knows him very well isn’t signing him for the next 5 years at $20M AAV, especially since he profiles as a #3 starter at best for most of the next 5 years.

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  15. holecamels35

    6 years ago

    What on earth are they doing out there? Do they have a trainer who just yanks their arms out of socket, or beats their shoulder with a hammer? This is out of control.

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    • CursedRangers

      6 years ago

      I’m a Rangers fan and I even feel for the Angels. Injuries have been an ongoing saga for years. Sucks for their fans

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      • arc89

        6 years ago

        With that being said why did their 2 starters that signed this off season are both injured prone starters? that made no sense in signing 2 starters with a history of arm injuries.

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  16. mikevm3

    6 years ago

    the Angels are the AL version of the Mets

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  17. Oxford Karma

    6 years ago

    The Angels have guys hurt their wrist signing a contract

    Reply
  18. Yep it is

    6 years ago

    Bust

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  19. vannzee

    6 years ago

    The Angels seem to have several slightly above average to average oft injured pitchers that they are all running together. Seriously, I can’t keep track of Heaney, Skaggs, and Tropeano with all their injuries.

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  20. echozulu88

    6 years ago

    As is tradition…

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  21. Trip 2

    6 years ago

    All the Angels injury jokes are both funny (some are clever) and very old. I’m sure Heaney will only miss a couple weeks but they should still go out and sign DK!

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  22. prov356

    6 years ago

    I took 17 comments for someone to somehow relate this to Trout. The “Trade Trout Trolls” must be having a meeting or something.

    Get better Heaney.

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  23. angels in Anaheim

    6 years ago

    Angels should sign Gio Gonzalez.

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    • jdgoat

      6 years ago

      Just gonna day that. He’s never had an arm injury in his career. But maybe that’s a reason he should stay away lol.

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    • Ejemp2006

      6 years ago

      Problem arise though. Free agent pitcher miss spring will start season late or on time and bad.
      Angel should go for gusto though. I love the Tigers, but baseball more. I join every and yell, “We want October Trout!”
      At this point, I like the Angels better for a trade. Either eat Grienke contract all and send back nothing. Or eat less Grienke contract and send back good prospect.

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      • stalker101

        6 years ago

        Only problem is Grienke has a limited no trade and the Angels are one of those teams on his no list.

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  24. urnuts

    6 years ago

    Time to at least check in on Gio Gonzalez

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    • gvanallen

      6 years ago

      Apparently 3 mil minor league contract is too much…..this is pathetic

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  25. rez2405 2

    6 years ago

    I’m just thankful that none of you are in the FO.. and relieved that the Angels havent signed a declining DK or a GG

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  26. LosAngelesAngelesAngelesAngelsOfLosAngeles

    6 years ago

    No need to panic yet!

    Reply
  27. Lefty Grove’s right hand

    6 years ago

    Finally, he was healthy and taking a step forward to he’s potential last season. It’s a shame he struggles to stay healthy. He still can become a solid middle rotation guy.

    Reply
  28. KingBong

    6 years ago

    They really need to go get both Gio & Dallas. They could both help possibly get that team to a WC title.

    At the very least, Gio.

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  29. KingBong

    6 years ago

    I want the Braves to sign Gio, but I could see the Halos taking him, too. One of these two needs to.

    Reply
  30. 22Leo

    6 years ago

    It seemed like such a ridiculous move when the Dodgers traded Heaney to the Angels but unfortunately for him he’s been quite a bust so far.

    Reply
  31. Vizionaire

    6 years ago

    get well soon!

    Reply
  32. macstruts

    6 years ago

    This is worrisome, but it doesn’t seem serious. Who thought he wouldn’t be on the IR? If the Angels can stay relatively healthy, they’ll one again play meaningful games into late September, which they have four of the last seven years, if they don’t then they won’t.

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  33. echozulu88

    6 years ago

    As is tradition

    Reply
  34. El Kabong

    6 years ago

    Pujols will still by in Anaheim the year after Trout leaves. Think about that.

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    • ThatBallwasBryzzoed

      6 years ago

      Pujols will also be in his age 42 season. And 3 full years left.

      Reply
  35. Oxford Karma

    6 years ago

    You guys have this report written before the season even starts for the Angels. Just fill in the name and good to go!

    Reply
  36. GarryHarris

    6 years ago

    Dallas Keuchel will be signed by opening day…. but to whom?

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