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Angels Select Contract Of Sam Freeman

By Jeff Todd | April 23, 2019 at 7:30pm CDT

7:29pm: The move is now official. Justin Upton was shifted to the 60-day injured list to clear a 40-man roster spot. That doesn’t seem to reflect upon his outlook, as he was already expected to be sidelined for the first two to three months of the season with a turf toe injury.

5:59pm: The Angels will select the contract of lefty Sam Freeman in order to activate him for tonight’s game, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times was among those to tweet. It’s one of several pitching moves for the Halos this evening.

Righty Justin Anderson was recalled to join the roster along with Freeman. Right-handers  Taylor Cole and Luke Bard were sent down on optional assignment to clear space on the 25-man.

Freeman, 31, caught on with the Angels just before the start of the season after he was released by the Braves. He wasn’t at his best in 2018, pitching to a 4.29 ERA. Though he managed a 52.1% groundball rate and rung up 10.4 opposing batters per nine innings on strikes over his 50 1/3 frames, Freeman also permitted an unhealthy number of walks (5.7 BB/9).

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  1. darkstar61

    6 years ago

    Cole’s been one of their best arms, so makes perfect sense they’d send him down.

    And let us see, let us check the BB/9 numbers produced for the 4 pitchers

    3.1 BB/9 – Bard in ML
    3.6 BB/9 – Cole in ML
    4.8 BB/9 – Anderson in AAA
    6.0 BB/9 – Freeman in AAA

    Organization is a joke

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    • jblank1980

      6 years ago

      You’re a fool. Cole threw a lot of pitches last night so he wasnt going to throw today. After a 14 inning game last night, they needed fresh arms in the pen. It isn’t permanent demotion.

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    • kenneth cole

      6 years ago

      You clearly didn’t watch the game last night. Bullpen is absolutely taxed from that affair

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      • darkstar61

        6 years ago

        Bullpen isn’t taxed, what are you talking about?

        Allen, Ramirez, Buttrey and Bedrosian are fine for tonight – only 1 of them pitched 1 inning last night, and none have pitched the last 2

        Garcia and Robles are both also possibilities to pitch tonight – they both pitched the last 2 games, but only 1 inning and under 15 pitches in each appearance

        The only one absolutely not ready to go tonight is Cole, who wouldn’t be going tonight anyway. And Bard probably shouldnt, but probably could

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        • HalosHeavenJJ

          6 years ago

          I’d be happy to not see Allen again. Only reason the game went 14 innings last night was because he couldn’t blow it in the 9th.

          Bard needs to be sent down, Robles and Garcia likely need a day off.

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        • ryanw-2

          6 years ago

          All you’re doing is just proving you aren’t paying attention. Garcia and Robles pitched that last 2 nights. Ramirez threw 1 1/3 just 2 nights ago and has thrown a lot of innings. Cole is out of gas. Allen is struggling with his velocity. The bullpen is beyond taxed. And they need fresh arms. If you’re going to use stats, try adding critical thinking and reasoning to your argument.

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    • trout27

      6 years ago

      Cole got sent down because he threw three innings last night and wouldn’t be available for a couple games. Bard should be released, he has decent stuff but lacks command. Anderson was outstanding in 2018 and shouldn’t have been sent down in the first place.

      The constant shuffling of pen arms is due to the poor quality of the starting pitching. You can’t constantly go to the pen before the 5th inning most games without taxing the pen. This is on Eppler and the poor scouting taking place.

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      • allweatherfan

        6 years ago

        Speaking of “decent stuff but lacks command”: Please welcome to the Angels, Sam Freeman.

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        • urban schocker

          6 years ago

          Gas can Sam as he was known in Atlanta for burning down all hope to win a game.

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    • angels fan 3

      6 years ago

      You should look at Anderson’s big league numbers for this year

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    • tomcody

      6 years ago

      The bullpen is burnt and he threw a ton last night. Easy decision to make.

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  2. HalosHeavenJJ

    6 years ago

    Sadly, unless the team can score more than 2 runs in 9 innings against what is basically the Yanks AAA team, this won’t matter much.

    Offense is just brutally bad right now.

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  3. bravesiowafan

    6 years ago

    Why is this on Braves feed he is no longer a brave.

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    • Vizionaire

      6 years ago

      does it ever matter?

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      • braveshomer

        6 years ago

        Yes? No? Maybe?…I dunno you tell me lol. what does that mean?

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  4. bravosfan4life

    6 years ago

    Have fun with the free walks from freeman. Glad the braves got rid of him

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  5. braveshomer

    6 years ago

    ‘Sad Sam’ Freeman Angels fans…you’ll see, just wait.

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    • braveshomer

      6 years ago

      l mean he’s even frowning in the pic of him

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  6. bravesfan

    6 years ago

    His walks are contagious… seriously

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    • chalk73

      6 years ago

      2 walks in the 7th tonight.

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      • chippahawk

        6 years ago

        He’d fit right back in at ATL and prob be their #2 best BP arm this year with only 2 bb in one inning.
        AA: youve honestly had MONTHS to fix this issue and not only haven’t you made A SINGLE BP SIGNING, you haven’t shown you can be creative and muster up any sign of a trade! You’ve got soooo many tools to work with and your tenure in ATL has been dismal thus far and all you’re doing is costing us win after win after win…go back to where you came from and let somebody else take the reigns that gives a damn!

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        • SoCalBrave

          6 years ago

          wish he would have made bullpen moves like the gNats and the Phillies… THOSE have turned out great.

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  7. Halos2021WSChamps

    6 years ago

    So can we please make Buttrey our closer?? If you didn’t see Allen being this bad then your absolutely blind

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  8. doxiedevil

    6 years ago

    Give Sam credit, he became a millionaire. Good luck and goodbye !

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