The Angels announced that they have outrighted righty Cam Bedrosian, catcher Jose Briceno and infielder Elliot Soto to Triple-A. Bedrosian has elected free agency in lieu of accepting the assignment. The team also lost righty Jacob Barnes to the Mets via waivers and reinstated fellow RHP Justin Anderson from the 60-day injured list.
Bedrosian, whom the Angels drafted 29th overall in 2010, debuted in 2014 and has been rather successful at times, evidenced by his 3.70 ERA/3.60 FIP across 277 2/3 innings. But the 29-year-old has seen his velocity tumble from the mid-90s to the lower 90s in recent years, including a career-worst 92.3 mph in 2020. Bedrosian still managed a 2.45 ERA/2.92 FIP this season, but he only threw 14 1/3 innings and logged the worst K/9 (6.75) and groundball rate (34.1 percent) of his career. The Angels would have owed Bedrosian a projected $2.8MM to $3MM in arbitration for 2021, his last year of team control.
Barnes is the first acquisition for the Mets since new owner Steve Cohen was approved Friday. The 30-year-old was a fairly effective reliever with the Brewers from 2016-18, but his run prevention numbers have gone off the rails with the Brew Crew, Royals and Angels since then. Dating back to 2019, Barnes has pitched to a 6.75 ERA and walked 4.62 batters per nine over 50 1/3 innings. He did, however, post a 24:4 K:BB ratio and average upward of 95 mph on his fastball in 18 frames in 2020.
Bye, Cam. I liked Briceno, though. Hopefully Justin Anderson can return to 2019 form.
Justin Anderson won’t be available until 2022
Why in the world did they outright Bedrosian? Didn’t he pitch well with them this year? He’s prob one of their best bullpen arms.
Which tells you a lot about their bullpen
He had a 2.45 ERA last year. Last five years 3.20. I don’t get why they released him.
He pitched in 14.2 innings gave up 10 hits walk six batters struck at 11 but also gave up for runs he does have a history of giving up runs
Sss
11 – what is his stat for inherited runs scored? That’s where he sucked and that’s not reflected in ERA.
Glad he’s gone, he’s been unreliable for years now
He’s arb eligible. And hurt a lot. But mostly it’s part of the “we’re poor” mantra we’re going to see this off-season. I’d bet most of the angels arb eligible players are released.
I have loved Bedrosian his entire career, and I really hope a team like the Mets or heck even my Rangers can sign him up. We need replacements for Volquez and Chavez…
Hmm that’s troubling. Bedrosian has been on the decline recently, but he’s still one of the best options in the Angels bullpen and he only costs around $3 million. Unless the Angels plan on making some big moves, this feels like a mistake.
Cam has decent looking numbers but many Angels fans will tell you they are deceiving.
I’ve been arguing for us to ditch Bedrosian for years. He had one good season and the rest of his time with us has been frustrating at best. I am so happy to see him go.
Ageed
This is the best Angels news I’ve heard all year! Bye bye Sub-Soil!
Inherited runs…LET THEM SCORE CAM!
Should have kept Cam and let Knoe Ramirez go
A 3.60 FIP is pretty good.
That’s solid reliever terrain.
But…a K/9 of 6.75 & a GB% of 34 could easily foretell a disaster. Throw in some injury concerns & decreasing velocity & it’s hard *not* to see why the Angels passed.
Cam is really hit and miss. His stats really are deceiving. He’s been better more recently, but if he came in it was almost automatic that inherited runners scored. He’s also injured fairly often, and it’s so random that you don’t even notice.
He will be a decent pick up for a team looking for a middle reliever, but outrighting him doesn’t really surprise me.
Inherited runners is the key, his best outings were when he started the inning
Angels need a lot this offseason. 2 quality starters, mid season assessment of bundy and possible extension, adding a 2nd basemen/shortstop, 2 quality bullpen arms with just around 33 million in financial spending. If they have guys take less this year pujols albatross falls off after this next season so that frees up another 30 million.
My guess is stroman 5/125 13 million in first year,
Alex Colome 3/45 million, la stella 2/10 million opt out after 1year. Trade jo adell for plesac. Trade canning or Heaney for quality bullpen piece.
Stroman
Bundy
Plesac
Heaney/canning
Barria
(Ohtani)
Lineup
Fletcher
Trout
Rendon
Upton
La stella
Walsh
Ward
Pujols/Thaiss
Stassi
Closer colme
Setup bullpen arm via trade
middleton, buttrey, sandoval, suarez
Mid flex Pena
Not great but it’s a start, expect a rough year next year but adding towards the future when additional money comes off the books. Potential to add a premier short stop in 22’
I think Signing LaStella is a no brainer for us but I am usually in the minority.
I think he is a great cheap option and gives the angels flexibility to go big in ripe short stop market in 2022. Solid bat, passable defensively at 2nd. I think angels main focus should be 2 quality arms in pen and rotation, I’d give Ohtani a shot to pitch but if he stinks again I think it’s time to be any everyday player or potentially come out of the pen.
Yeah, I’m done with the Ohtani experiment.
Why do Angels fans want to do away with Jo Adell so quick after a lousy start to his short career, in a crazy 2020. Not to mention trading him for just Zack Plesac. I love Plesac, but he’s a 3 starter on a good team. If I was trading Adell I would look big, and pair him with Marsh and just go all out on getting an ace starter.
So La Stella is the DH? Who is playing second? Because La Stella is absolutely horrible defensively at second base. Why do you think the Angels defense improved so much, once they traded La Stella and Goodwin? And the A’s defense got worse?
@rangers29 marsh is the future right fielder in my eyes. Adell stinks to much swing and miss and looks like the next buxton, brinson. I’d trade him now and get a quality piece like plesac plus a bullpen arm. They angels aren’t trading both.
Hmmm Maybe you should apply for the GM job
If Bedrosian came into a game with runners on, it was a good bet they would score. He was horrible. I don’t know why we kept him for so long. I am so glad he is gone.
Why would the Mets waist a waiver claim in Barnes?
Yep, they should have taken Cam, lol
Barnes is a good pickup. The Mets have half a bullpen and need a lot of help in the back half.
Unlike past seasons, the Mets just added a guy with real upside instead of some injury reclam project or 36 yo filler.
Well done.
Braves need to go get Cam and bring him home. Absolutely insane the angels simply didn’t keep him and go through arb at that project cost. He does seem to get hurt a lot, but he’s consistently solid, and that’s tough to find in the bullpen
bravesfan – Bedrosian stinks. You will be sorry if you sign him. Every time he enters a game with runners on base they will score.
The Angels drafted Cam in 2010, so had 10 years to watch and get to know him.
I am sure he was planned to be a high-leverage reliever, if not a closer like his pop.
But the numbers on Cam tell a different tale—in a low-leverage situation, he was dominant, but if there was something on the line in the game, forget it. In
That made him effectively a mop-up guy, and you don’t pay $5M (probably what he would have pulled in arbitration this year) for someone to eat innings and clean up messes, or toss a final inning or two in a laugher blowout. I sense the staff believes they have taken him as far as they can, and there is no point in using that roster spot for the pitcher he’s become.