Los Angeles Angels

03/29/2008, ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers will open the 2008 home season at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday, April 8 at 1:05 p.m. against the Baltimore Orioles. It is the first of eight games in the opening homestand, including series against Baltimore (April 8-10), Toronto Blue Jays (April 11-13) and the Los Angeles Angels (April 14-15.)    » read more »

03/28/2008, ST. PETERSBURG -- The Tampa Bay Rays claimed left-handed hitting outfielder Nathan Haynes off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. To clear room on the 40-man roster, outfielder Rocco Baldelli was placed on the 60- day disabled list (Mitochondrial disorder). Haynes will join the Rays for Monday's season opener in Baltimore.    » read more »

ANAHEIM, 03/30/2008 -- The Los Angeles Angels Saturday placed right-handed pitchers John Lackey, Kelvim Escobar, Scot Shields and Chris Bootcheck on the 15-day disabled list. The DL assignments are all retroactive to March 21. This announcement was made by Los Angeles Angels General Manager Tony Reagins.

Lackey, 29, was placed on the disabled list due to a strained right triceps. This marks his first DL assignment of his career. Lackey made one Spring Training start, posting no record and a 5.40 ERA (1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO). He registered a 19-9 record with two complete game shutouts and an AL-best 3.01 ERA (224 IP - 75 ER) in 33 starts in 2007.    » read more »

Los Angeles Angels reassign nine players to Minor League camp and places four players on 15-day disabled list to set 25-man roster

ANAHEIM, 03/30/2008 -- The Los Angeles Angels Saturday set their 2008 Opening Day Roster in an announcement made by club General Manager Tony Reagins. To trim the roster to 25 players, the club reassigned nine players to minor league camp and placed four players on the 15-day disabled list. Following is a look at the roster moves:

REASSIGNED TO MINOR LEAGUE CAMP
RHP Nick Adenhart
RHP Alex Serrano
INF Hainley Statia
OF Terry Evans
INF Brandon Wood
C Ryan Budde
C Bobby Wilson
INF Kendry Morales
OF Dee Brown

PLACED ON 15-DAY DISABLED LIST
RHP Chris Bootcheck (strained left oblique)
RHP Kelvim Escobar (torn right labrum)    » read more »

03/28/2008, ANAHEIM -- The Los Angeles Angels on Friday announced outfielder Nathan Haynes has been claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays in an announcement made by club General Manager Tony Reagins.

Nathan Haynes, 28, batted .265 (9/34) with six runs scored, a double, triple and four RBI in 19 Spring Training games. He registered a .267 average (12/45) with 10 runs scored, a triple and RBI in 40 games for the Angels in his 2007 rookie season. Haynes made his major league debut, May 28, 2007 vs. Seattle.    » read more »

03/16/2008, TEMPE, AZ -- The Los Angeles Angels on Sunday reassigned eight players to Minor League camp in an announcement made by club general manager Tony Reagins.

RHP Henry Bonilla
RHP Nick Green
RHP Jeff Kennard
RHP Kasey Olenberger
RHP Matt Wilhite
INF Matt Brown
INF Sean Rodriguez
INF Freddy Sandoval

The Los Angeles Angels now have 39 players in Major League camp, including five non-roster invitees.

Source: MLB

03/04/2008 -- Beginning Monday, March 10th, all Los Angeles Angels' weekday Spring Training games will air live on KLAA AM 830.

Weekend Los Angeles Angels games will continue to be replayed late afternoons or early evenings on KLAA AM 830. All Spring Training broadcasts will remain free to all baseball fans live online at AngelsBaseball.com.

To access these free radio streams, click on the "Listen to Spring Training" yellow tag on the right side of the home page.

Source: MLB

Los Angeles Angels renew contract for 2008 season with pitcher Ervin Santana

03/02/2008, TEMPE, AZ -- The Los Angeles Angels Sunday agreed to terms on contracts for the 2008 season with five players in an announcement made by Los Angeles Angels General Manager Tony Reagins.

INF Erick Aybar
C Jeff Mathis
C Mike Napoli
LHP Joe Saunders
OF Reggie Willits

At the same time, the Los Angeles Angels renewed the contract of right-handed pitcher Ervin Santana for the 2008 MLB season.

Source: MLB

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Extend Player Development Contract through 2010

02/04/2008, Rancho Cucamonga, CA -- The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Director of Player Development Abe Flores announced at a press conference today that the Angels and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have signed a two-year extension to the current Player Development Contract. Today's announcement, which took place in the courtyard of the Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center, ensures that future Angels will continue to play at the Epicenter through the 2010 season.    » read more »

01/30/2008, ANAHEIM -- Los Angeles Angels baseball announced Wednesday that individual game tickets for the 2008 regular season will go on sale Saturday, March 1st, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim Ticket Office (located at the Home Plate Gate), on the internet, by telephone and at various TicketMaster outlets throughout Southern California.

Tickets for all regular season games will be on sale and tickets will be available on a first come, first served basis. The ticket office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.    » read more »

01/17/2008, ANAHEIM, CA -- The defending AL West Champion Los Angeles Angels Thursday agreed to terms on a contract for the 2008 season with outfielder Juan Rivera, thus avoiding salary arbitration. The announcement was made by Angels' General Manager Tony Reagins. Per club policy, no terms of the contract will be announced.    » read more »

Three-time Pioneer League Champion will continue as Angels' rookie affiliate

12/13/2007, ANAHEIM -- Angels Baseball Thursday announced an extension of the teams' Player Development Contract with the 2007 Pioneer League Champion Orem Owlz through the 2012 season. The previous agreement was set to expire after the 2010 season. The announcement was made jointly by the Los Angeles Angels' Director of Player Development Abe Flores and the Owlz' General Manager Aaron Wells.    » read more »

12/13/2007, ANAHEIM, CA -- "Now that the Mitchell Report has been released, the Angels are currently reviewing its contents. We support the process that has taken place to compile this report and Senator Mitchell for leading the effort.

The Los Angeles Angels organization has been committed to eliminating the use of performance enhancing substances from the game of baseball. We have fully supported the adoption and implementation of Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Player's Association's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.    » read more »

12/12/2007, ANAHEIM -- The Los Angeles Angels will not tender a 2008 contract to infielder Dallas McPherson, thus making him a free agent. This announcement was made Wednesday by Angels' General Manager Tony Reagins.    » read more »

11/01/2007, ANAHEIM -- Los Angeles Angels Baseball Thursday announced the club has reached agreements with bench coach Ron Roenicke, pitching coach Mike Butcher, third base coach Dino Ebel, first base coach Alfredo Griffin, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, bullpen coach Orlando Mercado and bullpen catcher Steve Soliz on multi-year contract extensions in an announcement by club General Manager Tony Reagins. Per club policy, no other terms of the contracts will be available.    » read more »