ABREU appears to be the odd man out in the Los Angeles Angels' lineup, but he says he's not willing to settle for a bench role. "I'm an every-day player. I can still be in the lineup for a major league team," Abreu, 37, told ESPNdeportesLosAngeles.com...

To put in context, currently unemployed Roy Oswalt has 64 fewer wins than the Rangers pitchers have starts. Oswalt has 103 more starts by himself (326) than the Rangers’ combined total.The Los Angeles Angels, the Rangers’ expected AL West rival, have...

Yankees were up 3-1 in the series versus the Los Angeles Angels in the 2009 ALCS. One game away from earning a trip to the World Series, the Yankees turned to a pitcher whom they presumed to have big-game potential: none other than A.J. Burnett. ...

After thriving in the leadoff spot with the Angels, Figgins has hit just .236 in his two seasons in Seattle, including .188 in an injury-shortened 2011 season. Angels’ Trumbo adjusting to 3B Story continues below Mark Trumbo did everything the Los...

ANGELES (CBS) - When the Los Angeles Angels acquired Albert Pujols, it set off a chain reaction throughout Orange County and put everyone on the team on notice that the direction was changing a little. However, it also meant that some players were going...

Abreu is 37, and he’s not ready to be relegated to a bench role in major league baseball. Abreu has demanded that the Los Angeles Angels either play him every day or trade him, according to ESPN. “I’m an everyday player,” Abreu said. “I can still be in...

Ariz. He’s being given an opportunity to earn a spot on the team, but nothing close to a guarantee. Mark Trumbo hit 29 homers as a rookie in 2011. (AP Photo) The Los Angeles Angels first baseman did a decent job replacing injured Kendrys Morales last...

February 21, 2012, 5:52 PM ET By Enrique Rojas ESPNdeportesLosAngeles.com Archive TEMPE, Ari. More on the Angels For more news, notes and analysis of the Angels, check out Mark Saxon's blog. "I'm an everyday player. I can still be in the lineup for a...

Ariz. Now, the Angels want something else from Trumbo after he finished second in the rookie of the year voting. They'd like him to shift across the diamond to third base. The Angels signed star free agent Albert Pujols to play first base. They're also...

Ariz. (AP) — Mark Trumbo did everything the Los Angeles Angels asked in 2011 — he led the team in home runs and RBIs, played a solid first base and did his best to keep them in playoff contention. Now, the Angels want something else from Trumbo after he...

Ariz. (AP) - Mark Trumbo did everything the Los Angeles Angels asked in 2011 - he led the team in home runs and RBIs, played a solid first base and did his best to keep them in playoff contention. Now, the Angels want something else from Trumbo after he...

Ariz. (AP) — Mark Trumbo did everything the Los Angeles Angels asked in 2011 — he led the team in home runs and RBIs, played a solid first base and did his best to keep them in playoff contention. Now, the Angels want something else from Trumbo after he...

Ariz. (AP) — Mark Trumbo did everything the Los Angeles Angels asked in 2011 — he led the team in home runs and RBIs, played a solid first base and did his best to keep them in playoff contention. Now, the Angels want something else from Trumbo after he...

Ariz.—Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver didn’t used to think much of C.J. Wilson. As a pitcher, sure, Weaver thought Wilson was talented and capable of being the ace of the Texas Rangers. But with Weaver being in Anaheim as ace of the Los Angeles...

Ariz.—Jordan Walden grew up in Mansfield, Texas, a town of fewer than 60,000 people just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Needless to say, the overwhelming majority of his baseball-loving acquaintances root for the Texas Rangers. They definitely...

Hosmer is coming off a year where he hit 19 home runs and drove home 78 in just 128 games in the major leagues. He finished third last season in Rookie of the Year voting behind Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jeremy Hellickson, and Los Angeles Angels...

On Monday, the guy who was for the better part of the last decade largely responsible for making the Redbirds championship contenders reported to work a week early, but it was in Tempe, Ariz. , not Jupiter, Fla. Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert...

La Russa remained vague about what he might do, but he said he would not be taking Joe Torre's old job as executive vice president of baseball operations. La Russa wasn't the only big name to leave the Cardinals. Slugger Albert Pujols went to the Los...

Ariz. Manager Mike Scioscia had a similar conversation with Abreu in January. Abreu, who turns 38 in March, appeared expendable after the Angels signed first baseman Albert Pujols, a move that pushed slugging first basemen Kendrys Morales — if he is...