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Hisanori Takahashi Signs With Angels

The Angels have a left-handed reliever in their bullpen again. Free agent Hisanori Takahashi signed a two-year deal with the Angels after passing a physical Thursday, the team announced. The New York Times originally reported a deal was close. Takahashi, 35, had a successful first season in the United States after...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Angels

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 14th episode of Fix My Team,...

Roto Rush: Patriots' Day Struggles

Monday morning's Patriots' Day game was a microcosm of Boston's season thus far. Highly-paid pitcher John Lackey served up eight earned runs in 3.1 innings, highly-paid catcher Victor Martinez went 0-3 to drop to .212 on the season, and the ghost of David Ortiz also went 0-3 to drop to .158 on the season. Combined with...

The Pickup Artist: Eye Pods

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Infielders Alcides Escobar (SS, MIL) – 24% Pay no attention to Escobar's .208 average and zero swipes through seven contests. Not only is he seeing the ball extremely well (2/2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 26 plate appearances),...

Always Be Closing: Brian Fuentes to the Disabled List

The old adage that 30 to 40-percent of the opening day closers will not remain in that job all season usually rings true. On Wednesday, Brian Fuentes did his part to maintain the validity of that statement as the Los Angeles Angels placed him on the disabled list. Fuentes has a strained back --an injury that occurred on...

Fernando Rodney News From the Web

05/28/12 Sunday's American League Capsules Source: News and Tribune - Jefferson City MO Will Rhymes went 3 for 3 with three singles and an RBI for the Rays, who lost Saturday night on a pinch-hit, two-run homer by Jarrod Saltalamacchia in the ninth off closer Fernando Rodney.
05/27/12 Red Sox rally in 9th for 3-2 win Source: FOX - WNAC MyFOX Providence - Providence RI Boston's Jarrod Saltalamacchia caught Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk's ceremonial first pitch honoring a memorable Fenway Park moment.
05/23/12 Rodney goes two innings for Rays Source: CBSSports.com Alex Cobb won his first start of the season, Matt Joyce hit a grand slam and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Saturday.
05/23/12 Daily Hit List: Wednesday, May 23 by Matthew Kory Source: Baseball Prospectus If you took the highest-scoring offense in the American League and paired it with the best run-preventing pitching and defense in the American League, you'd call that team the Rangers.
05/22/12 Rodney Ks two for 14th save Source: CBSSports.com Alex Cobb won his first start of the season, Matt Joyce hit a grand slam and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Saturday.