Callaspo, Aybar file for arbitration

Infielders Alberto Callaspo and Erick Aybar were two of 142 Major Leaguers who filed for salary arbitration on Friday.
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Weaver second to Verlander in Cy voting

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Sporting News tabs Kimbrel, Trumbo top rookies

Craig Kimbrel and Mark Trumbo were recognized for standout seasons Wednesday, when The Sporting News named them the Rookies of the Year in their respective leagues. The voting was conducted by 289 big league players who returned a verdict on their elite peers.
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Mathis, Aybar on MLB team set to face Chinese

Two members of the Angels, catcher Jeff Mathis and shortstop Erick Aybar, are among an impressive collection of Major League players who will travel to Taiwan next month for a five-game exhibition tour against the Chinese Taipei national team.
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Surging Angels looking for more behind Santana

Dan Haren got the job done Wednesday, leading the Angels to a 7-2 win over the Blue Jays. Now, it's up to Ervin Santana to bolster the Halos' rapidly improving playoff hopes in Thursday's finale at Rogers Centre.
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Eastern trip key to Angels' postseason hopes

With seven consecutive games out east beginning Friday in Baltimore, the Angels will need to reclaim their road-warrior form to make up ground in the AL West.
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Haren out to keep Angels in thick of AL West race

The Angels' Dan Haren will be matched against a fimiliar foe in the O's Tommy Hunter, when Los Angeles seeks to continue making up ground on Texas in the American League West, as it begins a three-game set in Baltimore on Friday.
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Angels welcome Royals for 2012 opener

The Angels will launch the 2012 season at home on Friday, April 6, against the Kansas City Royals, according to the schedule released by Major League Baseball on Wednesday.
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Kendrick homers twice as Angels keep pace

Looking for an elixir after a pair of demoralizing losses, the Angels turned to Howard Kendrick, and he delivered a pair of two-run homers on Tuesday night to power a 6-3 victory over the A's.
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Walden waits for chance to take October stage

Angels closer Jordan Walden is hungry to impress in October like former fireman Francisco Rodriguez.
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Angels' East Bay troubles continue

Needing a high-octane performance in their pursuit of the Rangers in the American League West race, the Angels had trouble getting in gear on Monday night and fell to the A's in Oakland.
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Using Weaver on short rest back on agenda

Circumstances and positioning in the American League title chase against Texas could dictate moving Jered Weaver up on three days' rest again soon, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
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Angels hit Oakland to face youthful A's

The Angels could have received some help from the A's on Sunday while Oakland was finishing off a three-game set with the American League West-leading Rangers. But the A's offense was dormant and Texas took two of three to remain 2 1/2 games ahead of the suddenly hot Angels.
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Angels can't shake off lead-changing error

In a game in which neither starting pitcher had his best stuff, the Angels fell to the Yankees, 6-5, before 42,581 in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon.
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Angels surging, but Scioscia won't peek ahead

The Angels may have entered play on Sunday only 1 1/2 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers in the American League West, with only 17 games remaining, but Halos manager Mike Scioscia refused to look ahead past Sunday's series finale against the New York Yankees.
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Collectively, Yanks and Halos honor 9/11 heroes

The Angels and Yankees recognized the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks together, honoring memories of victims and recognizing survivors in a stirring pregame ceremony at Angel Stadium on Sunday.
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Angels prospect flirts with playoff perfecto

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Santana eyes sweep in Halos' finale with Yanks

In Sunday's series finale between the Yankees and Angels in Anaheim, Ervin Santana will try to erase a debt to Freddy Garcia: As a rookie in 2005, Santana was outclassed by Garcia in the pivotal Game 4 of the ALCS against the White Sox.
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Haren blanks Yanks as Halos climb up West

Earning his fifth career shutout, Dan Haren outlasted CC Sabathia, foiling the Yankees' ace in his bid for a 20th win, and the Angels prevailed, 6-0, with some late Saturday night thunder in front of 42,774 at Angel Stadium.
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Halos affiliate reaches Texas League finals

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Moore calls to mind a young Figgins

The Angels were a fast team already, featuring the flying feet of Peter Bourjos, Erick Aybar and Mike Trout. The arrival of Jeremy Moore gives them a fantasy 4×100 relay team that would be hard to equal in the Major Leagues.
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Lacking power, scrappy Angels find a way

The Angels had two advantages against the Yankees during Friday night's 2-1 win — the superb pitching of Jered Weaver and their ability to transform something relatively small into something very useful by using their speed.
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Haren up against worthy foe in Sabathia

The Yankees' and Angels' bids to win their respective divisions will jump to the forefront on Saturday in the middle game of three in Anaheim, but there's also a weighty personal achievement in play.
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Long after Weaver's gem, Halos deny Yanks

Maicer Izturis lifted a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth inning on Friday night, pushing the Angels to a walk-off 2-1 win over the Yankees before 41,014 in Anaheim.
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Scioscia sees no extra pressure in September

It may be a September and a pennant race, but Angels manager Mike Scioscia doesn't want any of his players — especially the young kids and those going through it for the first time — to think of these games as being any different than those in April.
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Lopez helps Travelers walk off again

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Halos-Yanks rivalry gaining steam as years pass

It doesn't have the intensity of Red Sox-Yankees, but the Angels have developed their own rivalry with the Bronx Bombers, one that could add another chapter this postseason.
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Navarro takes long road from UYA to MLB

With his promotion to Angels earlier this month, former 50th-round Draft pick Efren Navarro has complete the long journey from the Urban Youth Academy to the Major Leagues.
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Hellweg allows one hit in Cal opener

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Izturis' late double sparks comeback victory

For seven innings, Charlie Furbush was doing a pretty decent Felix Hernandez impersonation from the left side. But then came the eighth, and the Angels rallied in support of a brilliant Jerome Williams to claim a 3-1 victory at Angel Stadium.
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Richards brings power arm into bullpen

Angels manager Mike Scioscia loves to see young power arms emerge in his bullpen late in the season. The parade began with Francisco Rodriguez in 2002, and the latest, apparently, is Garrett Richards.
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Angels see errors of their ways in defeat

An efficient defense fell out of character, gift-wrapping a pair of early runs that enabled the Mariners to pin a 2-1 defeat on the Angels, who slipped 3 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the American League West race.
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Trout, Kendrick out of lineup against Felix

Continuing to give regulars periodic breaks, Angels manager Mike Scioscia had Howard Kendrick and Mike Trout on the bench against Mariners ace Felix Hernandez on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.
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Angels add infielders Amarista, Velazquez

Adding infield depth for the stretch run, the Angels on Tuesday added Alexi Amarista and Gil Velazquez from their Triple-A Salt Lake affiliate.
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Angels send Santana against Mariners' Felix

Felix Hernandez and Ervin Santana will lock up on Tuesday at Angel Stadium in a battle between two of the American League's most dominant right-handers this season.
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Angels top Mariners to gain ground in West

With no need to watch the scoreboard, the Rangers having lost earlier in the day to the Rays, the Angels went out and took care of business on Monday night against the Mariners.
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Izturis back in suddenly deep Angels attack

There were times this season when Angels manager Mike Scioscia was challenged to find nine healthy, productive bodies to form his lineup. These days, the offense having come alive, he has more qualified candidates than available roles.
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Haren leads Angels into series with Mariners

Anthony Vasquez takes the mound for the Mariners in the series opener against Dan Haren and the Angels.
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Pineiro steps up as Angels keep pace in West

Needing a quality performance on Sunday from starter Joel Pineiro, the Angels got it in a 4-1 win over the Twins on Sunday as the Halos kept pace in the AL West race.
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Right-hander Bell recalled from Triple-A

Versatile right-hander Trevor Bell checked into his familiar corner of the Angels' clubhouse on Sunday, reclaiming a spot on the pitching staff for the stretch drive.
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Contending Angels count on Pineiro vs. Twins

The Angels, who trail the Rangers by 3 1/2 games in the AL West, will send veteran Joel Pineiro to the hill in Sunday's series finale against the Twins and Kevin Slowey.
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Bats pick up Weaver as Angels gain in West

On a night Jered Weaver didn't have his best stuff, the Angels' bats did the talking to beat the Twins, 10-6, on Saturday at Angel Stadium.
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Trout earns praise, another start from Scioscia

With lefty Brian Duensing on the hill for the Twins on Saturday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia decided to give right-handed-hitting Mike Trout the start in right field.
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Weaver goes for sweet 16th against Twins

Angels ace Jered Weaver returns to the comforts of Angel Stadium to face Brian Duensing and the Twins on Saturday.
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Erratic Angels let Twins walk away with win

Done in by a five-run fourth inning that saw Tyler Chatwood give up three straight hits and three straight walks, the Angels lost, 13-4, Friday night at Angel Stadium.
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Kendrick providing unlikely source of power

While Angels second baseman Howard Kendrick may not be your prototypical home run hitter, that hasn't stopped him from powering balls out of the yard this season.
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Chatwood hopes to deliver on short notice

The Twins and Angels kick off a three-game series on Friday, with Tyler Chatwood getting the call for the home club and Carl Pavano starting for the visitors.
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Weaver bumped to Saturday to attend funeral

Angels ace Jered Weaver will have his scheduled start for Friday night pushed back a day to attend the funeral of his grandfather in Oregon.
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Angels add four as roster size expands

On the first day of expanded Major League rosters Thursday, the Angels summoned four players from Triple-A Salt Lake: pitcher Horacio Ramirez, infielder Andrew Romine, first baseman Efren Navarro and outfielder Jeremy Moore.
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Haren left on short end of duel as 'pen slips

Dan Haren's resources ran out in the eighth inning, and the Mariners prevailed, 2-1, when Mike Carp banged a two-out, two-run double against reliever Scott Downs on Wednesday.
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