Sean Burnett

HOUSTON — This time last season, hitting coach Mickey Hatcher was fired, a move that seemed to shake up the Angels and wake up an offense that had struggled for six weeks. While General Manager Jerry Dipoto wouldn't directly answer a question...

SEATTLE — Home runs by Jason Bay in the seventh inning and Michael Morse in the eighth gave the Seattle Mariners a 2- 1 victory over the Angels on Sunday and spoiled a strong start by left-hander Jason Vargas. Vargas, who had an 0-2 record and 5....

SEATTLE — Pitching in games wasn't so much the problem for reliever Sean Burnett, who had a 1.04 earned-run average in 11 appearances before being put on the 15-day disabled list because of forearm irritation Sunday. It was the discomfort...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Angels lefty C.J. Wilson has gotten off to a consistently inconsistent start, with each start showing flashes of dominance of periods of struggle. Although Wilson didn't want to use...

Ask Mike Trout about the two hits, two runs and one stolen base he had Sunday and he'll point you to two other numbers, the ones that showed the Angels had lost again. Ask him about the recent six-game tear in which he had four two-hit games and 10 runs...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The Angels continue to shuffle the pieces of their pitching staff to find a combination that works. Not long ago, Garrett Richards looked like a potential answer to some of the...

HOUSTON — A visit to Dr. James Andrews, the orthopedic surgeon who performs more than 200 Tommy John surgeries per year, can cause great consternation for big league pitchers and their teams, but Sean Burnett actually got some good news after...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The Angels season just keeps getting worse. They dropped to 11-20 after Sunday's 8-4 loss to Baltimore, equaling the worst 31-game start in franchise history (1990). It was the...

In normal circumstances, it's the bullpen that comes to the aid of a starting pitcher. But there's nothing normal about the circumstances surrounding the Angels' pitching staff these days. So Manager Mike Scioscia said Friday he'll try to right the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Mike Trout set himself an almost impossible standard in his rookie season, so as he completed the first month of season two with rather pedestrian numbers, there were bound to be...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH J.B. Shuck is proving to be valuable for his ability to not play. While most players seem to have difficulty producing when their playing time is sporadic, Shuck has demonstrated...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The Angels finished April with a 9-17 record that stems largely from their 4.91 ERA, second worst in the league. "When you put a guy in, you put him in with the confidence he's...