Angels are consistent Hunter Strickland According to the MLB.com transaction log, according to the minor league contract. The veteran reliefist will head to Three Salt Lakes where he struck a minor league deal with the Rangers. Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News reported this afternoon that Texas awarded Strickland a release.
The 36-year-old Righy quickly found his next landing site. Strickland is very familiar with Angel Organization. He had a halo last season. The offseason minor league trade led to a call in the second week of April. Strickland encountered a career-high 73 innings in 72 innings in the middle relief. He released a 3.31 ERA, although free agent interest was bewildered by his pedestrian's 19.4% strikeout efficiency.
Texas conducted a non-warehouse deal in Strickland midway through spring training. He only made appearances at the camp, released twice, and then returned to the group through a new minor league contract. Strickland threw 12 times with Triple-A round rock. He surrendered 14 times in 15 1/3 innings and hit 15 times with nine walks.
The Angel Bullpen has been a disaster for the first six weeks of the season. Despite recording the league's smallest workload (109 innings), their ERA is still 7.02. Angels’ rescuers allowed to get the highest 23 home runs in the Major League Baseball while ranking the lowest third in the league with a strikeout rate of 20.7%. Strickland's triple performance won't get him to call right away, but if he can find something more similar to last year's figure, the path to getting back to the majors is clear.
