Offseason Primer - Part 7: The Bullpen
By Jonathan Northrop - Angelswin.com Columnist…which brings us to the last part of this Offseason Primer: the bullpen. But never fear, my faithful readers, because--considering that these articles became longer than I expected (I couldn’t help diving into the history of the team)--I will write an eighth part as summation, looking in particular at the Angels right now and what...
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November 29, 2011
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November 29, 2011
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Great Scott: Downs follows in Shields' footsteps
Scot Shields was the game's premiere setup reliever in Mike Scioscia's bullpen for more than a decade. Now that he's retired, the Angels' skipper is learning to rely on Scott Downs just as much.
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September 05, 2011
Cassevah praises 'mentor' Downs
Last year it was Scot Shields. Now it is Scott Downs, the free-agent signee, most recently of Toronto, who is providing the bullpen leadership for such young arms as closer Jordan Walden and Bobby Cassevah.
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July 25, 2011
Scot Shields Calls It A Career
No surprise; Halos Heaven has more on the erstwhile Angel. One of my favorite guys who, at times, I felt sure was likely to be a starter, but never quite had the repertoire for it. No matter; even in the shadow of K-Rod, he was still an amazing and durable pitcher. I will miss his excellence, and hope he manages to come back in some wise to keep in touch with the organization. Guys...
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March 19, 2011
Thank you, Scot Shields
Here are some Scot Shields memories and thoughts from some of our AngelsWin.com staff of writers and contributors after Scot Shields retired from Baseball today.
Chuck Richter: Scot "The Rubber Arm" Shields was always a player the Angels could depend on in toward the back half of a close game. Just when you thought he was spent from pitching an inning or two the night...
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March 19, 2011
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March 19, 2011
Scot Shields announces his retirement
Setup man, slowed by recent injuries, was committed to the Angels.Setup man, slowed by recent injuries, was committed to the Angels.
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March 18, 2011
BP Unfiltered: Scot Shields Retires by R.J. Anderson
Scot Shields officially announced his retirement earlier today, confirming the inevitable after a quiet and ostensibly negotiations-free offseason.
The Angels drafted Shields in the 38th round in 1997. Although he started his minor league career as a reliever, the Angels would shift him to the rotation in 1999 and leave him there until 2002, at which point he would become a permanent...
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March 18, 2011
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March 18, 2011
Longtime Angels reliever Shields retires (AP)
Scot Shields retired Friday after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West. The 35-year-old Shields was a free agent after two injury-plagued seasons. He retired as only the third player with at least 10 seasons to spend his entire career with the Angels.
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March 18, 2011
Angels reliever Scot Shields retires
Scot Shields retired Friday after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.
Via MSNBC
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March 18, 2011
Angels reliever Scot Shields retires
Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.
Via Seattle Times
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March 18, 2011
Longtime Angels reliever Shields calls it a career
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.
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March 18, 2011
Angels reliever Scot Shields retires
Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.
Via Miami Herald
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March 18, 2011
Longtime Angels reliever Shields retires (AP)
Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West. The 35-year-old Shields was a free agent after two injury-plagued seasons. He retired Friday as only the third player with at least 10 seasons to spend his entire career with the Angels.
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March 18, 2011
Angels reliever Scot Shields retires
TEMPE, ARIZ. (AP) - Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.The 35-year-old Shields was a free agent after two injury-plagued seasons. He retired Friday as only the ...
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March 18, 2011
Angels reliever Scot Shields retires
Scot Shields has retired after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Angels spent mostly as the primary setup man during the team's period of dominance in the AL West.
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March 18, 2011
Los Angeles Angels reliever Scot Shields announces retirement
Scot Shields, who spent ten seasons with the Angels, announced his retirement on Friday.
Via ESPN
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March 18, 2011
Veteran reliever Scot Shields calls it a career
Angels reliever Scot Shields announced his retirement Friday after 10 big league seasons.
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March 18, 2011
Former Angels hurler Shields opts to retire
Scot Shields, one of the premier setup artists of the past decade, planned to announce his retirement on Friday.
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March 18, 2011
Scot Shields set to retire
According to Scott Miller of CBSSports, Scot Shields is set to hang up the spikes for the final time as he will announce his retirement later today.
Shields is best known for an important piece of the Angels 2002 World Champion team. That year, he put up a 2.20 era in 49 innings.
Shields appeared to be leaning towards retirement as far back as September when he was shut down with...
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March 18, 2011
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March 18, 2011
Scot Shields To Retire
Longtime Angels setup man Scot Shields will officially retire today, according to Scott Miller of CBS Sports (on Twitter).
Shields said he was likely to retire last fall, but remained undecided as recently as January. He told Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times that he would play only if "a good deal in a good place" presented itself. Instead, the 35-year-old...
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March 18, 2011
Scot Shields undecided about retirement
The last we heard of right-handed pitcher, Scot Shields, was that he was leaning towards retirement.
“I would say probably,” Shields said in September about the possibility of retiring. “There's a business and a personal side of it. From the business side, you look at the bullpen and you can see all the young relievers they have coming up.”
With about a month...
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January 06, 2011
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January 06, 2011
Scot Shields Still Undecided About Retirement
Scot Shields sounded as if he was closing the door on his baseball career last September, but while the veteran reliever says he is still "not leaning any way" about whether or not he wishes to continue pitching, Shields seemed a bit more open to returning in an interview with Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times.
"If something comes along that seems like it...
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January 05, 2011
The Angels’ Expensive Bullpens
Relief pitchers are both the most volatile and most plentiful type of baseball player out there. As such, there are a lot of really good arguments to be made against paying relievers big bucks, many of which I agree with. I don’t want my team handing out big bucks for relievers, even good ones, which is one of the reasons I like Seattle Mariner GM Jack Zduriencik. The...
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December 11, 2010
The Candidates for Righty Relief
On Sunday, we took a look at four southpaws who represent the cream of the free agent lefty relief club, so it’s only fair that we pay some attention to their counterparts.
Right-handed relief appears to be a less pressing than lefty relief – or, depending on your faith in Antonio Bastardo, perhaps more pressing – with Brad Lidge and Ryan Madson topping the current...
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November 23, 2010
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November 23, 2010
The Los Angeles Angels have three free agents heading into this winter
The Angels only have three free agents heading into this winter so I see them being very active. Here is a look at what I would do with the three free agents the Angels do have:
Maicer Izturis: 30-year old switch hitting infielder Maicer Izturis was banged up most of last year. He played in only 61 games for the Angels last season and he was 53 of 212 (.250 avg, .684 OPS) with...
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October 23, 2010
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