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Report: Angels adding Joe Blanton to rotation mix
The Angels are staying busy Wednesday, picking up Joe Blanton on a one-year
deal to add to their rotation.
FOXSportsWest.com’s Joe McDonnell and the Los Angeles Times’ Mike
DiGiovanna are reporting the deal.
Blanton went 10-13 with a 4.71 ERA for the Phillies and Dodgers last season,
though he did post a fine 166/34 K/BB ratio in the process. He’s a pretty
good fit in a big Angels Ballpark that hasn’t been yielding a lot of home
runs of late.
Blanton will presumably be the fifth starter in a rotation that also includes
Jered Weaver, C.J. Wilson and Tommy Hanson, with one more pitcher still to be
signed. While the terms of Blanton aren’t in yet, one imagines he’s getting
about $4 million. That’s also about what Hanson is due in arbitration, so
the Angels should still be able to come up with $10 million-$15 million to
spend on a No. 3 starter with Dan Haren and Ervin Santana having departed and
Zack Greinke almost sure to join them.
Assuming the Angels do land that additional starter, then Garrett Richards
will head back to Triple-A for more seasoning.