Sam

Aldegheri

With Jack Kochanowicz (elbow) landing on the injured list on Sunday, Aldegheri will have another chance to pitch out of the Angels’ bullpen. The 24-year-old left-hander holds a 2.45 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and a 7/5 K/BB ratio over 11 innings in three appearances with the Angels this season.

Aldegheri heads back to the minors after tossing 5 1/3 shutout frames in relief against the Rockies on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old swingman has allowed just three runs over 11 innings across three appearances in the big leagues this season.

Aldegheri has been brought back to the majors to fortify Los Angeles’ bullpen leading into Tuesday’s contest with the Rockies. The 24-year-old southpaw has allowed three runs over 5 2/3 innings of work for the Angels this season.

Aldegheri threw four innings on Tuesday, allowing two runs on four hits. He will head back to Triple-A in order to allow the Angels to get a fresh arm back into the bullpen. The left-hander will get another chance shortly.

ldegheri made his first start for the Angels on Tuesday. He got into trouble right away, loading the bases with no outs in the first. A base hit and a sacrifice fly would bring two runs in before he can escape the jam. He gave the team three more scoreless innings before leaving at 69 pitches. The 24-year-old left-hander should stay in the rotation for a start against the Guardians in Cleveland on Monday.

Suzuki added that Kikuchi has opted for the rest and rehabilitation route instead of undergoing shoulder surgery, which likely would’ve been season-ending. The 34-year-old southpaw, who hit the injured list with shoulder inflammation over the weekend, will need to build up his stamina and workload from the ground floor once he’s cleared to resume throwing in a couple weeks. It’s relatively safe to assume he won’t return until sometime around the All-Star break in July. It’ll be Sam Aldegheri getting the first opportunity to replace Kikuchi in Los Angeles’ rotation when he takes the ball against the White Sox on Tuesday night.

Aldegheri comes up to provide Los Angeles with some long relief depth with Nick Sandlin being cut loose. The 24-year-old can be safely ignored in all fantasy formats while pitching in mostly mop-up duty.

Aldegheri is down, Walbert Ureña is up. Aldegheri will likely be back as a multi-inning option in a role that offers zero fantasy significance at some point this spring.

Aldegheri will give the Angels a multi-inning arm and a left-handed one that could keep some of the Yankees’ southpaw bats on the bench. The 24-year-old takes the roster spot of Mitch Farris, who was demoted in a corresponding move.

Because he chose to pitch in the WBC, Aldegheri has already been sent down by the Angels this spring. It seems like it was worth it, though, based on his outing today. He could get another start if Italy advances, which would almost certainly require beating either Team USA or Mexico. Italy already has an advantage if all three teams end up 3-1. That tiebreaker is based on runs allowed, and Italy was able to shut out Brazil after the U.S. gave up five runs to the team last night.