LOS ANGELES — A major league general manager could put together a decent pitching staff of players cast off or lost by the Los Angeles Angels.
There’s Ervin Santana and Hector Santiago with the Minnesota Twins, John Lackey with the Chicago Cubs, Kansas City’s Jason Vargas, Zack Greinke in Arizona, and veteran closers Francisco Rodriguez and Fernando Rodney. Among the lesser known is the Colorado Rockies’ Tyler Chatwood, who throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in the middle game of their series Saturday.
Chatwood has become a dependable part of the Rockies’ rotation, and the lone veteran with Jon Gray on the DL.