From the very beginning of the 2021 season, the Angels’ bullpen was the definition of a revolving door, cycling through a whopping 32 different pitchers as the year went on. One of the first players to get a crack at things was submariner Ben Rowen, a veteran journeyman who the Halos signed to a minor-league deal with an invitation to Spring Training last December.
Rowen was assigned to the Angels’ alternate training site after not making the team out of Spring Training, but it didn’t take long for the righty to make his debut with the big league club, as he was recalled on April 12 to take the roster spot of Jaime Barría.