The rollercoaster ride of emotions Angels fans have been riding the whole season pertaining to starting pitching prospects being called up as relievers appears to be coming to an end. Between Caden Dana, Ryan Johnson, Víctor Mederos and Sam Aldegheri, the Angels have shown no fear in messing up the development of their key pitching prospects by using them in an unfamiliar roles at the big league level. Well, of late, the Angels promoted Mederos as a starter and they just brought Dana up for his first MLB start in almost a calendar year.
Angels call up prized pitching prospect in role he should've filled a month ago
In a move that has yet to spawn a corresponding transaction, Dana was somewhat surprisingly promoted to start the Angels' second game of a series against the Kansas City Royals.