The Los Angeles Angels just hired Mike Maddux to be their pitching coach, and he will certainly have a tall task righting the ship next season. Maddux is stepping into a situation where there are three starting pitchers and approximately three locks for the bullpen in Robert Stephenson, Ben Joyce (should he be healthy enough) and Brock Burke. For the bullpen, there are either unimpressive and/or unproven commodities that could make the Opening Day roster in Ryan Zeferjahn, Chase Silseth, Sam Bachman, José Fermin, and maybe even Jack Kochanowicz or George Klassen. On the starting pitcher side, Maddux simply needs to bring along pitchers like Caden Dana, Ryan Johnson, Sam Aldegheri and even guys like Víctor Mederos, Mitch Farris and Tyler Bremner.
Angels Prospect Update: LAA beat writer reports 3 pitchers will be added to 40-man
