Breaking: Dylan Bundy to the Angels

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2103 days ago

Per Ken Rosenthal, the Los Angeles Angels have acquired starting pitcher Dylan Bundy from the Baltimore Orioles.

#Angels have acquired RHP Dylan Bundy from the #Orioles, sources tell The Athletic. Triple A RHP Isaac Mattson in deal, heading to Baltimore.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 4, 2019

Stats:

2018:

8-16 Record

31 Games Started

5.45 ERA

184 Strikeouts

2019:

7-14 Record

30 Games started

4.79 ERA

162 Strikeouts

The Angels pitching staff struggled last year, and Dylan Bundy has shown flashes of being a great pitcher throughout his career. Bundy has always been snake-bitten by the home run ball as he’s allowed a whopping 96 home runs since the start of 2017, including a league-leading 41 home runs in 2018.

As It stands right now, the Angels rotation looks like this:

As for the Orioles, they acquired four minor league prospects; not the worst investment for a rebuilding team. Of those prospects, easily the most attractive is reliever Isaac Mattson who had a solid 2019 campaign and made it to Triple-A.

The Angels have also been linked to Gerrit Cole, so this move may have the start of bigger moves to come.