The Latest Breaking News from Joe Maddon

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although recent injuries have forced Angels manager Joe Maddon to shuffle his lineup, one consistent piece has been Mike Trout.

Reid Detmers might have set the bar impossibly high when he threw a no-hitter in his 11th big league start May 10. The Angels left-hander has found it difficult to produce a worthy encore.

The Angels haven’t had a winning season since 2015, despite the presence of their nine-time All-Star. This year could be when things change though

LOS ANGELES — In 1984, Joe Maddon was the manager of the Peoria Chiefs, a team that played in a cozy Illinois ballpark located next to an agricultural research center. The minor leagues were, shall we say, a little more informal in those days.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jack Mayfield began and ended the season with the Angels in 2021, but in the middle the Angels let him go, and he had a brief stint with the Seattle Mariners. During that 11-game interlude, Mayfield faced Angels lefty Patrick Sandoval.

LOS ANGELES — There was an unusual notation by Anthony Rendon's name on the Angels' lineup card Wednesday afternoon.

The third baseman showed off his skill from the left side on Tuesday.

Man, this was FUN.

Little did Joe Maddon know how prophetic he would sound when the Angels manager was asked before Tuesday night’s game to assess the progress of pitcher Reid Detmers, a 22-year-old left-hander who was occasionally effective but mostly erratic in his first five starts.

Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash might have been wise to take a page out of Joe Maddon’s playbook and walk Shohei Ohtani intentionally with the bases loaded in the seventh inning Monday night, just like the Angels manager did with Texas Rangers slugger Corey Seager on April 16.

An empty, quiet Wrigley Field after the postponement of the game Friday was a metaphor for where the Cubs are at.