{"id":171495,"date":"2026-02-10T06:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:16:09","slug":"angels-to-sign-hunter-strickland-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171495\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels To Sign Hunter Strickland To Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Angels have signed reliever Hunter Strickland<\/a> to a minor league deal, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>. Strickland has spent parts of the past two seasons with the club. The right-hander is a client of All Bases Covered Sports Management.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Strickland has pitched for seven different MLB squads since 2019, but the Angels have been his most consistent home. He first came to the organization in a 2021 trade from the Rays. That stint only lasted a few weeks, but Strickland returned to the club on a more permanent basis in 2024. He logged a career-high 73 1\/3 innings with the Angels that season.<\/p>\n

The veteran righty opened the 2025 campaign in the Rangers organization, but ultimately found his way back to the Angels on a minor league deal. Strickland was promoted in May and appeared in 19 games at the big-league level. He posted a 3.27 ERA over 22 innings, but went down with a shoulder injury in July and missed the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Strickland debuted with the Giants in 2014. He became a fixture in the San Francisco bullpen the following season. Strickland notched a sub-3.00 across 226 innings in his five years in the organization. He capped off his time in San Francisco with a career-best 14 saves in 2018, though that season included a lengthy IL stint due to a broken hand. Strickland suffered the injury after punching a door following a blown save.<\/p>\n

The Angels have stacked older relievers with closing experience this offseason. The club has added Kirby Yates<\/a>, Jordan Romano<\/a>, and Drew Pomeranz<\/a> over the winter. Brent Suter<\/a> was also recently brought in to add a left-handed look in middle relief. Strickland doesn\u2019t have a clear path to the big-league roster, but he\u2019s had a knack for finding his way into an Angels uniform.<\/p>\n

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