{"id":395204,"date":"2026-08-02T02:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395204\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:56:09","slug":"angels-scratch-jose-soriano-from-saturday-start-as-trade-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/395204\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Scratch Jose Soriano from Saturday Start as Trade Deadline Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Angels scratched Jose Soriano from his scheduled Saturday start with the trade deadline looming, according to Bob Nightengale, raising the possibility of a deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Angels<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000021\" data-name=\"Los Angeles Angels\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Los Angeles Angels\"><\/a> have scratched right-hander Jose Soriano from his scheduled start on Saturday, according to USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2083638890720809414?s=20\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes with the MLB trade deadline approaching on Monday and has fueled speculation that Soriano could be on the move. Scratching a starter in the days leading up to the deadline is often a signal that a trade is either being discussed or close to being finalized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soriano has been one of the more intriguing controllable arms potentially available this summer. The right-hander has posted solid results this season, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/soriajo02.shtml\">maintaining a 3.29 ERA in 22 starts<\/a> while remaining under team control beyond 2026, making him an attractive target for contenders seeking rotation help. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Angels released the following statement regarding Soriano on Saturday afternoon, confirming that the decision to hold him out of his scheduled start was likely trade-related.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAAngelsPR\/status\/2083636998997459007?s=20\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-sm-font-size wp-elements-65f0d2a0492239f364191a9e0f5c9832 has-lg-margin-top has-no-margin-bottom wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000a1\" data-content-name=\"cta-middle-content-engagement\" data-track-content=\"\">Story continues below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-heading has-lg-font-size has-no-margin-top wp-block-paragraph\">More Sports News<\/p>\n<p>\t .wp-block-group__inner-container:has(> .embla),<br \/>\n\t.wp-block-group:where(.alignfull) > .wp-block-group__inner-container:has(> .embla) {<br \/>\n\t\twidth: calc(100vw &#8211; (var(&#8211;side-spacing) * 2)) !important;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla {<br \/>\n\t\tposition: relative;<br \/>\n\t\toverflow: hidden;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__container {<br \/>\n\t\tdisplay: flex;<br \/>\n\t\tflex-wrap: nowrap;<br \/>\n\t\tgap: 0 !important;<br \/>\n\t\twidth: 75%;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__slide {<br \/>\n\t\tmargin-inline-end: var(&#8211;column-gap);<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:active,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:target,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:hover,<br \/>\n\t.embla__arrow:focus-visible {<br \/>\n\t\tdisplay: none;<br \/>\n\t\tposition: absolute;<br \/>\n\t\ttop: 50%;<br \/>\n\t\ttransform: translateY(-50%);<br \/>\n\t\twidth: 40px;<br \/>\n\t\theight: 40px;<br \/>\n\t\tmargin: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tpadding: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tline-height: 0;<br \/>\n\t\tbackground: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);<br \/>\n\t\tcolor: var(&#8211;color-primary);<br \/>\n\t\tborder-radius: 100vw;<\/p>\n<p>\t\tsvg {<br \/>\n\t\t\twidth: 24px;<br \/>\n\t\t}<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__prev {<br \/>\n\t\tleft: 0;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t.embla__next {<br \/>\n\t\tright: 0;<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n\t]]><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further updates are expected as the deadline nears.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Angels scratched Jose Soriano from his scheduled Saturday start with the trade deadline looming, according to Bob&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,19950,16730],"class_list":["post-395204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mlb-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}