ANGELS ACQUIRE FETTERS; ERSTAD, HOLLINS ON DL.Byline: Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune The Angels continued to make changes to their roster Monday, some by choice and others out of necessity. They acquired right-handed relief pitcher relief pitcher n. Baseball A pitcher who replaces another during a game. Noun 1. relief pitcher - a pitcher who does not start the game fireman, reliever Mike Fetters Michael Lee Fetters (born December 19, 1964 in Van Nuys, California) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for eight teams during his sixteen year career from 1989 to 2004. from the Oakland A's for a player to be named later The concept of the "player to be named later" is most often associated with Major League Baseball trades. The "player to be named later" (PTBNL) is generally used to postpone a trade's final conditions or terms. This is often done for two reasons. and an undisclosed amount of cash. Fetters fet·ter n. 1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet. 2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters 1. To put fetters on; shackle. is expected to join the Angels today in Detroit, at which time they'll have to move somebody off the roster to make room for him. It will be Fetters' second run with the Angels, having played for them in 1989-91 before being traded to Milwaukee for pitcher Chuck Crim This season with the A's, Fetters was 1-6 with a 3.99 ERA and five saves in 48 games. The Angels also placed first baseman/outfielder Darin Erstad and infielder Dave Hollins on the disabled list. Erstad has a strained left hamstring and Hollins an inflamed right shoulder. Replacing Erstad and Hollins on the roster are first baseman Chris Pritchett and outfielder Reggie Williams, who were promoted from Triple-A Vancouver. Pritchett was hitting .264 with six homers and 39 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in for the Canadians; Williams was hitting .282 with five homers, 25 doubles and 39 RBI. In order to make room for Pritchett and Williams on the 40-man roster, the Angels designated Frank Bolick and Damon Mashore for assignment. Erstad had played in every game this season but hurt his hamstring beating out an infield hit against the Indians on Aug. 4. He's hitting .303 with 19 homers and 68 RBI. Hollins, who has been bothered by his shoulder since May, is hitting .242 with 11 homers and 39 RBI. In more encouraging news for the Angels, designated hitter Tim Salmon was named the American League player of the week after hitting .480 with four homers and nine RBI. ANGELS vs. DETROIT Time: 4:05 p.m. at Tiger Stadium. TV/Radio: Channel 9; KRLA-AM (1110), XPRS-AM (1090 Spanish). Matchup: Jeff Juden (0-0, 0.00) makes his Angels debut, facing the Tigers' Brian Moehler (12-8, 3.58). Juden, acquired from Milwaukee last week, was 7-11 with a 5.53 ERA with the Brewers this season. - Daily News CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: FETTERS Box: ANGELS vs. DETROIT (See Text) |
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