Orange County Register: Pitcher Bud Norris used to dominate the Angels; now he's trying to make their roster

[AngelsWin.com]

TEMPE, Ariz. – Perhaps no team in baseball has more reason than the Angels to hold out hope that Bud Norris can still be a quality major league pitcher. In 2013 and 2014, Norris faced the Angels six times, as a member of the Houston Astros and...

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[ten ocho recon scout]

i feel like we finally got the last laugh on this guy...thanks to the title of the thread.

[NachoPop]

Someone needs to create the odds of each of the potential 5th starters getting the job. Chavez the favourite? Then who?

[Angel Oracle]

I like Norris' potential as a reliever, a possible backend guy.   And he is the anti-Mr. Pop-Up, dominating in Angel Stadium.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

I like the fact that having Bud on our team means we "Win" 4-5 more games this season! As long as they can either keep in the Bully or down in AAA.... Once he gets released we are back to our annual <-5> games vs Bud Norris.

Bud and No Name soft tossing lefty or career minor league righty have killed us since I was like 8 years old!....

[Second Base]

I don't see Bud Norris as anything but a RP at this point. Still, a RP that throws 96+.

[gurn67]

Wait! We actually acquired a guy who performs well at the Big A? Say it ain't so, Arte!