OC Register: Angels reportedly near deal with right-hander Zach Plesac

[AngelsWin.com]

The Angels are reportedly close to a deal with right-hander Zach Plesac, who was one of the sport’s most promising young pitchers before seeing his career go off track over the past three seasons.

Plesac, 28, has a 4.20 ERA in parts of five big league seasons with the Cleveland Guardians, including a 7.59 mark in five starts before he was designated for assignment last June. No one claimed him, and he finished the season with Cleveland’s Triple-A team.

Plesac posted a 3.32 ERA in 29 starts in 2019-20. In 2020, he was optioned after he violated MLB’s health and safety protocols. He recorded a video explaining his side of the story, saying that “the media is terrible” in the way he was portrayed.

Ever since then, he’s struggled to regain his form, including a 4.72 ERA over the past three seasons.

He would join an Angels rotation depth chart that includes left-handers Patrick Sandoval, Reid Detmers, Tyler Anderson and righties Griffin Canning and Chase Silseth.

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