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Ryan Madson (elbow) is currently limited to long tossing.</p></div><div class="" style="margin:3px 3px 3px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;width:441.59375px;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,Verdana">
Madson felt tightness in his elbow after a bullpen session Thursday, so the Angels have scaled back his throwing program. He's not overly concerned at the moment, but he's nowhere close to pitching in a game. Ernesto Frieri should get most of the early save chances for the Angels.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" face="arial">Wrongo dongo, oh sonorous friend of mine. There was a little setback last week, but all is good now. Start thinking about which bug you'll be eating. I hear crickets aren't too bad.
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<div style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(233,242,249)">Madson's elbow felt tight following last Thursday's bullpen session, but he is now able to long-toss, the <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDiGiovanna/status/314059107558633473" style="color:rgb(2,93,140);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a> reports.</div>
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Madson, who underwent Tommy John surgery last spring, is not expected to be ready for Opening Day but should be a part of the Angels' bullpen by the end of April. Whenever he is pain free, he is slated to act as the team's closer, barring an impressive performance by Ernesto Frieri in his stead.</div>
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From: rickgam <<a href="mailto:rickgam@comcast.net" target="_blank">rickgam@comcast.net</a>><br>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Jeff;<br>
No bugs here - it appears that Mr. Madson is experiencing more elbow pain and hasn't thrown since last week. 2013 might not be much better<br>
than 2012 for him! In the meantime, Ernesto is working on an offspeed pitch to compliment his untouchable fastball. So there's that.<br>
RG<br>
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<hr><b>From: </b>"Jeffrey Winick" <<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>><br>
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<font color="black" face="arial">Tough news for Mr. B on Hanrahan. But for $5 less, the Berliners look like they've bought the Angels closer for 2013. Here's what BBHQ had to say. Anyone want to take bets on whether Rick will eat his bug:
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<td colspan="2" style="line-height:20px"><strong>Angels | No plan to designate closer</strong></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height:20px">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia does not play on starting the season with a designated closer. He said Friday, March 15, that he expects RPs Scott Downs and Ernesto Frieri to share the duties based on the situation until RP Ryan Madson (elbow) is fully recovered from Tommy John surgery. <em>Source: <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130315&content_id=42801106¬ebook_id=42819124&vkey=notebook_ana&c_id=ana&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" style="color:rgb(28,1,105);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">MLB.com - AJ Cassavell</a></em></td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height:1px"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height:20px"><strong>BHQ take: </strong>With Ryan Madson's return date still in question, we've been flogging the likelihood of an LAA match-up closer committee for a while now. Frieri still hasn't won his manager's complete confidence back after a spotty 2H last season, while Downs remains death on LHBs. Sean Burnett should also be in the mix for a few save opps assuming his continuing recovery from early season back issues. <em>—Jock Thompson</em></td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height:1px"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="line-height:20px"><em>Impact: </em>Med</td></tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(236,236,228)"><td style="line-height:20px"><a href="http://www.baseballhq.com/members/tools/pitcherlink/?id=3362" style="color:rgb(28,1,105);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Frieri, Ernesto</a></td>
<td style="line-height:20px"> <span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">SV Loss: </span>-5%</td></tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(236,236,228)"><td style="line-height:20px"><a href="http://www.baseballhq.com/members/tools/pitcherlink/?id=371" style="color:rgb(28,1,105);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Downs, Scott</a></td>
<td style="line-height:20px"> <span style="color:green;font-weight:bold">SV Gain: </span>5%</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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