The Astros are in town, and just this week saw Alex Bregman was buzzed by Joe Kelly and the Dodgers. The reaction to Kelly’s eight-game suspension drew ire around the league from several players as being too harsh, even those who didn’t lose to Houston in the postseason in 2017, but the Angels insist this is not their fight.
“I spoke to [the players] during the first spring training that we’re just going to play baseball this year, and that’s all I want us to do,” manager Joe Maddon said on a conference call Friday.