In another blow to the team’s once robust pitching depth, the Angels placed left-hander Andrew Heaney on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with what they termed a flexor muscle strain in his left arm.
Heaney complained of tightness in his forearm after his six-inning start against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, the team announced. Initial tests indicated the strain, and an MRI exam conducted Wednesday morning confirmed it. He will be shut down from throwing for an indefinite period.
Heaney, 24, called for a trainer after his first pitch of the second inning and went into the dugout, but it was to treat a bloody nose.