The Angels signed righthanded reliever Al Alburquerque to a one-year, $1.1 million deal in the offseason. He’d spent the previous five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and was non-tendered at the end of the 2015 season. The expectation was that Alburquerque would be an important piece in the back of the bullpen, perhaps becoming the seventh inning guy after Trevor Gott was traded to Washington. Alburquerque failed to make the team out of spring training, however, and is in the bullpen with Triple-A Salt Lake. The player who seemingly beat him out for the spot, former first-round pick Cam Bedrosian, was sent down to Salt Lake and replaced by A.
Can Al Alburquerque Still Contribute to the Angels’ Bullpen?
