Parker Bridwell was one of the few feel good stories the LA Angels had in 2017 as the then 25-year old Bridwell was claimed off of waivers in April and subsequently a trad was worked out between the Angels and Bridwell’s former team the Baltimore Orioles. Bridwell was sent to Triple-A Salt Lake for a month, and then was brought up to do a couple of spot starts in May and June and performed admirably.
In early July of 2017 Bridwell was called up for good and finished the season with a 10-3 record with a 3.64 ERA and he filled a void left by some of the Angels injured starters such as Matt Shoemaker and Garrett Richards.