On Monday the LA Angels signed former first round draft pick pitcher Alex Meyer to a minor league contract. Meyer was drafted in the first round by the Washington Nationals in 2011. The Nationals subsequently traded Meyer to the Minnesota Twins at the end of 2012. Meyer toiled in the Twins minor league system for the next four seasons battling arm injuries and they traded him to the Angels along with Ricky Nolasco at the 2016 trade deadline.
Meyer then pitched for the Angels in the last month of 2016 and the first half of the 2017 seasons until injuring his right shoulder in late July of that season.