ANAHEIM – If not now, then when? If not Tyler Skaggs, then who?
The Angels have only four healthy starting pitchers available at the moment, one shy of the usual five-man rotation, after right-hander Nick Tropeano was discovered to have suffered a torn ligament in his right elbow that’s likely to require Tommy John reconstructive surgery.
The right-handed Skaggs could fill the void in the rotation Tuesday in Kansas City, the Angels’ fifth game on a six-game trip that begins Friday in Houston. He could slip into Tropeano’s No. 4 spot in the rotation after another in a string of standout starts Wednesday for Triple-A Salt Lake.