Article: ANGELS SCOUTING REPORT.(Sports)

After consulting with major league scouts, Rocky Mountain News baseball reporter Jack Etkin has compiled this scouting report on the American League wild-card Anaheim Angels:

Starting pitching

Kevin Appier is a veteran stabilizer with a maximum-effort, herky-jerky motion that makes him deceptive. He's nearly 35 years old, and his velocity, once a plus, is now an average 88-91 mph, but his fastball has good sinking action when he keeps it down. Appier pitches to both sides of the plate, and his slider and split-fingered pitches are effective.

Ramon Ortiz has three quality pitches - a low- to mid-90s fastball that sinks and runs, a hard slider ...

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