TEMPE, Ariz. — Archie Bradley played 5 1/2 seasons in Arizona, the final month of 2020 in Cincinnati and 2021 in Philadelphia, but the reliever has faced the Angels enough and followed them enough from afar to know their recent history all too well.
"From the outside looking in, you always wondered, 'Man, if the Angels just had some pitching … ' " said Bradley, who signed a one-year, $3.75 million deal with the Angels in March. "I don't mean that as any disrespect at all.
"I've been around a little bit and have a feel for how the game works, and that's always been my thought coming into Anaheim: 'All right, you're gonna have to pitch well, but as long as we hit, we're gonna be OK.'
