The Latest Breaking News from Shohei Ohtani

NEW YORK — The Angels’ eighth consecutive loss was all about their struggling offense until it became about their struggling bullpen.

The Angels manager on the Yankees: “They were on everything, fastball, slider, split.”

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels can do nothing right in the late innings these days.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although recent injuries have forced Angels manager Joe Maddon to shuffle his lineup, one consistent piece has been Mike Trout.

ANAHEIM, Calif.— The Angels’ lineup Friday night was marked by a troubling absence.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani was on the mound, Mike Trout was batting in front of him in the lineup, the Angels had the third-best record in the American League … and half of the seats were empty.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sought out Shohei Ohtani last year during the first day of All-Star game festivities and pantomimed holding a camera. The Toronto Blue Jays slugger wanted a shot with the Angels’ two-way phenom.

Reid Detmers might have set the bar impossibly high when he threw a no-hitter in his 11th big league start May 10. The Angels left-hander has found it difficult to produce a worthy encore.