Jered Weaver Leads Race for L.A. Angels’ Ace in 2010

With pitchers and catchers due to report to Spring Training this week, the race to find the next ace for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is about to heat up. Typically a strength in Anaheim, it was the Angels' pitching staff that set an ominous tone at the start of the 2009 season. John Lackey injured his shoulder just weeks before Opening Day. Ervin Santana was sidelined after straining his forearm early on in Spring Training. Kelvim Escobar, in his haste to fill the Angels' rapidly depleting staff, suffered further setbacks in his recovery from shoulder surgery. And of course, barely three games into the year, rookie stud Nick Adenhart was killed in a tragic drunk driving incident. Questions hung heavy alongside grief around the mound at the Big A. This year, the grief has subsided but...

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