Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager said being sidelined last year while his teammates were making the World Series was difficult, but he spent the offseason undergoing an intense strength-and-agility regimen while recovering from a pair of surgeries.
Angels right-hander Garrett Richards played catch Monday for the first time since being diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament on May 6.
Right-hander Nick Tropeano has elected to have Tommy John surgery, the second Los Angeles Angel to have the surgery this season.
Nick Tropeano has become the third Los Angeles Angels starter to tear his ulnar collateral ligament this season.
The Los Angeles Angels announced Thursday that starting pitcher Andrew Heaney will have Tommy John surgery and is expected to be out until the 2018 season.
Angels pitcher Garrett Richards has elected to have a stem-cell injection in his right elbow rather than have Tommy John surgery.
