The Angels are reportedly near a one-year deal with right-hander Kyle Hendricks.
The team has not confirmed the deal.
Hendricks, who turns 35 next month, is coming off a season in which he posted a 5.92 ERA with the Chicago Cubs. He pitched 130⅔ innings, starting 24 games and working in relief in five others.
Hendricks has a 3.68 ERA in his 11-year career, which included helping the Cubs to their 2016 World Series title.
Hendricks could replace the innings the Angels lost when they traded right-hander Griffin Canning last week.
The Angels’ rotation depth chart currently includes right-handlers José Soriano and Jack Kochanowicz and left-handers Tyler Anderson and Reid Detmers, with right-handers Caden Dana and Chase Silseth and left-handers José Suarez and Sam Aldegheri also among the top candidates for spots.
Hendricks is a product of Capistrano Valley High in Mission Viejo. The Angels drafted him out of high school in the 39th round in 2008, but he instead went to Dartmouth. Three years later, he was the Texas Rangers’ eighth-round pick.
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