Newly acquired Los Angeles Angels reliever Kenley Jansen is lending wisdom to the organization’s young flamethrower Ben Joyce ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — It was Aug. 3 of last season, the Los Angeles Angels had just traded their closer and Ben Joyce was getting the first save chance of his young big-league career. The game was in ...

The Los Angeles Angels are hoping that veteran closer Kenley Jansen will serve as a mentor for 24-year-old flamethrower Ben Joyce. Joyce could be considered the team's closer-in-waiting and Jansen ...

Angels relievers Kenley Jansen, left, and Ben Joyce take part in drills at spring training. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Like Percival in 1995, Joyce is a flamethrowing closer-in-waiting, ...

After a breakout rookie season that saw him post a 0.83 ERA over his final 28 outings of the year and hit as high as 105.5 ...

Jansen retires all three hitters he faces and Joyce works around a single after starter Kyle Hendricks works three scoreless ...

Ben Joyce appears to be gunning for the history books. The Los Angeles Angels fireballing reliever Joyce revealed in a recent interview with Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com that he has set a wild goal ...

Joyce is unlikely to be the Angels' primary closer with the team's signing of Kenley Jansen (shoulder) on Monday, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports. The Angels and Jansen agreed on ...

The Angels are optimistic about the season, but it's likely many players will put on a Los Angeles uniform this season.