{"id":5160,"date":"2013-11-06T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2013-11-06T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:48:36","slug":"angels-sign-chris-volstad-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/11\/06\/angels-sign-chris-volstad-to-minor-league-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels sign Chris Volstad to minor league deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5161\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/11\/chrisvolstad.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"412\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/11\/chrisvolstad.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/11\/chrisvolstad-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Los Angeles Angels have signed right handed pitcher Chris Volstad to a minor league contract.<\/p>\n<p>Volstad will receive an invite to spring training and look to find a way to earn a spot at the back end of the Angels rotation this spring. If he fails to make the Angels he will likely be ticketed for a spot at Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Volstad allowed 10 runs over 8 1\/3 innings while compiling a 4.58 ERA in 127 2\/3 innings at Triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>For his career, the former 16th overall pick is 35-51 with a 4.94 ERA in parts of six major league seasons with the Marlins (2008-2011), Cubs (2012) and Rockies (2013).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Angels have signed right handed pitcher Chris Volstad to a minor league contract. Volstad will receive an invite to spring training and look to find a way to earn a spot at the back end of the Angels rotation this spring. If he fails to make the Angels he will likely be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[511,114],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-5160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-chris-volstad","9":"tag-los-angeles-angels"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5160"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}