Angels include Tony Watson, Steve Cishek

Angels include Tony Watson, Steve Cishek

The Los Angeles Angels added a pair of relievers three days before their opener, consenting to $1 million, one-year contracts with left-hander Tony Watson and side-arming right-hander Steve Cishek on Monday night.

Watson was delivered from a minor league contract with Philadelphia on Friday subsequent to permitting five runs – four acquired – and nine hits in five innings more than seven spring training appearances. He struck out seven and walked two.

Watson, 35, is 40-25 with 32 saves and a 2.80 ERA in 10 major league seasons with Pittsburgh (2011-17), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017) and San Francisco (2018-20). He leads active left-handers in appearances since 2011.

Cishek was released Thursday from a minor league contract with Houston after seven spring training appearances. The 35-year-old permitted three runs – on three solo homers – and seven hits in 7⅔ innings with 12 strikeouts and two walks.

He is 32-37 with 132 saves and a 2.78 ERA in 11 major league seasons with the Marlins (2010-15), St. Louis (2015), Seattle (2016-17), Tampa Bay (2017), the Chicago Cubs (2018-19) and the Chicago White Sox (2020).

Both took short of what they would have gotten had they been added to major league lists under their original agreements this season – Watson $3 million, Cishek $2.25 million.

Los Angeles set right-hander Luke Bard on the 60-day injured list.

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