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Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Jim Johnson will serve as the opener against the Rangers on Tuesday. Johnson has made 55 appearances for the Angels this year, all in relief. He's 5-3 with a 3.81 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 40 K's in 56 2/3 innings. Johnson will only go an inning or two and is not a fantasy streaming candidate by any means.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Blake Parker appears to be the man to own for saves in Los Angels for the remainder of the season. He has held off Cam Bedrosian, Kenyan Middleton, and Jim Johnson for saves throughout the season and the 32-year-old has fared well. Through 55 innings, Parker is 2-1 with 12 saves and a 3.27 ERA. Since the beginning of July, Parker only has three saves, but two of them have come in th[...]

Los Angeles Angels reliever Jim Johnson (back) will head to Triple-A Salt Lake to continue his rehab assignment. Johnson hasn't thrown since June 11. In 34 1/3 innings on the year, he's sporting a 3.93 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP, with 31 strikeouts and one save. Johnson is not likely to step into any save opportunities when he comes back, but he is a name worth keeping an eye on for those desperate for saves.

The Los Angeles Angels placed four players on the DL in one day, including relief pitcher Jim Johnson (lumbar strain). Johnson has one save on the year, with a 3.93 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. He is not worth a look in fantasy formats at this point.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Jim Johnson may be the major benefactor of another injury to Keynan Middleton and could get save opportunities in Los Angeles. Middleton, who has six saves this season, just came off the disabled list on Thursday. He was put on the DL on May 2 because of elbow inflammation and came off of the mound on Sunday with a similar issue. This opens up save opportunities for the Angels and a[...]

Both Jim Johnson and Blake Parker are expected to start the season in set-up roles, with Cam Bedrosian serving as the closer for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Bedrosian began last season as the closer as well, but injuries kept him off the field and allowed veteran Bud Norris to take over the role. Bedrosian has been inconsistent and injury-prone in his young career, meaning that both Parker and Johnson are good options for deep-mixed or AL-only leagues that want a buffer for saves. Keynan [...]

This article references A.J. Ramos, Alex Colome, Anthony Swarzak, Brad Brach, Chris Devenski, Corey Knebel, Craig Kimbrel, Edwin Diaz, Gerrit Cole, Hector Rondon, Jeremy Jeffress, Jeurys Familia, Jim Johnson, Ken Giles, Kenley Jansen, Mark Melancon, Neftali Feliz, Sam Dyson, Steve Cishek, Will Harris, Zach Britton and more! For the fourth straight season we have a new No. 1 at the top of the closer leaderboard. Alex Colome concluded the 2017 regular season with 47 saves, six more than the second-place finisher, Kenley Jansen. No one has repeated as the top save-earner since Jim Johnson (2012-2013). As for consistency, Jansen slammed the door shut 41 times for the Dodgers last year. It was his fourth year in a row recording at least 36 saves in a season. His 1.32 ERA was also the best of Jansen's career (with mo[...]Keep on reading: 2018 Saves Risers and Fallers - What We Learned

The Los Angeles Angels' acquisition of reliever Jim Johnson and $1.21 million in bonus money was made in part to have more money to give to Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani. "The money acquired in this deal was with an eye toward Shohei Ohtani and the pursuit of him as a player for us," general mana[...]

The Los Angeles Angels acquired former closer Jim Johnson and international pool space from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for left-hander Justin Kelly. Johnson was a lights-out closer for the A's back in 2013 but struggled last year in Atlanta, pitching to a 5.56 ERA (4.22 FIP) with 61 strikeouts i[...]