August 21 : The Angels have now made it official, selecting Cueto to the roster. Righty was optioned in a corresponding move. The club also announced that , who was designated for a signment on the weekend, has been released. August 20 : The Angels are set to select the contract of right-hander from Triple-A Salt Lake, Hector Gomez of Z101 Deportes in the Dominican Republic. The Halos dont have a starter announced for tomorrows game, so it seems the plan will be for the veteran Cueto to come up and take the ball. Hes not on the 40-man roster, but the Angels have a vacancy there after releasing veteran infielder over the weekend. Cueto, 38, has pitched in Triple-A with the Rangers and Angels this season, finding a good bit more succe s with the latter than with the former. Hes made four starts in Salt Lake and held opponents to eight earned runs on 27 hits and five walks with 15 strikeouts through 23 1/3 frames. That comes out to a 3.09 ERA and sharp 5% walk rate albeit against a sub-par 14.9% strikeout rate. When including his minor league work with Texas this season, Cueto has a 4.76 ERA in 64 1/3 innings. Hell be on six days rest for tomorrows game, with his most recent outing having come on Aug. 14. A suming Cueto indeed gets the nod for the Ty France Jersey Angels, this will be the 17th consecutive season in which the two-time All-Star and 2015 World Series champion has pitched in the majors. He spent the 2023 campaign with the Marlins but struggled to a 6.02 ERA through 10 starts in a season that was wrecked by a biceps injury. As recently as 2022, the right-hander pitched 158 1/3 innings of 3.35 ERA ball with the White Sox, showing similar K-BB rates (15.7% and 5.1%) to the ones hes logged in Triple-A this year. Overall, Cueto has piled up 2245 big league innings and recorded a tidy 3.50 ERA along the way. Hes won 144 games against 111 lo ses, punched out 1851 big league opponents and appeared in a total of 368 major league games. Cueto is currently tied with Floyd Bannister and Doc White for 196th in games started at the MLB level, and hell jump into a tie with Ron Darling, Scott Erickson and Vern Law for 193rd if and when he takes the ball tomorrow. The Angels recently placed on the injured list due to arm fatigue and lost to UCL surgery earlier this season. Theyve been using journeyman and rookie in the rotation alongside and recently. Cueto will give them a veteran option to join that group, though its po sible the Angels will want to take a look at homegrown arms like or down the stretch. Both have had their struggles since being optioned to Triple-A, but both pitchers also pitched excellently in their most recent outings. George Foster Jersey