February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\nDetmers, who is coming off a solid season in which he posted a 3.96 ERA across 63.2 innings, saw his role change for the first time in his major league career, making the transition from a starter to a reliever.<\/p>\n
Detmers was effective as a reliever, striking out 30% of the batters he faced this past season. This comes as Detmers is coming off his best year since 2022, when he was still seen as a promising starter and the next reliable pitcher to come out of the Angels organization in a long time.<\/p>\n
Detmers, who was originally drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, was expected to provide the Angels with a frontline starter during a period when the organization lacked rotation depth. 2022 was the year in which he posted a 3.77 ERA across 25 starts and 129 innings.<\/p>\n
This is also the same year in which Detmers recorded his no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays in May, the 12th no-hitter in franchise history, and the first complete game of his career.<\/p>\n
Safe to say, the Angels likely thought they were getting their next really good starter since the Jered Weaver era. Still, even after a promising year, struggles began to pile up, as Detmers was never able to find that same level of success until he eventually made the transition from being a starter to a reliever.<\/p>\n
Even with the newfound success, the Angels are expected to use Detmers as a reliever once again this upcoming season, though he currently projects as the No. 3 starter in the Angels’ rotation behind Yusei Kikuchi and Jos\u00e9 Soriano.<\/p>\n
Likely, the Angels will be relying on a few reclamation projects to work in their favor, as they also brought in Grayson Rodriguez, a former top prospect, and Alek Manoah, a former All-Star in 2022, to help fill out the rotation.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Detmers was the only player to have an arbitration hearing this past offseason. His loss is just the second out of nine cases announced so far.<\/p>\n