Former pitching great Mark Mulder is the latest soldier to fall to Spring Training, moving the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Los Angeles into the camp of Broken Dreams along with the Mariners and Rangers.  Mulder ruptured an Achilles tendon while doing stretching exercises and is expected to be out for the entire 2014 season.  LA had been counting on Mulder to claim a spot in the starting rotation.  While the loss of Mulder specifically is less serious than Seattle losing Iwakuma for a month or two, or Texas losing #2 pitcher Derek Holland for half the season, the Angels have less pitching depth than the Mariners, and certainly less than the Rangers, who have been signing high-upside back-of-the-rotation pitchers left and right since Holland yelled "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

In addition, a small contingent of Angels fans have been absolutely obnoxious about how signing Mulder was the "steal of the season".

Heh.

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