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ANAHEIM There is a tendency to look at Jake Jewell’s body, a fastball that has touched 99 mph and his second-half struggles as a starter last season and surmise that the 6-foot-3, 215-pound righthander is better suited for relief.
But the Angels have no immediate plans to move Jewell, a fifth-round pick in 2014, to the bullpen.
“He’s definitely a starter,” said Mike LaCassa, the team’s director of minor league operations. “You always have that question two or three years down the road—what would his stuff look like out of the bullpen? I have no idea, but right now, there is no red flag as to why he couldn’t start.”
Jewell, who went 6-8, 4.77 in 31 games,…
