Street (knee) may have the inside track to begin the season as the Angels' closer due to his experience in the role and that his struggles in 2016 were likely influenced by injuries, the Orange County Register reports.

EDGE Analysis

Angels manager Mike Scioscia has already indicated that Street will have to compete for the ninth-inning job this spring, while Cam Bedrosian and Andrew Bailey are positioned to push him in Arizona. Prior to undergoing season-ending knee surgery, Street was shelved by an oblique injury, and the two ailments limited him to just 26 appearances in 2016, while he compiled an inflated 6.45 ERA and 1.93 WHIP while converting nine of his 12 save chances.