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ANAHEIM, Calif. - Andrew Heaney envisions a long, prosperous future with the Los Angeles Angels. Even if he has already peaked as a tweeter.The promising left-hander had a hilarious response to getting traded twice in about five hours at the winter meetings earlier this week, going from the Miami Marlins to the Dodgers to the Angels. Heaney never even got a phone call from the Dodgers before getting flipped again.Well, @Dodgers we had a good run! Great to be part of such a storied franchise, he tweeted, adding thanksforthememories as a hashtag.The Angels have big plans for Heaney, and hes more comfortable with enormous expectations on the mound than on Twitter.Now everybody expects me to be this really funny guy, and Im like, I dont know, I dont think Im that funny, Heaney said Friday in a phone interview. All of those new followers that I picked up are probably going to be disappointed.Once his future was settled in Orange County, the 23-year-old Heaney grew excited about the prospect of playing for the majors best regular-season team last season alongside Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and right-hander Garrett Richards — a fellow native Oklahoman who cashed in on his own huge potential last year.The Angels traded second baseman Howie Kendrick to get Heaney, giving up a major veteran contributor from their lineup for a skinny left-hander who still doesnt have his first major league victory.To Heaney, thats a welcome vote of confidence after the Marlins gave him up in a seven-player deal to land Dee Gordon from the Dodgers.Personally I dont see what anybody could be negative about or be worried about, Heaney said. Im excited. I feel like any time you get traded, the team thats getting you sees something. Especially for a guy like Howie Kendrick thats been here 12 years, they value what you can bring to the team.While Kendrick has just one year left on his contract, Heaney is under the Angels control for the next six seasons.Heaney is hoping to live up to his potential after his major league career got off to a sputtering start. The Marlins top pitching prospect went 0-3 with a 5.83 ERA in his debut last season despite doing solid work at times in five starts and seven total appearances.I unfortunately learned a lot more of what not to do than to do, Heaney said, citing lessons about holding runners on base and keeping his pitches down to major-league hitters.I didnt feel like I was at my best at the time, but Im a little bit glad, he added. I think being a little bit humbled or having disappointments can be good for you.Just a few months after the Angels had almost no organizational depth in starting pitchers, general manager Jerry Dipoto has addressed the problem impressively.The rotation still features Jered Weaver, Richards, C.J. Wilson and Matt Shoemaker, and the Angels now have an array of interesting options to fill it out. Los Angeles acquired touted right-hander Nick Tropeano from Houston earlier in the off-season, while left-hander Hector Santiago will get another chance to keep a rotation spot after an inconsistent 2014. Los Angeles also still has left-hander Tyler Skaggs, who will miss 2015 after elbow ligament replacement surgery.The club will have an intense competition in spring training for the fifth spot in its rotation — or possibly the final two spots, since manager Mike Scioscia no longer expects Richards to be back from knee surgery by opening day.After one tumultuous day, Heaney looks forward to steady growth into a major-league role, hopefully starting this spring.I hope to get in there with a guy like Richards and then Weaver and really be able to pick their brains, Heaney said. Any advantage I can get moving forward to be a more productive pitcher in the big leagues is exciting for me. Im excited to learn more about what they do. William Perry Womens Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Devin Hester Jersey . Terms of the contract were not disclosed by the club. 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Two minutes later, Aritz Aduriz netted Bilbaos second when he raced forward and pounced on a poor clearance by Villarreal defender Mateo Musacchio, sending a low shot rolling past goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo.KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jason Vargas pitched seven shutdown innings, Mike Moustakas cracked a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals romped to a 5-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Alcides Escobar had three hits and Omar Infante also drove in two runs for the Royals, who followed up a sweep at the hands of Minnesota last weekend by sweeping Houston and then taking the first of their three-game set against the Twins this weekend. Ricky Nolasco (1-2) gave up five runs on 11 hits in 5 2-3 innings for the Twins. He was coming off a 7-1 win over Kansas City in which he allowed one run on four hits in eight innings. Vargas (2-0), who signed a $32 million, four-year deal in the off-season, allowed seven hits while striking out four in another dazzling start. The crafty left-hander lowered his ERA to 1.24 while going at least seven innings in each of his four outings this season. Vargas put runners on base each of the first five innings, though he was never in serious trouble. Only twice did a runner reach second base and each time a lazy fly ball ended the inning. Even when the Twins hit a ball hard, Alex Gordon was there to make a play. The Royals Gold Glove left-fielder threw a strike from the warning track to second base in the fourth inning, cutting down Josmil Pinto as he tried to stretch a single. Two innings later, Gordon made a running catch into the padding in foul territory on Jooe Mauers fly ball.dddddddddddd Escobar sent a charge through the Royals anemic offence with a double in the third inning, and consecutive singles by Nori Aoki, Infante and Eric Hosmer staked them to a 2-0 lead. Infantes single drove in Escobar to make it 3-0 in the fifth. Billy Butler, in the throes of a massive slump, singled in the sixth before Moustakas, also off to a slow start, sent a pitch sizzling into the seats in right. His second homer of the season made it 5-0 and chased Nolasco from the game. Neither team threatened to score again, the Royals wrapping up their first shutout win and the Twins getting blanked for the first time this season. NOTES: The Royals placed OF Jarrod Dyson on the bereavement list and recalled INF/OF Jimmy Paredes was recalled from Triple-A Omaha before the game. ... An MRI exam on Royals OF Lorenzo Cain (strained groin) came back negative. Manager Ned Yost hopes to have him back after a 15-day DL stint. ... Twins OF Jason Kubel got the night off from the starting lineup. He flied out as a pinch hitter in the seventh. ... LHP Bruce Chen (sore back) will start for KC on Saturday. He was initially scheduled to pitch Thursday. RHP Kevin Correia will start for the Twins. ... There was a moment of silence before the game for the victims of the shootings Sunday at a Jewish community centre and nearby senior living centre in suburban Kansas City. ' ' '