Angels’ Reid Detmers brings lessons from bullpen in return to the rotation

TEMPE, Ariz. — As Logan O’Hoppe saw it from his squat behind the plate, the difference between Reid Detmers, the successful reliever, and Reid Detmers, the inconsistent starter, was not in the pitches that he threw.

It was in the way that he threw them.

“It was the conviction in each one of his pitches,” the Angels catcher said. “He seemed much more comfortable throwing anything in any count.”

Detmers, whose performance out of the bullpen earned him another shot at the rotation this year, agreed.