Langston Goes Back On Dl

Mark Langston had just finished saying that poor location and not a lack of arm strength was the reason for Wednesday’s five-run, one-inning debacle, when he was called into Anaheim Angel Manager Terry Collins’ office and told he was being put back on the 15-day disabled list.

Langston was replaced on the roster by catcher Chris Turner, who was promoted from triple-A Vancouver as a backup to Chad Kreuter. Starting catcher Todd Greene suffered a broken right wrist when hit with a foul tip Wednesday.

Langston, who underwent elbow surgery May 27, wasn’t available for comment after the roster move, but he said earlier that he was expecting to pitch again soon.

“I feel great, I wasn’t out there long enough to hurt anything,” he said. “I felt I was ready to come back and I think I had good movement on my breaking ball and a decent fastball. I just didn’t execute. Every fastball I tried to throw in was crushed.”

Collins said Langston understood why the team had to make the move. “I told him I need to get Turner on and I don’t know any other way to do it,” Collins said.

But Collins also acknowledged that Langston’s velocity was not up to par.

“When Mark is sharp, his fastball is in the 89-90-91-mph range,” Collins said. “(Wednesday) he was 85, 86, 87. That’s not bad, but it won’t work when your location isn’t right.”

Langston will throw a simulated game Tuesday and work to rebuild his arm strength.

Finley’s injury ugly

Chuck Finley’s left hand looks as if someone painted it purple and then he dipped his fingertips in white paint. The bruising extends from his wrist up to the middle of his fingers, but Finley says his sprained wrist is improved.

“I could tell as soon as I got up this morning that it was looser,” said Finley, who injured his wrist when he fell while backing up home plate Tuesday. “The swelling seems to have thinned down and spread out a little.”