Bedrosian reaching potential, gaining confidence

ANAHEIM — The one thing scouts never doubted about Angels reliever Cam Bedrosian — who’s armed with a mid-90s fastball and a devastating slider — was his potential.

Now in his third season in the Majors, Bedrosian is starting to put things together. The results are frightening, at least to opposing hitters.

The 24-year-old has posted a 1.03 ERA through his first 39 appearances, quickly becoming the Angels’ most effective arm out of the bullpen. Going into Wednesday he hadn’t given up a run since May 31, a streak of 20 consecutive outings, which ranks as the seventh-best in club history.

Because of his success, Bedrosian has seen himself surpass a struggling Joe Smith and work his way into the eighth-inning setup role. It worked to perfection in Tuesday’s 8-6 win over the Rangers, as Smith, Bedrosian and closer Huston Street worked scoreless seventh, eighth and ninth innings to shut the door. Bedrosian worked well in his inning, giving up a leadoff single to Elvis Andrus before earning back-to-back punchouts on sliders and a flyout.

Bedrosian has cleaned things up in his third season, cutting his 5.6 walks per nine innings as a rookie in half while also seeing …

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