on June 19.Angels manager Mike Scioscia made it clear after Weavers previous start that he has no intention of replacing his top pitchers with prospects just because his club is out of playoff contention.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Green Goblin is ready for prime time.Eagles rookie cornerback Jalen Mills, who earned that nickname after he dyed his hair green in training camp, could start his first NFL game Monday night at Chicago (0-1).Mills practiced with the first team on Thursday because Leodis McKelvin has a left hamstring strain.Its the same Ive been approaching it since OTAs, Mills said. Just putting my best foot forward and going 110 percent at practice whether its on defense or special teams.Mills played 12 snaps after McKelvin went down in a 29-10 win over the Browns. The seventh-round pick from LSU had two tackles and allowed an 11-yard catch on third-and-13.The competition level is going to be the same, Mills said. Were in the NFL. They have a great team and we have one as well.Mills was projected to go as high as the second round in the draft but dropped way down perhaps because of issues off the field. He had a second-degree battery charged dropped to misdemeanor simple battery. Mills was sent through the courts pretrial diversion program and his charge was dismissed Dec. 4, 2015.We got a chance to talk to him at the Senior Bowl, again at the NFL combine, Eagles personnel boss Howie Roseman said after the draft. He gave us his version of the events. We investigated it like we do everything. We were comfortable enough with the set of circumstances that we were described that we thought that it was worthwhile to give him a second chance here.Mills will have a tough test against Jay Cutler and the Bears. Theyll likely find ways to have Alshon Jeffery match up against him. Jeffery had four catches for 105 yards in Chicagos loss to Houston.Mills lacks experience but he has plenty of swagger. He needs it to pull off a unique hairdo.Nobody had to coach him on confidence and the ability to bounce back, veteran safety Malcolm Jenkins said. Hes got really thick skin; hes a perfectionist when it comes to his technique and wanting to compete. 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Hes gone 4-0 with a 1.18 ERA in his last eight starts, a stretch in which hes struck out 32 and walked just three.Its his time, As manager Bob Melvin proclaimed before Sundays series finale against the Boston Red Sox. Were excited about watching him.The As also will promote another of their top prospects, right-hander Jharel Cotton, to start Wednesday against the Angels.Cotton was one of three pitchers acquired this season at the trade deadline from the Los Angeles Dodgers when the As dealt away Reddick.Alcantara will start in place of left-hander Sean Manaea, who is battling a sore back.He can only hope to be as effective as Kendall Graveman was Sunday in a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox.Graveman shut out the Red Sox on six hits over 6 1/3 innings, setting the stage for a walk-off win that allowed Oakland to snap a five-game losing streak.Alcantara will be opposed by Angels right-hander Jered Weaver, who made his major league debut 10 seasons ago. He shut out the Baltimore Orioles on three hits over seven innings that nightt en route to an 11-2 rookie year.ddddddddddddThe 33-year-old is just 10-11 with a 5.21 ERA this season, but both marks have improved significantly in his last two starts, during which hes beaten the Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds, allowing only three runs in 12 innings.Weaver has gone 14-11 with a 2.77 ERA in 36 career starts against the As. The ERA is his lowest among all teams hed faced more than 15 times.The veteran pitched a three-hit shutout in his previous visit to Oakland on June 19.Angels manager Mike Scioscia made it clear after Weavers previous start that he has no intention of replacing his top pitchers with prospects just because his club is out of playoff contention.Our philosophy and the way were going to approach every day, he said, is to go out there and win a game by starting with the first pitch of the game and winning that pitch and winning situations and going out there and playing the game the way we need to play it.The Angels flew south from Seattle on Sunday night without right-hander Matt Shoemaker, who remained hospitalized for observation after being hit in the head by a line drive in LAs 4-2 win over the Mariners.Shoemaker was diagnosed with a small skull fracture.The Angels (61-75) won two of three in the series and have opened a three-game lead over the As (58-79) in the battle to escape last place in the AL West. 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