The Angels’ starting rotation will look slightly different later this week on the road trip to the east coast.

Matt Shoemaker will have his next scheduled start skipped. Shoemaker’s turn in the rotation should be Saturday at Yankee Stadium. However, with an off days Thursday and Monday, Angels skipper Mike Scioscia decided to shake up things.

The starters for the Angels in the weekend series (Fri-Sun) against the Yankees will be Jered Weaver, Garrett Richards and C.J. Wilson, respectively.

"(With two days off) we don’t want some guys to get so far behind where they’re not pitching for seven or eight days," Scioscia said.

Shoemaker will be available out of the Angels bullpen for a stretch of 2-4 games and could be back in the rotation by the end of next week, Scioscia said.

"The fact of having five guys and having five guys throwing really well, you don’t want to disrupt all five," Scioscia said. "I think the best way to do it is we know that Matt can help us with the pen. He has at times before. It wouldn’t be a bad thing for him because if he helps us in the pen he’ll also get a couple more bullpens in to keep refining his release point and get his pitches down in the zone more."

Shoemaker is 3-4 this season with a 5.08 ERA but has only given up one earned run or less in three of his last four starts. He appeared in seven games for the Angels out of the bullpen last season, posting a 4.30 ERA.