So in the wake of the Mulder injury and the oncoming Blanpocalypse, here are the remaining FA starters

[Brent Maguire]

48 mil for Ubaldo is very risky.

I get why the Orioles are doing it since they are a fringe contended but what happens if Ubaldo pitches like he did in the first half of last year?

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Orioles in agreement with Jimenez. Deal is pending physical.

Santana will probably sign with Toronto.

[fan_since79]

Chris Capuano (35)

Odrisamer Despaigne (27)

Jon Garland (34)

Ubaldo Jimenez (30)

Jair Jurrjens (28)

Jeff Karstens (31)

Jason Marquis (35)

Jeff Niemann (31)

Clayton Richard (30)

Ervin Santana (31)

Johan Santana (34)

Joe Saunders (33)

Barry Zito (36)

 

At least two of those guys I've never heard of.

 

Talk about dumpster diving...love the three former Angels on the list there.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

• Asked if the Angels need to address their starting-pitching depth in light of Mark Mulder's season-ending left Achilles' injury, Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said: "We'll continue to monitor either the trade market or what might be out there. But as we've talked about, we like the group we have, with [Jered Weaver] and C.J. [Wilson] and Hector [santiago] and Tyler [skaggs], and we do feel like we have depth beyond that."

Crap.

[jsnpritchett]

• Asked if the Angels need to address their starting-pitching depth in light of Mark Mulder's season-ending left Achilles' injury, Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said: "We'll continue to monitor either the trade market or what might be out there. But as we've talked about, we like the group we have, with [Jered Weaver] and C.J. [Wilson] and Hector [santiago] and Tyler [skaggs], and we do feel like we have depth beyond that."

Crap.

  Where's the depth, Jerry?

[fan_since79]

If Trout, Pujols, and Hamilton hit 100 home runs between them,

AND Freese, Aybar, and Kendrick each hit better than .280,

AND Ibanez has a solid offensive season,

AND we figure out how to run the bases correctly,

AND a whole lot of other things go right (high average with RISP, low # of GIDP),

 

we should be okay.

 

The pitching could get ugly, but a strong enough offense might be able to compensate.

Edited February 18, 2014 by fan_since79

[jshep]

Matt Shoemaker

Joe Blanton

Uhhhh....... Wade LeBlanc, I guess?

That's some depth

[Angel Oracle]

Don't worry guys, Blanton's got this.

[ukyah]

the average number of starters used last year by playoff teams was 11 or 12. the lowest number used was by the tigers at a substantially lower number of 8. try to find 11 or 12 starters for the angels to use this year, then look at your top 8. i dare you.

 

starting pitching may be what gets jerry dipoto fired, and even as a supporter of his, it would be hard to argue against it.

[fan_since79]

Peering into the Angels' pitching depth:

 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

7:12pm: Jimenez gets four years and $50MM in the deal, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.

He got the same contract as Garza, but Garza got an option for the fifth year.

[jshep]

the average number of starters used last year by playoff teams was 11 or 12. the lowest number used was by the tigers at a substantially lower number of 8. try to find 11 or 12 starters for the angels to use this year, then look at your top 8. i dare you.

starting pitching may be what gets jerry dipoto fired, and even as a supporter of his, it would be hard to argue against it.

Ya, it's kind of stunning how he's put himself in a position to get burned by the exact same mistakes he's already made previously.

[mtangelsfan]

There is no depth.  Dipoto had to have choked that quote out with a barf bag on the side.  What a joke.

[Docwaukee]

• Asked if the Angels need to address their starting-pitching depth in light of Mark Mulder's season-ending left Achilles' injury, Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said: "We'll continue to monitor either the trade market or what might be out there. But as we've talked about, we like the group we have, with [Jered Weaver] and C.J. [Wilson] and Hector [santiago] and Tyler [skaggs], and we do feel like we have depth beyond that."Crap.

Wtf. I'm not even sure they have enough actual pitchers to fill out the mlb and aaa pitching staffs.

[jshep]

So assuming Blanton makes the team as a swingman, Salt Lake's rotation is:

Shoemaker

Wade LeBlanc

Jarrett Grube

Justin Thomas

And I have absolutely no idea.

[fan_since79]

So assuming Blanton makes the team as a swingman, Salt Lake's rotation is:

Shoemaker

Wade LeBlanc

Jarrett Grube

Justin Thomas

And I have absolutely no idea.

 

The Piece!

[Angel Oracle]

What harm is it now to sign Capuano?

[jsnpritchett]

I didn't know Llewyn Davis was a baseball fan.

 

Well, the music thing didn't really work out for him, so other than the cat, he needs to do something to pass the time...

[DMVol]

What harm is it now to sign Capuano?

Seems like an excellent idea to me...he's like the last girl in the bar at 2am...

[NrM]

the average number of starters used last year by playoff teams was 11 or 12. the lowest number used was by the tigers at a substantially lower number of 8. try to find 11 or 12 starters for the angels to use this year, then look at your top 8. i dare you.

 

starting pitching may be what gets jerry dipoto fired, and even as a supporter of his, it would be hard to argue against it.

/thread

[eligrba]

The best pitching option may actually emerge after the season begins.  At least I keep telling myself that.  I would guess that Dipoto is laying the groundwork for a mid season trade.

 

Just a thought.

[KingJustinian]

Seems like an excellent idea to me...he's like the last girl in the bar at 2am...

 

But the best girl at the bar was a 6.5/10

[KingJustinian]

The best pitching option may actually emerge after the season begins.  At least I keep telling myself that.  I would guess that Dipoto is laying the groundwork for a mid season trade.

 

Just a thought.

 

There was some article that I vaguely remember from like a week ago saying that is a possibility, such as taking in a pitcher that is good but is paid a lot. He might not want to pick up salary for a fringe starter, even if it's only a couple of million, because of that.

[eligrba]

At closing time, everyone is a 10. 

[jshep]

The best pitching option may actually emerge after the season begins.  At least I keep telling myself that.  I would guess that Dipoto is laying the groundwork for a mid season trade.

 

Just a thought.

 

Well there's 2 problems with that

 

1) Hard to justify a mid-season trade if the pitching staff you've cobbled together with duct tape and a prayer to start the season sinks you

 

2) The Angels aren't exactly overflowing with pieces to make a mid-season trade.

Edited February 18, 2014 by jshep