Jeppy

[nando714]

Being Jeppy

[Glen]

Two quick outs and then shit the bed.

[ELEVEN]

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[Jason]

Jepsen is not a developing prospect anymore. We know what he is going to bring to the table. Inconsistency.

[AngelArcher]

I can't stay mad at someone with such an awesome nickname.

[Chuck]

Two quick outs and then shit the bed.

 

Yep. 

 

It's those two quick outs that give the coaching staff a boner and keep him on the team however. 

[ELEVEN]

The warts will probaly come off of their genitals nicely.

[Mark68]

So, how many bullpen guys do we need if we limit them to two outs each?

[Section517]

Good to see Butcher excelling at what he does best.....NOTHING

[bloodbrother]

This pretty much sums up Jepsen for me

 

[ettin]

Jepsen always presents a fake mound presence like he is the best closer in the world and then just falls flat at some of the most critical moments in the game. Good fastball, inconsistent in-game mentality. He needs a change of scenery.

[YouthofToday]

Jepsen is merely the definition of a league average RP. Unfortunately the team doesn't have a whole lot of better options for the role he is tasked with (keep game close if our win probability is less than 25% as it wS entering the 9th).

[Chimi]

Jeppy's ERA after one game ... 67.50, haha.  Go get em Jeppy!

[ten ocho recon scout]

Jepsen, meet the jepsen, he gives up crucial runs in the threeeeees. From the, angels bullpen, he could blow a freakin ten run lead.

[SoWhat]

"These guys are better than they showed tonight," Scioscia said of the relievers, who ranked third in the Majors in ERA during Spring Training. "They've been throwing the ball well all spring, they have good arms. They didn't get it done tonight, but they're better than this."

 

[jsnpritchett]

Reminder: this is Jepsen's 13th year with the organization.  13th.  That's crazy.  I wonder if it really is a situation where Scioscia just loves the guy? We've been through multiple general managers, farm directors, pitching coaches, etc during those 13 years, yet Jepsen and his mediocre-at-best numbers remain.

[Jay]

kind of let the air out of the opening day balloon eh

[Redondo]

kind of let the air out of the opening day balloon eh

 

Turned an exciting opening day into a blowout, ugh

[TobiasFunke]

kind of let the air out of the opening day balloon eh

Naw, that moment was Scioscia keeping Weaver in when he shouldn't have

[Inside Pitch]

Two quick outs and then shit the bed.

 

 

He has to be the single most frustrating reliever the team has ever had.  His stuff moves soooo freaking much and he yet he's a gas-can.

[tdawg87]

Naw, that moment was Scioscia keeping Weaver in when he shouldn't have

So then we would have lost the lead even sooner.

[Jim]

I can't honestly tell you who is more frustrating, him, or the GM and/or the coaches who don't see him for what he is?

 

It is the bullpen alone that should keep Dipoto from gaining an extension. 

[Reveille1984]

Relievers are the most volatile players in baseball barring a select few; what the hell is Dipoto supposed to do about us developing pretty much zero top tier bullpen guys in the past what.. five years? 

 

If you look at the teams with good relief pitching, it's pretty much always random guys from their farm system that can't hack it as starters but still have good stuff and develop their relief game.  We have what, Kohn, Salas, Jepsen, Shoemaker?  Thank god we were able to trade for Frieri and grab Joe Smith or else things would be looking ultra bleak.  Hopefully guys like Alvarez pan out soon, but I can't blame this on Dipoto.  You can't sign 7 bullpen guys on the FA market.  At some point you have to develop some guys that can actually get the job done.

[fan_since79]

His splits show he's not good in March/April. Opposing hitters put up a .965 OPS. That number drops by about 200 points in May, and July is his most effective month (.580).

[jshep]

"These guys are better than they showed tonight," Scioscia said of the relievers, who ranked third in the Majors in ERA during Spring Training. "They've been throwing the ball well all spring, they have good arms. They didn't get it done tonight, but they're better than this."

Well in all fairness, Kevin Jepsen is better than a 67.50 ERA....probably