The Good News About Our Pitching...

[Capital_Dave]

All in all, our pitching has been good, statistically speaking.  As of 4:41PM 4/17/14:

 

#2 in the Major Leagues in strikeouts.

#7 in the Major Leagues in batting average against.

#6 in the Major Leagues in HR/FB (which indicates we've been unlucky in that regard)

 

We know we have a powerhouse offense (at least when 2/3 of our outfield isn't injured) so I think these pitching stats bode well for our future.  Coming into this season, pitching was our #1 concern and it seems like Dipoto addressed that pretty well.  His HR's notwithstanding, Trumbo is around the Mendoza Line and that trade is holding up pretty well as time passes.

[Stradling]

Well, that homerun that Moss hit last night wasn't a flyball, it was a line drive that I am surprised was high enough to be a homerun.

[stormngt]

What is the staff's ERA?

[shootem]

What is the staff's ERA?

 

4.31. Statistically the pitching has not been that good. Wilson, and to a lesser extent Skaggs, have been very good though. 

[wopphil]

I think, statistically speaking, the pitching has been a tad bit unlucky. The peripherals suggest the team ERA should be better. That being said, who knows whether this group can keep up these peripherals.

[seenoevil]

No blanton

[Chuck]

I'm stoked on our SP

[mrwicked]

Downside is I have the feeling we are one SP injury away from a meltdown.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I'm not concerned with the talent of this staff, I am concerned with the depth and with their ability to remain effective deep into the season.

[Quinlanforthewin]

I'll say it...I'm concerned about Weaver too.  But if the rest of the staff can stay healthy I really like our 2-5. 

[Quinlanforthewin]

Speaking of no depth...Capuano is of course tearing it up for the Red Sox.  He would of been (as most of us said here) the perfect sixth starter/long man for us.  Not sure why we didn't give him a look.  

[markb]

I'll say it...I'm concerned about Weaver too.  But if the rest of the staff can stay healthy I really like our 2-5. 

 

Weaver's numbers are very strange at the moment.  I'm still not convinced there's cause for concern.  

 

He's given up just 14 hits, but over a third of them have been HRs, giving opponents a very Trumbo-like line of .212/.293/.500 against him.  Even with his walk rate up, he has a 1.125 WHIP.  Peripherals on all his pitches show nothing particularly alarming with the exception of his slider, where opponents have done some damage.  So basically, the difference between a good season and what we've got from Weaver so far is a couple of missed locations on the pitch he uses the least.  

[Quinlanforthewin]

Weaver's numbers are very strange at the moment.  I'm still not convinced there's cause for concern.  

 

He's given up just 14 hits, but over a third of them have been HRs, giving opponents a very Trumbo-like line of .212/.293/.500 against him.  Even with his walk rate up, he has a 1.125 WHIP.  Peripherals on all his pitches show nothing particularly alarming with the exception of his slider, where opponents have done some damage.  So basically, the difference between a good season and what we've got from Weaver so far is a couple of missed locations on the pitch he uses the least.  

 

Very weird.  I don't know though.  I've seen all of his starts and several of them seem as if they could have been way worse, a lot of warning track outs etc.  

[Guest]

What is the staff's ERA?

This. What matters is how many runs a staff allows. According to xFIP Joe Blanton was a better pitcher than Jered Weaver last season. 

 

Perfect example of why dismissing exceptionally high or low HR/flyball ratios as if they were random chance is nonsense. 

Edited April 18, 2014 by ScottLux

[NJHalo]

Where is the marine layer when Weaver pitches?

[ettin]

Saw this spreadsheet on PAIN and HURT indicator indexes and saw a name at the very top of the pitcher list that scares me now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fkmOha3ff_igwxtJWu9g1F1g2ac9NPJ2SU1fikP8zBQ/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1#gid=0

 

Any score over 100 indicates possible injury.

[arch stanton]

Where is the marine layer when Weaver pitches?

Certainly not in Houston

[nando714]

I'm actually happy with the SP.

BP not so much.

Weaver has a big test tomorrow @ Detroit

[Brent Maguire]

Angels rotation is 3rd in baseball in innings pitched thus far. That's a really good sign because it means less of the bullpen.

 

If they can just get a few guys to be somewhat reliable in the pen, this whole thing could end up working out. 

[arch stanton]

I'm hoping Sosh will gain enough confidence in somebody to have a little quicker hook in the 7th. That's the biggest question mark going forward.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Alden_Gonzalez: #Angels’ Major League rankings heading into road trip: 6th in OPS, 20th in SP ERA, T-20th in RP WHIP, T-5th in DRS, T-5th in run diff.