Cory Rasmus starting tomorrow

[bloodbrother]

Eric Kay ‏@EKayAngels now

RHP Cory Rasmus will start for the #Angels tomorrow

 

 

Gotta think it's a bullpen game. Hope he can go 3 maybe? Then Salas for 2, something along those lines?

 

I'm fine with this decision

[bloodbrother]

Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR now

#Angels Cory Rasmus has not pitched 3 innings or thrown more than 51 pitches this year. Bullpen mostly available, including Hector Santiago

[DoubleOffTheWall]

why make santiago available? He is a fixture in this rotation and set to pitch when his turn in the rotation comes up. 

[Don]

I'm hoping we can get five innings out of him. I think that's doable if he can stay in the 70-80 pitch range. Did Scioscia say anything about a pitch count for him? I don't think he's thrown more than 50 or so this year, but I'm hoping he can stretch it out a bit.

[nando714]

So everything 5th day becomes a bullpen game?

[Don]

why make santiago available? He is a fixture in this rotation and set to pitch when his turn in the rotation comes up.

It's his normal day to throw between starts, so they'll just skip his pregame bullpen session and have him available for an inning or two.

[The God of Runs]

This is the correct decision. Rasmus has pitched well this year. I say he goes at least 4 innings while giving the team a chance to win.

[nando714]

Why mess up Santiago's rotation?

He's been good since being reinserted in the starting rotation.

Bottom like a trade needs to be made withing the next day and a half. The answer isn't in house

[CanadianHalo]

Ugh... Not a fan of this at all. I hope I'm so wrong about this.

[bloodbrother]

I hope they don't use Santiago...I don't think they will. Isn't he scheduled to pitch on Monday? Dude's been rolling as well

 

Best case scenario is you gotta hope Rasmus can give them 3 innings, then Salas can go 2. After that, you can go with Morin/Grilli/Jepsen/Smith...I assume Street will be unavailable. He's pitched in 3 straight games

 

Edit: I just remembered that they have Yoslan Herrera on the 25-man roster. He probably pitches an inning tomorrow. That'll be scary

Edited August 30, 2014 by bloodbrother

[CanadianHalo]

I hope they don't use Santiago...I don't think they will. Isn't he scheduled to pitch on Monday? Dude's been rolling as well

Best case scenario is you gotta hope Rasmus can give them 3 innings, then Salas can go 2. After that, you can go with Morin/Grilli/Jepsen/Smith...I assume Street will be unavailable. He's pitched in 3 straight games

Off day Monday, so Tuesday but yeah don't mess with Hector

[SoCALkid]

There's an off day on Monday for the love of God.

[Ochocinco!]

Don't agree with having Santiago pitch. Bring up Roth, let him and Rasmus go 5-6. Then let Herrera, Morin and Salas pitch. If we lose big so be it but we need Santiago in our rotation mix.

[bloodbrother]

Rasmus hasn't pitched since the 25th. I think they can manage having him stretch out to go 3 innings, 4 max if his pitch count is reasonable.

[VariousCrap]

Horrible Idea, but what the hell other option do they have?

[SoCALkid]

I think they'll use both Rasmus and Hec if they have to. And for good reason. You have Oakland against the ropes and a dead spot in our rotation. Use Rasmus and if he gets in trouble early then Hec will have to take over. Then you have Shoe on the mound sunday. With an off day Monday and a series against the astros I think people are blowing this a bit out of proportion.

[SoCALkid]

Horrible Idea, but what the hell other option do they have?

Yup

[CanadianHalo]

Horrible Idea, but what the hell other option do they have?

There's this guy in NY who's probably hitting a Wendy's drive thru pretty hard right now that we could trade for

[bloodbrother]

I think they'll use both Rasmus and Hec if they have to. And for good reason. You have Oakland against the ropes and a dead spot in our rotation. Use Rasmus and if he gets in trouble early then Hec will have to take over. Then you have Shoe on the mound sunday. With an off day Monday and a series against the astros I think people are blowing this a bit out of proportion.

 

Agreed. With the off-day, they can skip Santiago's spot and CJ can start Tuesday on what would be normal rest. Santiago would pitch in his next turn after that

 

I don't think this is a terrible idea. Rasmus has good stuff, and Salas has done very well this year. Rather roll with them for a combined 5 innings instead of calling up Roth or whoever else from the minors who throw junk and top out at 88 mph

 

After the game, probably would have to send Rasmus down for a fresh pen arm, since he probably wouldn't be available for a few days after that

Edited August 30, 2014 by bloodbrother

[tennischmp]

This is the best chance they have to steal tomorrow's game

Edited August 30, 2014 by tennischmp

[fan_since79]

We're already guaranteed a split in this series, so the decision making regarding the pitching is a little bit easier.

[Halos of Anaheim]

I think they'll use both Rasmus and Hec if they have to. And for good reason. You have Oakland against the ropes and a dead spot in our rotation. Use Rasmus and if he gets in trouble early then Hec will have to take over. Then you have Shoe on the mound sunday. With an off day Monday and a series against the astros I think people are blowing this a bit out of proportion.

This is how I see it. If we could win tomorrow and go into Sundays game up 4 with Shoemaker on the mound, we have a chance at knocking the A's out for good (maybe). 5 games out going into September, taking into consideration how both teams have matched up since May (Angels are like 7 games better than them since then) and since the AS break (4 games better) -- Oakland would have a hard time coming back from a deficit like that.

 

We need to give it our all this series. That's why Scioscia sent out Street tonight, it was a guaranteed win with him coming in the 9th.

Edited August 30, 2014 by Halos of Anaheim

[CanadianHalo]

This is how I see it. If we could win tomorrow and go into Sundays game up 4 with Shoemaker on the mound, we have a chance at knocking the A's out for good (maybe). 5 games out going into September, taking into consideration how both teams have matched up since May (Angels are like 7 games better than them since then) and since the AS break (4 games better) -- Oakland would have a hard time coming back from a deficit like that.

We need to give it our all this series. That's why Scioscia sent out Street tonight, it was a guaranteed win with him coming in the 9th.

Yep. We got the A's on the ropes right now, go for the knockout!

[SoCALkid]

Yup going for the early knockout. If we somehow sweep I don't see Oakland coming back from it.

[bloodbrother]

This is how I see it. If we could win tomorrow and go into Sundays game up 4 with Shoemaker on the mound, we have a chance at knocking the A's out for good (maybe). 5 games out going into September, taking into consideration how both teams have matched up since May (Angels are like 7 games better than them since then) and since the AS break (4 games better) -- Oakland would have a hard time coming back from a deficit like that.

 

We need to give it our all this series. That's why Scioscia sent out Street tonight, it was a guaranteed win with him coming in the 9th.

 

 

No no nooo. Full month left. They'd definitely put themselves in great position and leaves them some room for a minor bump in the road, but no way would that knock the A's out for good. Remember, final 13 games heavily favor Oakland. 10 of their final 13 games are against the Rangers and Phillies, while the Halos will be busy facing the A's and Mariners 10 times in their final 13 games. They need to build a good lead, and dominate in early September vs the poor teams they'll be playing. Still a lot of baseball left