Last five pitchers tonight

[fan_since79]

Season WHIP and ERA's of the final five pitchers in tonight's game:

 

Salas

0.97, 2.19

 

Grilli

1.05, 2.05

 

Jepsen

0.99, 2.03

 

Joe Smith

0.83, 2.07

 

Huston Street

1.00, 1.00

 

 

 

[Make Angels Great Again]

Pretty much the best bullpen we've ever had.

[Spencer]

: !

[NachoPop]

And then there's 

 

Morin

1.09. 2.45

 

on the bench waiting for his shot.

 

 

On a side note, what happened to Pestano? Didnt he get traded and then pitch 1 inning striking out the side. Hurt or something?

Edited August 31, 2014 by NachoPop

[DW711]

Some person probably has this 'fact' up by now, but I don't remember another time where one team used eight pitchers/the other team used one...and the one that used eight won the damn game!

[TeemuTrout]

We should start doing this in place of Wilson's scheduled starts now, too!

[tomsred]

Before next year trade all of our starters for bullpen guys, and pitch no one more than 3 innings at a time.  It might eliminate the Tommy John surgeries.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Hate to jinx him (potentialy)....but hardy golf clap for salas, eh? Out of all the suprises this year hes been probably the biggest.

Not a set up guy, but hes been pretty solid for an inning or so in not crucial moments.

[Blarg]

Of the list in the OP, the board geniouses wanted Salas and Jepsen DFAed and Street cost too many Rondons.

[Angel Oracle]

We are human. We make mistakes.

Rinse, repeat.

I am going to simply enjoy watching the Magnificent Seven pitch, while eating BBQ'd crow.

[TroutCron]

Props to JP for building such a strong pen. Only Jepsen was there in 2013. It was a high price to pay for Street but he has stabilized the back end of the pen and been lights out. We still need for the starters to pitch deeper into the game to save the arms.

[eligrba]

We should start doing this in place of Wilson's scheduled starts now, too!

 

It will probably happen even with Wilson pitching.

[Second Base]

Loved getting Salas, knew he was still good. But I gladly eat my crow everyday Jepsen pitches another scoreless frame. I still don't breathe easy when he's in, but Jepsen has been amazing this year.

[Biergott]

Of the list in the OP, the board geniouses wanted Salas and Jepsen DFAed and Street cost too many Rondons.

I was on the get rid of Jepsen train. I still get nervous when he comes in even though it's from past experiences that are no longer relevant. The crow is yummy though!

[ten ocho recon scout]

Jepsen. Salas...

These two guys are pretty good 'faces' for the season so far. Two guys most people wrote off before game 1, and who have done exactly what theyre suppossed to do. Part of the reason this team is so cool, IMO. Trout, pujols and weaver are big names, obviously.

Santiago, shoemaker, calhoun, etc etc are a bunch of guys the rest of baseball probably paid no attention to until now. We finally have the team we always envied. Smartly aquired, relatively cheap (obviously looking past the bloated contracts of a few vs the sum of the whole), who are quietly very good, and have a chemistry this team has lacked for years.

If this team wins it all, it wont be because we outspent or because we have the best player in baseball. Its gonna be becausw guys like cowgill filled in for calhoun. Guys like showmaker stepped up.

Been a lot of fun to watch....

[Redondo]

Jepsen. Salas...

These two guys are pretty good 'faces' for the season so far. Two guys most people wrote off before game 1, and who have done exactly what theyre suppossed to do. Part of the reason this team is so cool, IMO. Trout, pujols and weaver are big names, obviously.

Santiago, shoemaker, calhoun, etc etc are a bunch of guys the rest of baseball probably paid no attention to until now. We finally have the team we always envied. Smartly aquired, relatively cheap (obviously looking past the bloated contracts of a few vs the sum of the whole), who are quietly very good, and have a chemistry this team has lacked for years.

If this team wins it all, it wont be because we outspent or because we have the best player in baseball. Its gonna be becausw guys like cowgill filled in for calhoun. Guys like showmaker stepped up.

Been a lot of fun to watch....

 

Well put

[notherhalo]

law of averages scares me with all this, but good to see the W's coming

 

seems like people forget the last few seasons, we would have won the division with less bullpen L's

[nikkachez]

It's amazing the turn over JeDi has been able to make. 2013's pen consisted of Frieri, Richards (lol), De La Rosa, Kohn, Jepsen, Downs, and a bunch of random minor leaguers sprinkled in. What does he do? He flips Downs for a valuable piece in Rasmus, signs Smith to add a huge boost, flips Frieri for Grilli, got Salas (who looked done) in the Freese deal, gives Jepsen another chance, moves Richards to the rotation permanently, adds Street and Thatcher, and gives Morin a legitimate shot to make an impression. This is the best pen I've seen the Angels field. 

Edited August 31, 2014 by nikkachez