Angels call up RP-Jairo Diaz

[DMVol]

If Diaz and Bedrosian learn some good control they'll be solid pieces in our future bullpens.

If Diaz and Bedrosian learn some good control they'll be solid pieces in our future bullpens.

Which was one reason they felt like the could give up Alvarez in the Street trade....

[Redondo]

Glad to see the Angels get some runs today. HK, Trout and Albert putting in some work

[Inside Pitch]

If Diaz and Bedrosian learn some good control they'll be solid pieces in our future bullpens.

Mark Sappington was a complete beast after moving to the pen.  They have a ton of guys who could be sick bullpen guys.   

[nikkachez]

Mark Sappington was a complete beast after moving to the pen.  They have a ton of guys who could be sick bullpen guys.   

Mark Sappington has been sensational since being demoted to the pen. He's an interesting future piece. Bedrosian and Diaz are starting to make noise, shortly behind them are Gott, Sappington, and Reynolds. Spomer and Mahle are two other guys to keep eyes on. Mahle looks like a solid future lefty reliever. I think Gott gets the next chance to prove himself though. He's "Gott" this hehe 

[ELEVEN]

Why do i get the feeling that all we drafted were relievers?

[Tyler]

Why do i get the feeling that all we drafted were relievers?

To be fair, most are failed SP draftees.

[tomsred]

Throwing a scoreless inning, even with the wildness, did not suck.

 

....and he didn't even hit anyone.

[Guest]

Which was one reason they felt like the could give up Alvarez in the Street trade....

THe problem is we gave up all our Rondons (position player prospects) in that trade

[Lou]

THe problem is we gave up all our Rondons (position player prospects) in that trade

 

only 2 of the 4 were position players. 

the other 2 were pitchers 

[Inside Pitch]

only 2 of the 4 were position players. 

the other 2 were pitchers 

 

The guy I was most sad to see go was actually Elliot Morris.   Gott was a younger poor man's version of Alvarez... that made his inclusion a bit easier to swallow.  It was great seeing his numbers improve when he joined Arkansas.   I think adding Vinnie Pestano was an underrated move too.  He likely slides into Grilli's spot should he bolt as a FA.   Whatever people think of the trade and the cost, Dipoto deserves credit for having done a decent job of covering his bases.  He's got a couple years to get a SS in place and even if he doesn't, Aybar will only be 33 in 2017.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Inside Pitch

[ten ocho recon scout]

Agreed on pestano. Like that move alot. Im digging on the plus rp's who dokt have to be closers, over the 'lets get one plus guy to close' and have a few decent/mediocre typs formula

[Lhalo]

It was a classic movie, albeit many years ago.

 

It was a great song by The Clash as well.

[Inside Pitch]

It was a great song by The Clash as well.

 

 

Ring! Ring! it's 7 AM!...  Move y'self to go again!

[stormngt]

Mark Sappington was a complete beast after moving to the pen.  They have a ton of guys who could be sick bullpen guys.   

So Sappington flamed out as a starter?  We certainly do not have many quality starters in our system...do we?

[m0nkey]

only 2 of the 4 were position players.

the other 2 were pitchers

Excellent math

[Angel Oracle]

Mark Sappington has been sensational since being demoted to the pen. He's an interesting future piece. Bedrosian and Diaz are starting to make noise, shortly behind them are Gott, Sappington, and Reynolds. Spomer and Mahle are two other guys to keep eyes on. Mahle looks like a solid future lefty reliever. I think Gott gets the next chance to prove himself though. He's "Gott" this hehe 

Sappington's 49/10 Ks/BBs as a reliever in 32 innings is a farrrrr cry from his ratio as a starter. 

Outside of one bad outing early in his relief conversion (1 inning, 4 runs, 2 HRs), his reliever ERA is 2.30 and WHIP is under 1.00.