Sean Newcomb

[Cdaniel]

Or Texas

[Richard]

Calling all So. Cal Angels fans. If you don't go out to San Berdo on Saturday, you have other plans or you're a lazy loser. 

 

Or you're a maybe, like IEBRUIN. 

 

I agree

[HaloCory22]

Calling all So. Cal Angels fans. If you don't go out to San Berdo on Saturday, you have other plans or you're a lazy loser. 

 

Or you're a maybe, like IEBRUIN. 

Racist!

[nando714]

Or you live in cypress and don't feel like driving to the ie

[Chuck]

Or you live in cypress and don't feel like driving to the ie

 

Lazy.

[ELEVEN]

Doheny blues fest this weekend. Gonna try to catch his start after that one.

Should be May 21 vs Rancho (dogs) at home. Thursty Thursday!

Edited May 14, 2015 by ELEVEN

[Diaz15]

If I wasn't going to a wedding, I'd be there.

[Tyler]

I'll go. Hopefully it won't still be raining.

[Don]

Allowing major prospects to work/live in San Bernardino seems like a terrible idea from a risk/reward standpoint.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Don

[SoWhat]

I'll be there Saturday. Hopefully the rain is gone by then

[T.G.]

or you're planning to go see Bryce Harper in San Diego...

[Hollyw00d]

Or you live in New Hampshire

....why?

[Hollyw00d]

I dont even know where san Bernardino is. That's in Mexico, right?

[AngelStew43]

AngelStew lives in San Berdoo.  Sadly, I have to work on Saturday.

[AngelStew43]

Almost.

[Harry Simons]

Me and Peggy will be there. We got seats right behind home plate. Let's go Angels.

[beatlesrule]

[Second Base]

Jeremy Rhoades should be getting his as well. 

[SoWhat]

@KyleAGlaser: First impression of Newcomb? Man he makes everything look easy. Fluid delivery, no gimmicks, just good, simply mechanics

@KyleAGlaser: Sean Newcomb's FB sitting 90-94 with some cut inside to righties. Changeup sitting 78-83 right now. @66ersBaseball #Angels

@KyleAGlaser: Second impression? Good lord what a changeup. Thing freezes and drops, batters flailing. Already, I'm buying into Newcomb. #Angels

@KyleAGlaser: Newcomb's changeup is ridiculous. Easy arm action identical to fastball so can't be picked up, then it just dies. Lot of bad swings #Angels

[tdawg87]

I don't know who that is but it looks like pornography.

[ettin]

Yes tdawg, dirty filthy pornography....

[NrM]

They sure are taking things slow. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me since he was already pretty polished coming out of college.

Edited May 17, 2015 by Poozy

[Inside Pitch]

They sure are taking things slow. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me since he was already pretty polished coming out of college.

What does being polished or not have to do with workload?  Not sure I'm following, it's not like he had piled on the innings prior to this season.

 

He maxed out at 93 innings in college, took most of the summer off and then tossed less than 20 innings in the minors.  A jump to even 140 innings this year would be nearly a 50% increase in his workload.   My guess is they are watching his pitch counts and trying to keep him from being fatigued, since injuries tend to happen more often than not when a player is fatigued.  

 

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=sean-newcomb-1

Edited May 17, 2015 by Inside Pitch

[Second Base]

Also, despite the tremendous upside Newcomb possesses, let's not pretend he entered the pros with the same degree of refinement as his peers from Stanford or ASU. The time he's spent in A Ball has been good for him.  His delivery has become much more consistent, and while his BB/9 has been poor, he's battled out there in every appearance.  He shows the kind of spirit it takes to work yourself out of a jam and continue putting up zeroes.  I know it doesn't show up in the box score but this kid handles himself quite well on the mound, and definitely should do well in the majors. 

[Docwaukee]

He actually didn't get a ton of innings in college.  Which is a good thing btw.  

 

My guess is that he is slated to spend the entire year in the minors ramping up his innings.  Taking it slow makes sense.  He had stuff to work on and they wanted him in an environment to be able to do that.  Work through situations where he's getting a feel for his stuff.  Not toss him to the wolves where he was taxing himself to a level where he couldn't find a rhythm.  

 

I bet they start considering another promotion after about 8-10 starts at high A depending on how he does.  If all goes well, he probably gets moved to AA and make 8-10 starts there to finish the season.  At that point, he'll be challenged a bit more and it will give him a taste of some more polished and talented players.   

 

Next year, he'll either start at AA for a few games and get moved up or got to AAA outright and he'll be one of the first guys up to take someone's place if need be.  

 

I could see the Angels trading Santiago, Shoe or Wilson this offseason for some offensive help.  Then letting guys like Skaggs, Trop, Heaney and Newcomb fill the rest of the rotation and become depth.  They also have Smith, Deloach, McGowin and a few other working their way up.  

 

They'll have the depth to acquire a preston tucker or someone like that who is ready to make the jump.