Props to Andrew Heaney!!

[Chuck]

6 IP, 1ER, 5 K. Great start!

 

I don't give two shits about his Triple-A ERA when his home stats vs. road stats are night/day different (3.65 ERA on the road, 6.09 ERA at home), not to mention it's a tough league to pitch in regardless. Las Vegas. El Paso and Reno suck balls too.

[OregonLAA]

He will be up and down if he stays up with mostly good starts. But we have 3 guys pitching who are up and down giving us a lot of bad starts

[nando714]

Calhoun kinda sucks

[nando714]

6 IP, 1ER, 5 K. Great start!

I don't give two shits about his Triple-A ERA when his home stats vs. road stats are night/day different (3.65 ERA on the road, 6.09 ERA at home), not to mention it's a tough league to pitch in regardless. Las Vegas. El Paso and Reno suck balls too.

Chuck I love your enthusiasm

But let some teams get film on him then let the front office judge

[Jimmag]

Did not get to watch according to the box score looks like he did well. Good News.

[tomsred]

Chuck I love your enthusiasm

But let some teams get film on him then let the front office judge

 

I didn't know filming was illegal in the minors.

[SoWhat]

But but he's a bust

[tdawg87]

Heaney will only be considered a non-bust if he finishes the next 3 seasons with an ERA no higher than 3.28. 3 seasons worth of scouting is enough time to officially judge when a player is legit.

[nando714]

I didn't know filming was illegal in the minors.

Scouting reports aren't legel from aaa to majors?

[ten ocho recon scout]

I didn't know filming was illegal in the minors.

ask chad curtis about that

[Guest]

He pitched a good game, I was very surprised—one of those instances where I'll gladly eat crow.

[Guest]

We might be able to trade him to KC for Blanton.

[Broad Street]

We might be able to trade him to KC for Blanton.

He's 2-0 with a 1.73 ERA.

[Mark68]

6 IP, 1ER, 5 K. Great start!

 

I don't give two shits about his Triple-A ERA when his home stats vs. road stats are night/day different (3.65 ERA on the road, 6.09 ERA at home), not to mention it's a tough league to pitch in regardless. Las Vegas. El Paso and Reno suck balls too.

So do Albuquerque & Colorado Springs (elevation approx 6500').

[Mark68]

Dude was nails.

[DMVol]

If he keeps on doing it, they'll find a spot for him....and he doesn't have a sucky brother in the rotation, like Jered in 06....

[Blarg]

Heaney and Santiago are probably getting together to night, have a couple of steaks, drink some beers, then figure a way to torch all of the bats in the rack because it's not as though they get any help from them.

[JoJo26]

He was great Wednesday....limiting a team who lit us up Tuesday.

 

Hope Butcher doesn't eff him up...

[Ocangelfan]

pleasantly surprised by how well he pitched...a few more of these games and we have some real options ahead of us.   our offense is so bad im a little leary of thinking a piece or two can change it.  maybe we should have swapped out kendrick for gordon   , but then we would not have johnG   forget it.

[Docwaukee]

Great job today.  He was spotting his fastball early in the game which is a big key for him.  Then he went to the slider more and actually got even better.  

 

At first I thought he was getting squeezed but after reviewing brooks baseball it appears that Hirshbeck did a very good job.  Heaney just threw a lot of pitchers pitches.  

 

It will be interesting to see what happens when his fastball command isn't as good, but kudos to him for bringing it.  

[LAAMike]

Also kudos to the BP for seven shutout innings.

[tomsred]

Also kudos to Mike Butcher!

[Richard]

Solid debut. Couldn't ask for anything better. Hopefully the offense can reward him with 10 runs next game.

[Don]

He pitched his ass off, and could have gone longer. The one run he gave up was largely due to Joyce misplaying a ball (subject to interpretation, but I think the route/judgment was terrible). Bottom line: He did a GREAT job.

Edited June 25, 2015 by Don

[Second Base]

Heaney's a huge part of the Angels future, along with Newcomb, Skaggs, Richards and Ellis. I can't wait for that day.

Also, I spoke with someone who should know these sorts of things and he says it's really unlikely the Angels trade a pitcher from their rotation this season. Teams that are buying at the deadline don't deal from their current roster and teams that are selling in-season do not want higher priced vets. Santiago's caught in the middle of the two.

Chances are the Angels will build a package around guys like Rhoades, Nate Smith and Vic Alcantara. That should be enough to get a halfway decent LF for a year or two.