The BIGGEST BUNCH OF PANSY PITCHERS EVER!

[halonatic13]

Heck yeah I am mad as heck!  I've never seen a bunch of pansy pitchers who are afraid to pitch!  It is truly unbelievable!!!

[martinpa25]

Amen...these guys suk a$$

[Tyler]

They're not afraid, they're just not good at it.

[jshep]

Pretty impressive how every one of the starters has been SO MUCH WORSE than anyone could have possibly expected.

[Jammer36]

Pathetic losers.

[bdavis621]

They are nothing but losers. All of them. I hate every one of them. ARTE I HATE THIS TEAM!!!

[Glen]

I thought this was gonna be an AO thread. 

[halonatic13]

Why didn't we sign Lohse? Why didn't we sign Joe Saunders?  Continue the list of free agents pitchers who would be a better option.

[CaliAngel]

Pretty impressive how every one of the starters has been SO MUCH WORSE than anyone could have possibly expected.

 

Yeah you'd think they'd do everything they could to exceed the already low expectations. 

 

Quite the opposite.

[AngelArcher]

Anibal Sanchez should've been the main target. Dipoto should've known Grienke's greedy ass was gonna be a difficult sign. That and at least giving Hunter a qualifying offer to get a draft pick. If he agrees to it, great we have him for one more year and Hamilton never happens.

[Stradling]

I'm guessing by the end of the year we will be happy with the Hamilton signing.

[Angel Oracle]

I hope so, but Hamilton looks totally lost at the plate.

Pujols had to adjust to a new league. What's Hamilton's excuse?

[Fontana Halo]

It seemed like Vargas then Williams threw first pitch balls to almost every batter.

 

If you get ahead in the count you are infinitely more like to get a batter out. I learned this when I was playing Pony League baseball as a 9 year old.

[BigGuy951]

Anibal Sanchez and Kyle Lohse would have been nice...

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I would have loved Annibal Sanchez. I didn't expect Hamilton, so I wanted the Angels to make a run at him. Once we signed Josh, I figured that wasn't gonna happen. 

[dimitrig]

Pretty impressive how every one of the starters has been SO MUCH WORSE than anyone could have possibly expected.

 

This was also the case last year, where the starting pitchers underperformed relative to expectations. You would not expect a team starting Weaver, Greinke, Haren, Wilson, and Santana to have problems with the rotation, but it did. Butcher?

[HeavenlyHalos]

I don't know what the deal is, but this rotation was trouble going into the season, even more-so considering the few options in the minor league system. Signing Blanton is a move I will never ever understand though.

[Tyler]

Mike DiGiovanna @MikeDiGiovanna

#Angels starters Joe Blanton, Jason Vargas and Tommy Hanson are a combined 1-6 with a 7.36 ERA and have allowed 67 hits in 40 1/3 IP.

[NJHalo]

I would rather have Kendrys....................as a starting pitcher

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I didn't think I could miss Santana the way I do...

[Docwaukee]

Pretty impressive how every one of the starters has been SO MUCH WORSE than anyone could have possibly expected.

I posted something similar in another thread.  It is really quite amazing.  Every single starter is much worse then their career averages.  I am pretty much on the 'fire butcher' bandwagon.  More so to see if something can spark the team at this point. 

[jshep]

Ya,

I posted something similar in another thread.  It is really quite amazing.  Every single starter is much worse then their career averages.  I am pretty much on the 'fire butcher' bandwagon.  More so to see if something can spark the team at this point. 

Ya, it's just unreal how bad these starters have been. I mean Hanson, Blanton and Vargas aren't anyone's idea of all stars, but Hanson and Vargas have ERAs above 6 and Blanton is around 8.

Much like I was with Hatcher this time last year, I'm at the a new voice couldn't hurt stage with Butcher, and hey maybe it sparks the staff into not being as terrible.

[AngelArcher]

Now that I think about it, Anibal Sanchez would probably have a 5+ ERA pitching for this team.

[tomsred]

Ya,

Ya, it's just unreal how bad these starters have been. I mean Hanson, Blanton and Vargas aren't anyone's idea of all stars, but Hanson and Vargas have ERAs above 6 and Blanton is around 8.

Much like I was with Hatcher this time last year, I'm at the a new voice couldn't hurt stage with Butcher, and hey maybe it sparks the staff into not being as terrible.

Just exactly is this "new voice" going to say?  Butcher will probably go first, but it should be DiPoto.

[Sully151]

I posed the question in the GDT, but is there any chance that Iannetta is part of the problem?

Maybe it's his game calling or the preparation before the game. Maybe it's is a pitcher/catcher communication issue.

There is another thread about the bond that CJ and Hank are working on. Strange how half the "quality" starts are from Wilson.

I hope this isn't the case because I like Chris.

Maybe the conspiracy theory about the team playing like junk in order to get the manager and coaches fired is more reasonable. It is just weird that this pitching staff has been so bad two years in a row.