Orange County Register: Angels' Tyler Skaggs makes successful return to Anaheim mound

[AngelsWin.com]

ANAHEIM – For the first time since a game against the Detroit Tigers on July 25, 2014, Tyler Skaggs stepped onto the mound Saturday at Angel Stadium.For the first time, it was also out of the bullpen.In the Freeway Series finale, a 8-1 victory...

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[Billy_Ball]

Good to see Skaggs hitting 97 mph last night.  Well, at least according to the generous radar gun.  NiTro was clocked at 95.

[Second Base]

He looked pretty freakin' good too. The radar gun was probably 1 mph too hot, but Skaggs as a top prospect was sitting 93-95, if I remember right it was 92-94 with the Angels before surgery. He's had 20 months off, there shouldn't be as much rust to shake off as others.

[Angelsjunky]

I still have high hopes for this guy. To me he has equal or even slightly higher upside than Heaney.

 

Angels rotation, 2017: Richards, Strasburg/Cashner, Heaney, Skaggs, Tropeano

[tomsred]

I wondered if any of you guys saw the documentary movie "Fastball" narrated by Kevin Costner.  I didn't realize until I saw it on Saturday that the speed of pitches is currently measured just after the pitchers releases it off the mound, 50 feet from home plate.  Given that a fastball loses 1 mph for every foot that it travels that would make Weaver's "fastball" something like 70 mph when it crosses home plate.  Compensating for different measurement techniques over the years, the fastest pitch ever was thrown by Nolan Ryan, late in his career, and in the ninth inning of a game.  It's a pretty fascinating movie if you haven't seen it.  Also fastballs do not rise, some just drop lower more quickly than others.

Edited April 4, 2016 by tomsred