Salas is in

[Bruce Nye]

No worries

[The God of Runs]

Let the fun begin?

[Blarg]

No damage.

Except to my blood pressure.

[Bruce Nye]

Easy peazy, lemon squeezie

[TroutField]

He must bring Sciosica some authentic tamales or something. How does he continue to pitch in high leverage situations??

[CaliAngel]

He must bring Sciosica some authentic tamales or something. How does he continue to pitch in high leverage situations??

 

Legendary nudie photos?

[Chuck]

Like clockwork.

Thanks, Bruce.

[Amazing Larry]

Legendary nudie photos?

Mathis got a good price for them.

[Guest]

[tomsred]

Is this a real thread?

[ELEVEN]

Or is it fantasy?

[Chuck]

Is this a real thread?

 

Bruce did a drive by. 

 

Blanks everywhere.

[Docwaukee]

Bringing in Salas is like going to the dentist

 

It makes you uneasy no matter what.  Most of the time it ends up tolerable but sometimes it really sucks and you don't forget.  

[Billy_Ball]

Hard to believe at one time he was a reliable closer for the Cardinals (2011.)  I heard Albert was a better hitter for that team too.

[Troll Daddy]

You guys have your favorites ... he's one of mine just because.

[totdprods]

I understand having Salas in the pen for games where we're down by a couple late in a game so we don't burn up better arms for that, but Sosh does seem to use him outside of that situation far too often.

Mentioned in another thread that I remember Carrasco, Yan, and Speier being used heavily early on in the seasons in which they were DFAed. Wonder if Salas is in a similar position. Guess the thought is use them frequently early in the year to get as many potentially useful innings out of them as possible before being DFAed, or as a last chance for them to prove themselves.

It's very possible we have some roster crunch within a couple weeks when Heaney returns, and especially so whenever Skaggs and Wilson return and since Salas is out of options that may be the end of the road for him.

Edited April 12, 2016 by totdprods

[mulwin444]

I just don't understand the Scioscia fascination with Salas. It has to stop. Salas is the type of pitcher that kills teams in the playoffs. He's so hit-able.

 

ERA since 2012

 

2012 - 4.30 ERA

2013 - 4.50 ERA

2014 - 3.38 ERA

2015 - 4.24 ERA

 

For a reliever? Yuck.

 

I think Scioscia/Dipoto/Eppler/whomever viewed/view his potential and hope he gets back to 2011.  That's the only explanation I can think of because, after 2+ seasons, actual performance has been pretty rough.  I think they see his 1.10 WHIP and his 2 BB/9 and 10 K/9 expecting it will come together at some point.

[Angel Oracle]

I'm happy as long as his inherited runners games are very limited.   Those are where he looks like Tossed Salad.

Something happens to him in those spots, whether it's telegraphing his pitches more in those spots, or whatever.

Because with no one on base, he actually looks like a solid reliever. 

Edited April 12, 2016 by Angel Oracle

[OregonLAA]

It's early but he's been good so far

[Troll Daddy]

Tough crowd

[Dick B Back]

It's early but he's been good so far

That's kinda like saying its early but Trout has been bad so far. Down the road you know what the final outcome will be.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I just don't understand the Scioscia fascination with Salas. It has to stop. Salas is the type of pitcher that kills teams in the playoffs. He's so hit-able.

 

ERA since 2012

 

2012 - 4.30 ERA

2013 - 4.50 ERA

2014 - 3.38 ERA

2015 - 4.24 ERA

 

For a reliever? Yuck.

 

I consider ERA for relief pitchers to be a pretty useless statistic. One really bad outing can screw it up for a long time. Plus. RPs can allow runners to score, and the runs are charged to someone else.

Edited April 12, 2016 by Vegas Halo Fan

[ELEVEN]

I'm happy as long as his inherited runners games are very limited. Those are where he looks like Tossed Salad.

Something happens to him in those spots, whether it's telegraphing his pitches more in those spots, or whatever.

Because with no one on base, he actually looks like a solid reliever.

Some guys just don't pitch as effectively from a stretch position.

[Blarg]

Guess what time it is?

[bloodbrother]

HR for Semien time