Alvarez

[OregonLAA]

I swear this dude only pitches well when we are up or down by a lot. I remember a lot of games this year and last where he comes in and we are down but the game is close and by the time he leaves, the game is out of reach. I can't stand the guy and will never understand why he is used in close games. Or ever for that matter. Bring up someone else *end rant*

[Stradling]

Because our starters suck and we pitch four guys every single game (14th consecutive game with 4 plus pitchers) and a lot of those games are close.  If they aren't then in the previous game we pitched them all.  Lastly coming into this game he'd pitched over 10 straight scoreless innings.  He's the typical looks worse than his numbers, kinda like Salas.  

[OregonLAA]

Yesterday counted as a scoreless inning but he gave up a huge hit with inherited runners and there was enough damage done. If he doesn't do that, the Angels win last night.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, OregonLAA said:

Yesterday counted as a scoreless inning but he gave up a huge hit with inherited runners and there was enough damage done. If he doesn't do that, the Angels win last night.

I agree.  Yesterday was a game where you could point a ton of fingers.  How bout our catcher having to play 3rd base and our DH that was playing 1st base missed a lousy throw from the catcher/3rd baseman.

[OregonLAA]

I'm not saying yesterday's game was entirely his fault rather I was just using it as an example of his awfulness in close games

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

I agree.  Yesterday was a game where you could point a ton of fingers.  How bout our catcher having to play 3rd base and our DH that was playing 1st base missed a lousy throw from the catcher/3rd baseman.

Again, if it was a bad throw he would of gotten the error. FYI Cron is our first baseman and he got the error. 

Get the story straight 

[Stradling]

39 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Again, if it was a bad throw he would of gotten the error. FYI Cron is our first baseman and he got the error. 

Get the story straight 

It was obviously a bad throw, he had all day and threw it ten feet short, it was a shit throw that was catchable on a bounce, go troll somewhere else.  

[NachoPop]

Hes both a lefty and can pitch more than one inning at a time. He's not going anywhere out of necessity

[ELEVEN]

He is being groomed to replace Salas in our hearts.

[Second Base]

I've never been impressed with Alvarez. It was a fair trade, him for Romine, but Alvarez has no plus pitches, and can't get a lefty out to save his life. About the only good thing I can say about what he offers the Angels is length out of the pen.

[OregonLAA]

Bump

[nando714]

Blame the fat man wearing #14

[Jason]

Alvarez offers nothing to this team. He is not good in any situation

[mulwin444]

He's a miracle...he both sucks and blows

[Docwaukee]

It's not just one guy out of the pen.  It's like a collection of guys with #6 starter stuff.  

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

13 hours ago, Dochalo said:

It's not just one guy out of the pen.  It's like a collection of guys with #6 starter stuff.  

Which is interesting about the evolution of the bullpen.... It started due to pitchers who couldn't pitch complete games and were actually teams 5th or 6th best starters as most teams went with 4 man rotations. And now its specialty guys! 

Alvarez has value = cheap, left handed, and can stretch out into a longer relief outing if needed.

Is he ideal not really~

[OregonLAA]

Biweekly bump 

[Corona]

Alvarez is terrible and it seems like he's always in the game when it's close with runners on. Dfa this guy pls. 

[TroutCron]

Alvarez and Mahle are both terrible. When is the last time Mahle pitched without giving up runs? Hard to believe they haven't had a lefty reliever worth a damn since who the h*ll knows. 

[Troll Daddy]

I have nothing to say

[OregonLAA]

Who was our last decent lefty reliever? Fuentes?

[bloodbrother]

Darren Oliver!

[Second Base]

Scotty Downs. 

[JAHV76]

I was just about to comment about Downs

[Angel Oracle]

WTF do they see in Alvarez?