Tropeano has UCL Tear

[HaloCory22]

This is incredible. 4 TJS in 2 years. Wow.

[Angelsfan1984]

2 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

Maybe Simmons can pitch. He throws around 98 MPH across the diamond.

Wouldn't chance it...he'll end needing TJ. Best to have guys like Nava and Gentry try to eat up some innings.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Lol wasn't there a stat last season that we were in the bottom 3 of teams requiring TJ surgery? I guess in the end, it all averages out. 

[California Cajun]

Another one bites the dust...

I can see a future dateline: the Angels win the World Series with four pitchers that had Tommy John surgery.

What is happening that's tearing these UCLs?

[BaseballMom]

Why do the baseball gods hate us?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

13 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

"If it wasn't for bad luck ... we'd have no luck at all"

 

[mauijim3]

8 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

There was an article posted at the beginning of the year listing all the starting pitchers and their risk of TJ. I wish I could find that to see what the odds were on our three. 

This one?  http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/02/predicting-tommy-john-surgeries.html

[Mark68]

 

[Richard]

17 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Would have been a good time to call up Newcomb...oh wait

5-7 4.48 era in AA deserves a call up?

[Turd Ferguson]

It is interesting that 3 of the 4 were acquired in trades during Dipoto's tenure. Wonder if there was some sort of breakdown there.

[Richard]

Shit man, what did the Angels do to piss off the Baseball gods?

[The God of Runs]

Who's next?

[gotbeer]

[Angels#1Fan]

unreal

[TroutCron]

Why trade Shoe for a young arm when you know what he can do and is still controllable for 4 more years. I would consider trading Santiago for a high upside starter but not for any less. It might be prudent to really beef up the bullpen considering the paucity of quality starters available in free agency. 

[Guest]

This is worse than the Plague. 

[kevinb]

Richards was an easy call on Tommy John he came in way to hot throwing over 100 in debut of spring that's on the coaching. The rest I don't know there's something wrong with our medical staff, training or something. Skaggs still isn't back to mlb and Wilson couldn't heal, Richards gone, Trop gone and Heaney gone that's not a great grade on this teams training or medical staff. Could it be all bad luck or is it something else entirely that could have been prevented?

[Mark68]

9 minutes ago, TroutCron said:

Why trade Shoe for a young arm when you know what he can do and is still controllable for 4 more years. I would consider trading Santiago for a high upside starter but not for any less. It might be prudent to really beef up the bullpen considering the paucity of quality starters available in free agency. 

Maybe they should trade Shoe before he suffers from exhaustion or shoulder fatigue or bleeding from his...wherever...

[ScottT]

At least the outfield view at Angel Stadium is top notch.

[Oz27]

3 minutes ago, ScottT said:

At least the outfield view at Angel Stadium is top notch.

Albert Pujols just reached 100 career bWAR too. Yay...I think?

[Second Base]

My four favorite pitchers since the heaney trade were Richards, Skaggs, Heaney and Tropeano.  And they all subsequently have torn their UCL's. 

[NachoPop]

25 minutes ago, Turd Ferguson said:

It is interesting that 3 of the 4 were acquired in trades during Dipoto's tenure. Wonder if there was some sort of breakdown there.

The Voodoo Doll is real. Angels win a few games in a row...... BAM!

[IEAngelsfan]

This is a disaster of biblical proportions.....

 

[Inside Pitch]

50 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Would have been a good time to call up Newcomb...oh wait

He's not been having a lot of success getting AA hitters out of late.    But sure, tell yourself he could possibly make a difference.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=656794#/career/R/pitching/2016/ALL

And in case you're wondering -- Chris Ellis has been a disaster in AAA.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=595939#/career/R/pitching/2016/ALL    ERA near 9.00 in a pitcher's park and in the International league.

[Blarg]

The list of Angels that have had Tommy John surgery. You can see how the incidences have skyrocketed over the last few years. Highlighted are the players you have seen in the big leagues, a lot of minor leaguers have been under the knife but most you don't hear about.

Andrew Heaney 7/1/2016
Harrison Cooney 4/26/2016
Jonah Wesely 7/23/2015
Michael Smith 7/15/2015
Cesar Araujo 1/1/2015
Ryan Etsell 1/1/2015
Tyler Skaggs 8/13/2014
Sean Burnett 6/5/2014
Jared Ruxer 6/5/2014
Ryan Brasier 6/1/2014
Brian Moran 4/15/2014
Delfo Terrero 1/1/2014
Ramon Rodriguez 1/1/2014
Austin Wood 8/1/2013
Stephen Tromblee 5/8/2013
Brandon Sisk 3/26/2013
Michael Clevinger 8/1/2012
Michael Kohn 4/12/2012
Cameron Bedrosian 5/1/2011
Carmine Giardina 1/1/2011
Trevor Foss 3/31/2010
Elliot Morris 3/31/2010
Jose Arredondo 2/2/2010
Hainley Statia 1/1/2010
Mason Tobin 4/30/2009
Miguel Gonzalez 3/8/2009
Michael Smith 1/1/2009
Matt Hensley 5/1/2007
Tyler Chatwood 1/1/2006
Nick Adenhart 6/17/2004
Joe Torres 1/1/2004
Hyun-Jin Ryu 1/1/2004
Matt Wise 3/25/2003
Steve Green 1/1/2001
Mike James 7/9/1998
Randy Velarde 4/8/1997
Ken Patterson 5/3/1994
Scott Schoeneweis 1/1/1994
Julio Valera 7/8/1993
Jeff Knox 2/24/1992
Glenn Carter 1/1/1991
Don Aase 10/18/1982