Angels have acquired RHP Damien Magnifico

[JAHV76]

21 minutes ago, Tank said:

if he craps out, we'll be able to sing that we see a little silhouette-o of a man.

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

[Tank]

thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me.

[Tank]

maybe we need to give nicknames to a couple of our relief pitchers, like cam 'thunderbolt' bedrosian and houston 'lightning' street.

[JAHV76]

What about thunderbolt and lightfoot?

[Mark68]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me.

Galileo!

[tdawg87]

I heard Ralston Schmidt once reached 7,000 RPM's on his slider.

He didn't even throw a slider.

[Fresh Catch Trout]

our roster is such an embarassment

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Fresh Catch Trout said:

our roster is such an embarassment

In what sense?

[Fresh Catch Trout]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

In what sense?

Just outside of the 2-3 valuable pieces sense

[Lou]

You really think we only have 2-3 valuable players on our roster? 

[tomsred]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

I heard Ralston Schmidt once reached 7,000 RPM's on his slider.

He didn't even throw a slider.

Ralston understood that sliders are for eating, not throwing.  Some people are more intelligent than others.

[ettin]

4 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

I heard Ralston Schmidt once reached 7,000 RPM's on his slider.

He didn't even throw a slider.

Rum's per minute?

[Second Base]

Kipper was a solid arm, that for whatever reason the Angels buried on their depth chart. He should have been in AAA already after his impressive showing in AA and dominance in his return.

He has your typical pitcher's body (long and lean), and an average 91 mph fastball. Decent enough Breaking ball and change up too. He's the type of arm that you can slot in the back of the rotation and get 180 innings a year out of.

The Angels preferred upside though, which is why, despite his performance, he was still firmly behind Meyer, Banuelos, Scribner.... 

Magnifico is an interesting prospect. He projects to be a very capable reliever at the major league level, but he just could not get it together last year, and is more of the same this year. I don't know if the Angels feel they can turn him around, but it's a gamble.

 Not a big fan of this trade. There's so much uncertainty within the rotation right now that we could've used a stabilizing presence like Kipper. Magnifico needs to be fixed. The only way this works out is if the Angels do indeed get him right, and he becomes a very reliable 7th inning arm. But with Middleton and Paredes being ready, Pounders solidifying his spot, and Bedrock, Bailey and Street returning at some point, Magnifico may be squeezed out.

[AngelStew43]

We have had a good track record for fixing relievers.  I would've liked to hold on to Kipper, though.  I think we would've traded Greg Maddux because he wasn't projectable.

[Angel Oracle]

Is Damien Sandow his alter ego?

(caution, incoming wrasslin ref)

[John Smith]

MLB Pipeline » Prospects

Damien Magnifico | Rank: 29 (Preseason: NR)

Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 40 | Overall: 40

 

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=ana

[Angel Oracle]

Sounds like a classic reliever (power arm, questionable command).

[eligrba]

45 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Sounds like a classic reliever (power arm, questionable command).

Sounds like a classic Angels reliever.

[totdprods]

22 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Is he a starter? 

He hasn't started since A Ball...

But, Parker Bridwell was also mostly a reliever and they've had him starting in Mobile. Given what success they've had with Ramirez, I almost wonder if they're browsing around for similar relievers in the minors who could be converted back. 

[Dtwncbad]

I like the move as long as Damien Phenomeno wasn't available instead.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I'm still bummed that we didn't sign Antonio Bastardo.

[Second Base]

They traded for Magnifico and DFA'd Jose Valdez. I really don't see the difference. Both throw mid to upper 90's, both have a nice slider, both haven't put it together in the majors. Both miss the zone.

[DMVol]

26 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

They traded for Magnifico and DFA'd Jose Valdez. I really don't see the difference. Both throw mid to upper 90's, both have a nice slider, both haven't put it together in the majors. Both miss the zone.

And both were relatively cheap to acquire....they've had a good look at Valdez....now they get a look at Mangnifico....run 'em in, run 'em out, if they don't show enough....it fits the profile of probably a dozen pitchers Eppler has picked up in the last year ....probably the last legit shot most are going to get (although, with good stuff, sometimes you keep getting chances)...So far, we have seemingly hit a home run with Ramirez.....

[arch stanton]

8 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

They traded for Magnifico and DFA'd Jose Valdez. I really don't see the difference. Both throw mid to upper 90's, both have a nice slider, both haven't put it together in the majors. Both miss the zone.

Does Magnifico have options?

[Lou]

16 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Does Magnifico have options?

Yes, he has two.

1. Pitch better

2. Learn to drive a big rig