As if the in-house issues weren’t bad enough

[Brent Maguire]

Segura is going to come back down a lot but he's still a really sold player, probably a better player than Howie is.

But I still applaud Dipoto for getting Greinke out of that, even if it didn't turn out as hoped.

[70runner]

I see Ervin still looks like he got bit in the face by a radioactive super wasp.

LMFAO

[AngelsLakersFan]

From 2008 to 2013 Santana has had the best slider in the game (pitch value-fangraphs). There was never a question about his stuff.

 

The problem was that over that same 5+ years his fastball was the 2nd worst pitch in the game. It was clear that after losing so much velocity (elbow problems) after 2008 that his fb was no longer a plus pitch. It quickly turned into a homerun pitch but no changes were made. No change to a cutter or 2 seamer. No additional reliance on a change. Just keep throwing it. He kept throwing the fb about 56% to 58% of the time.

 

This year he's throwing the fb only 43.7% of the time but has added a 2 seamer (11.9%) and he's throwing the slider a career high  40.7% of the time.

 

Nice adjustment.

 

To be fair, the Angels do not believe he can stay healthy throwing that slider so often after he had that arm injury and almost needed Tommy John surgery a few years back.