Norris off the top of my head in the last couple of weeks

[stevestevens]

@ Cleveland

@Toronto

Oakland

Tonight @ Seattle

 

Those four games would be really nice to have right now. 

[wopphil]

It would sure be nice to have Hernandez back.

[floplag]

The man has single handedly taken the team out of the WC
Well in combination with our idiot manager putting him in those spots time after time'

 

[Biergott]

He's a Dyson with Cyclonic action

[gurn67]

20.27 ERA in the last 17 days. The tenets of Scioscialism will keep him pitching at critical times in big games.

At the time, I thought the Hernandez trade made no sense and now looks very bad. He wasn't making much, so it wasn't a salary dump. Also, the odds of the guy they picked up ever becoming a solid Major League pitcher is about as likely as the odds that Scioscia will drop Pujols down in the lineup this season.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Im at a bar. Went to pee, team was cruising, came back baffled.

In his defense, we wouldnt be in the mix if wasnt for the first half. Hes obviously turned pumpkin though.

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, Biergott said:

He's a Dyson with Cyclonic action

Was gonna make a vacuum comment about pujols the other day. The suck machine.

[Biergott]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Im at a bar. Went to pee, team was cruising, came back baffled.

In his defense, we wouldnt be in the mix if wasnt for the first half. Hes obviously turned pumpkin though.

 

I'm stuck waiting on a delayed flight back east for my son's travel team tourney in Cooperstown.  At least I got to watch Santa Margarita Little League advance to WEST Championship Saturday.  Was on ESPN tonight. That was FUN baseball to watch.  Bud Norris ruined my high.  

[stevestevens]

Bud Norris better buy something really nice for Trout tonight. Maybe some garlic fries. 

[gurn67]

And Norris for the Win!!!

[stormngt]

His ERA jumped from 225 to 460 since July 25th.

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 minutes ago, stevestevens said:

Bud Norris better buy something really nice for Trout tonight. Maybe some garlic fries. 

Its seattle, so probably weed.

[m0nkey]

After each outing like this I try my best not to bump the rendon thread

[ten ocho recon scout]

48 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

After each outing like this I try my best not to bump the rendon thread

Lol, that thread popped into my head, too

[Angel Oracle]

Which is worse?

BudveryLite Norris since July 25, or Gas Can Frieri in April 2014?

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, stormngt said:

His ERA jumped from 225 to 460 since July 25th.

What caused this epic tank job?

He's only pitched 44 innings in almost 3/4 of a season.   That ain't a big workload for a former starter!

[Docwaukee]

just stop putting him in meaningful situations and the damage will be far less.  

just stop it! (TM)

*AO

[Docwaukee]

2 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

What caused this epic tank job?

He's only pitched 44 innings in almost 3/4 of a season.   That ain't a big workload for a former starter!

a lack of meaningful strikes and a lack of fastball movement.  He's got a good slider and changeup.  His fastball is firm and straight.  When he doesn't command his secondary pitches, hitters sit fastball and because he throws hard, the ball doesn't take a lot to get out.  

[Angel Oracle]

New pecking order:

Bedrosian, Parker, Petit, Middleton, Bailey (back up here STAT), Chavez (not bad one time through order)......

 

 

 

BudveryLite Norris

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

a lack of meaningful strikes and a lack of fastball movement.  He's got a good slider and changeup.  His fastball is firm and straight.  When he doesn't command his secondary pitches, hitters sit fastball and because he throws hard, the ball doesn't take a lot to get out.  

That was a pretty straight pitch over the outer half to Cruz, and he absolutely destroyed it.

His command isn't all that either, 21 BBs in 44 innings, putrid for late innings work.

[Docwaukee]

9 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

That was a pretty straight pitch over the outer half to Cruz, and he absolutely destroyed it.

His command isn't all that either, 21 BBs in 44 innings, putrid for late innings work.

that's the nit with him.  he throws hard but still needs command to be successful.  he doesn't have a fearful fastball.  Some guys can get away with perfect command or really good secondary pitches because of a dominant fastball.  he can't.  

[Jeff Fletcher]

2 hours ago, stevestevens said:

@ Cleveland

@Toronto

Oakland

Tonight @ Seattle

 

Those four games would be really nice to have right now. 

Although your point is well taken, that first game in Cleveland does not belong in this category. That's a game the Angels trailed 7-0. It was tied when Norris entered. Even if Norris had pitched a scoreless inning, the Angels very well may have lost that game because I think they were running out of pitchers. 

And, although it was after your post, the Angels obviously won this one. 

So he's (mostly) responsible for 2 losses.

[gurn67]

1 hour ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Although your point is well taken, that first game in Cleveland does not belong in this category. That's a game the Angels trailed 7-0. It was tied when Norris entered. Even if Norris had pitched a scoreless inning, the Angels very well may have lost that game because I think they were running out of pitchers. 

And, although it was after your post, the Angels obviously won this one. 

So he's (mostly) responsible for 2 losses.

He's had two of the biggest 9th inning meltdowns I can remember in over 40 years of watching the Angels. I think the Toronto game was the biggest 9th inning comeback in the history of the franchise.

[Angel Oracle]

Fourteen runs in 7 1/3 innings, I'm still trying to fathom that one.

[fan_since79]

8 hours ago, wopphil said:

It would sure be nice to have Hernandez back.

It was interesting to hear Terry and Mark talking about this and agreeing that his loss has been huge.

 

Edited August 11, 2017 by fan_since79