RHP Justin Anderson for his major league debut

[John Smith]

Jeff Fletcher‏Verified account @JeffFletcherOCR 29m29 minutes ago

 

 

The #Angels have called up RHP Justin Anderson for his major league debut. Also Eduardo Paredes is back. Blake Wood has been placed on the DL, although his exact injury hasn’t been released yet.

 

• Jeff Fletcher‏Verified account @JeffFletcherOCR 4m4 minutes ago

   

 

Blake Wood has a right elbow impingement. More detail on that to come. #Angels

[tdawg87]

Lol

[tdawg87]

So we're setting a franchise record for SP used and it's not even May.

Gnar.

[totdprods]

Odd. Did we have room on the 40?

[rafibomb]

7 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

So we're setting a franchise record for SP used and it's not even May.

Gnar.

He's been used out of the pen this year.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Odd. Did we have room on the 40?

Is that the reason Bard was released?

[rafibomb]

Number 4 on @Chuckster70's Prospect Hotlist

4. Justin Anderson, RHP – AAA (8 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K’s)

The 25-year old showed a good moving mid-90s fastball and knock out breaking pitch in spring training, notching seven scoreless innings while fanning seven. He has yet to be scored upon in 2018 since and was rewarded with a promotion from Double-A to Triple-A. Anderson has punched out 14 batters across two levels in 8 2/3 relief innings. One to watch as a potential big league call-up this season for the Angels.

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Number 4 on @Chuckster70's Prospect Hotlist

^

[Docwaukee]

figured he was the next pen arm to get the call.  

I think it was speculated this spring that he must have a new pitch because of the k's he was racking up.  On top of the fact that he was pretty bad the last couple years.  Any truth to that?

Last year was his first as a reliever so it could be that he's figured out how to throw meaningful strikes with a couple of pitches.  Congrats to him.  

He was actually born in Houston so I am sure he'll have a ton of family out to watch him for the next few games.  

[Second Base]

Fastball sat around 91-92 before last year. I think it's similar to Middleton. Simply physical maturation and a move to shorter innings results in a bump in velocity. As I understand he's 93-96 now.

[rafibomb]

Sat in the low 90's as a starter and was converted to a reliever last year. Switched to the pen and velocity reaches 99 with what looks like a plus slider. Sound familiar? I shall call him...... White Keynan Middleton. His slider actually looks even be better than his.

[Ohtaniland]

Well that was pretty cool to watch. He got through the toughest part of the lineup with his family and friends all there to see it. Impressive debut. 

[Dick B Back]

Haven’t seen a rookie come in and throw a cartoon breaking ball like his since Frankie.

Good for him and in front of family, how cool!

[Tank]

5 hours ago, rafibomb said:

Number 4 on @Chuckster70's Prospect Hotlist

wait, you actually read that? 

 

hi chuck! 

[Docwaukee]

99.  plus slider.  Seriously saw him as 93-94 previously with top out at 96.  maybe.  WTF happened?  

Actually need to see him vs. lefties.  

[101halo]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

99.  plus slider.  Seriously saw him as 93-94 previously with top out at 96.  maybe.  WTF happened?  

Actually need to see him vs. lefties.  

I'm worried about him facing lefties. The horizontal run on that slider means that pitches that look like strikes are going to bean them in the knees. 

[Docwaukee]

9 minutes ago, 101halo said:

I'm worried about him facing lefties. The horizontal run on that slider means that pitches that look like strikes are going to bean them in the knees. 

maybe he's got a changeup.  

[101halo]

5 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

maybe he's got a changeup.  

Or could face a lineup of Aybars? 

[Chuck]

17 minutes ago, 101halo said:

I'm worried about him facing lefties. The horizontal run on that slider means that pitches that look like strikes are going to bean them in the knees. 

He wasn't fazed by lefties this past spring or in the minors. 

[101halo]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

He wasn't fazed by lefties this past spring or in the minors. 

It was mostly just a compliment on how much it moves and how nasty the pitch is.

And subsequently an opportunity to laugh at that Aybar GIF for about the 10,000th time. I miss that guy for entertainment value (and he was pretty damn good for quite a while). The bees, always the bees! 

[101halo]

Interesting tidbit on him: there appears to have been an Orioles prospect a few years back with the same name that never made it out of A ball, but that's it. Only other guy to play professionally with the same name. Kind of surprising given neither first nor last name are very rare. 

[Lou]

"Blake Wood has a right elbow impingement. More detail on that to come."

To clarify, Wood's elbow was impinging on the team's success.

Edited April 24, 2018 by Lou

[101halo]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

"Blake Wood has a right elbow impingement. More detail on that to come."

To clarify, Wood's elbow was impinging on the team's success.

It's pretty cruel that they made him walk to the office of Dr James Andrew. I mean, I know he has plenty of experience walking, even in LA, but still. 

[101halo]

Single game, but the horizontal break on his slider was 6.3 inches. Looked through all the best starters I could think of, only one that averages more than that on the slider (either direction) is Kluber. Crazy. 

[KevinJ14]

Best Anderson to ever put on an Angel uniform