Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Blue Jays (5/24/2018). Kinsler still leading off. Calhoun still in RF.

[T.G.]

Noe, No way... same thing.

[fan_since79]

Scioscia's 90-pitch alarm bell just went off and here he comes.

 

[bloodbrother]

Good lord these pitch counts are ridiculous. Just strikes a batter out and gets pulled at 92 pitches anyway. Wasn't like Trop had to navigate through any high stress innings in this one either. He was cruising along

[Taylor]

Just say Noe.

[Dick Enberg]

He's such a toad! Trop was rolling!

[Stradling]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Good lord these pitch counts are ridiculous. Just strikes a batter out and gets pulled at 92 pitches anyway. Wasn't like Trop had to navigate through any high stress innings in this one either. He was cruising along

I haven’t watched the game but dude is coming off of Tommy John surgery.  He did his job.  

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Tropeano drops his ERA from 4.45 to 3.86

[Angel Oracle]

Is Sosh taking this pitch limit thing a little far?

I'm 50-50 on it.    The season is two months old, and thus the arms should be loose enough now to get to 100 pitches.

But I guess he's gun shy, after the unlimited TJS's the past few years?

[Waybackman]

Never comfortable with less than an 8- point lead.

 

 

 

[Taylor]

The lolpen already doing it's thing.

[fan_since79]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Good lord these pitch counts are ridiculous. Just strikes a batter out and gets pulled at 92 pitches anyway. Wasn't like Trop had to navigate through any high stress innings in this one either. He was cruising along

But...but...his arm might fall off!

Actually, that's said only partly in jest. We have a sorry and weird history in that area.

[Angels#1Fan]

1 minute ago, The Boogie Man said:

I haven’t watched the game but dude is coming off of Tommy John surgery.  He did his job.  

This.

[Angelsfan1984]

Just now, The Boogie Man said:

I haven’t watched the game but dude is coming off of Tommy John surgery.  He did his job.  

He is absolutely cruising and gets pulled after 92 pitches. Literally nobody close. The reliever proceeds to come in and give up a double....come the hell on

[Stradling]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Is Sosh taking this pitch limit thing a little far?

I'm 50-50 on it.    The season is two months old, and thus the arms should be loose enough now to get to 100 pitches.

But I guess he's gun shy, after the unlimited TJS's the past few years?

The only pitcher that should be consistently going over 100 pitches is Skaggs.  

[UndertheHalo]

It would be cool if we had Tropeano at the end of the season.

no issue with pulling him as far as I’m concerned. 

[fan_since79]

And away we go!

 

[Waybackman]

Here we go. Always the drama

[Angel Oracle]

If that @$#^^ WUSS, BadRock, would get his #$&*& act together, the Ramirez', etc. wouldn't have to be overused.

@#$^Y#%& U, WussRock!!!!! 

[Chuck]

Scioscia: Our bullpen isn't overworked or suspect, let's send our starting pitcher who is dealing to the showers after throwing just 92 pitches.

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[arch stanton]

I'll go out on a limb and say his pitch counts are an organizational decision. Seems to be working well for him

[LAA Road Tripper]

I get Scioscia’s big picture mentality with Trop but where’s the big picture thinking toward the overworked bullpen?

[bloodbrother]

4 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

I haven’t watched the game but dude is coming off of Tommy John surgery.  He did his job.  

I know they're gonna manage the workload on all their arms but they need to look at it outing by outing IMO. It wasn't like Trop was laboring through this 92 pitch performance. Everything was pretty smooth for him this whole outing so I wish they'd have left him in vs the bottom of the Jays lineup and see if he can get through it in 100-105 pitches

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

He is absolutely cruising and gets pulled after 92 pitches. Literally nobody close. The reliever proceeds to come in and give up a double....come the hell on

Yep, long season, and you have to manage for the entire season. If this pen can’t hold a five run lead with five outs to go, then we should probably worry more about that.  

[Angelsfan1984]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Scioscia: Our bullpen isn't overworked or suspect, let's send our starting pitcher who is dealing to the showers after throwing just 92 pitches.

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Its beyond frustrating!! This is the epitome of my issue with him. He's over thinking it.

[LAA Road Tripper]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Scioscia: Our bullpen isn't overworked or suspect, let's send our starting pitcher who is dealing to the showers after throwing just 92 pitches.

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We apparently think alike.