Tropeano pulled from game because of shoulder tightness

[Glen]

It never fucking ends. Here comes Deck again.

 

[Biergott]

F

[rafibomb]

I mean we all knew this was coming. 

[Pujols4MVP]

Taylor Ward is both a reporter & a prospect for the Angels ? lmao

[arch stanton]

Just now, Vladdylonglegs said:

At what point does it go from unlucky to an incompetent training staff?

In your mind or in reality?

[kevinb]

[Second Base]

[GrittyVeterans]

His velocity was barely at 90 tonight on the fastball. I wonder if this was coming for a while 

i feel bad for him. Injuries have likely ruined his career. He had some promise but his stuff is getting worse and worse from the looks of it. Too bad

[Angel Oracle]

The worst thing is that he can be economical with his pitches.

That helps a pen, if you don’t have to be removed after 62 pitches.

[totdprods]

5 hours ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Taylor Ward is both a reporter & a prospect for the Angels ? lmao

Yeah, you didn’t know that?!

[DMVol]

Eppler may have to pick somebody up off waivers....Just don’t think they can run Deck out there again....

[Dtwncbad]

No impact on the future.

It is Nick Tropeano.  Back of the rotation depth at best.

[totdprods]

42 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Eppler may have to pick somebody up off waivers....Just don’t think they can run Deck out there again....

Yup - it’d be wise to pluck someone like a Fiers type who still has another year of control, off waivers simply to offer up some swingman depth next year. 

[zenmaster]

Turn the page. And burn the book.

[Jason]

Tropeano isn't very good anyways

[ten ocho recon scout]

I think this further pushes the need to sign a SP this offseason. Knock tropeano all you want, but with richards gone, ohtani q huge ?, shoemaker gone (for sure now, no hoping for the best) and now this ... we'll need an arm. Unfortunately.

[yamsi12]

There goes the playoffs.....

[tdawg87]

At what point do we just say "F*ck"?

[Lou]

29 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Yup - it’d be wise to pluck someone like a Fiers type who still has another year of control, off waivers simply to offer up some swingman depth next year. 

He was traded to the A's yesterday 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

At what point do we just say "F*ck"?

2015

[totdprods]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

He was traded to the A's yesterday 

That's why I said a Fiers type. Athletics didn't have to give up too much presumably since Detroit is just getting two ptbnl's from a list.

A pitcher with an option or a year of control that can pitch out of rotation or pen next year would be a helpful quiet August buy. 

[fan_since79]

7 hours ago, Vladdylonglegs said:

At what point does it go from unlucky to an incompetent training staff Twilight Zone?

We're already there.

 

[Dtwncbad]

I certainly don't wish injury on any player so don't anyone confuse what I am saying here.

For a couple years now I have been viewing the Angel pitching staff as far too bottom heavy.  I have never been comforted by a volume of back of the rotation depth.

What does having Tropeano do for the Angels?  Well, if you actually have a legit top of the rotation, he is quite useful.

If you don't, then I dont see the value.

Come hell or high water I want the Angel front office to have a freak out moment where they realize they need a front line starter.

I hope Tropeano is OK, really.  But I am not going to mind if this episode at least helps the Angels avoid feeling comfortable with an idea that 2019 will be OK because the Angels will have Tropeano and Shoemaker and Meyers. . .

The Angels NEEDED Richards to be a legit #1 starter in 2018 to contend.  The team sucks with that #1 slot basically being vacant.

Will the Angels get smart and address the top of the rotation for 2019?

[totdprods]

Thought for a minute that Trop may be on his last leg, but looks like he has an option next year still, which is big given our depth. 
I hope Skaggs, Heaney, Shoe, Barria, and Ohtani prove healthy enough that we can dock Trop's expectations back to that of a 6th SP type, but with this parade of shoulder injuries, he may also be a contender for pen depth next year. Eppler would just have to make sure he brings in another handful of SPs to push him into that field.

[totdprods]

6 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

I certainly don't wish injury on any player so don't anyone confuse what I am saying here.

For a couple years now I have been viewing the Angel pitching staff as far too bottom heavy.  I have never been comforted by a volume of back of the rotation depth.

What does having Tropeano do for the Angels?  Well, if you actually have a legit top of the rotation, he is quite useful.

If you don't, then I dont see the value.

Come hell or high water I want the Angel front office to have a freak out moment where they realize they need a front line starter.

I hope Tropeano is OK, really.  But I am not going to mind if this episode at least helps the Angels avoid feeling comfortable with an idea that 2019 will be OK because the Angels will have Tropeano and Shoemaker and Meyers. . .

The Angels NEEDED Richards to be a legit #1 starter in 2018 to contend.  The team sucks with that #1 slot basically being vacant.

Will the Angels get smart and address the top of the rotation for 2019?

They really don't have any way of addressing this without trading at least one of Adell/Canning, or signing Kershaw - neither of those sound like a good idea. 

Their best bet remains developing a frontline starter - which at this point, our best bet is Ohtani, Skaggs, maybe Canning. 
They need a consistent offense and a healthy rotation of #3 types and they'd be set. Neither have happened, and it's exposed a hodgepodge pen that has actually been pretty decent.