Angels get a guy to throw the baseball. Acquire Ordrisamer Despaigne

[UndertheHalo]

cash considerations.  Someone’s gotta get on the mound I guess. 

[BackUpTheTruck]

Pop the champagne

[Tank]

i'm not even gonna bother looking at this guys' stats. i'm going to assume 6+ era and some ugly advanced stats. that's just how desperate they are for arms right now.

[UndertheHalo]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

i'm not even gonna bother looking at this guys' stats. i'm going to assume 6+ era and some ugly advanced stats. that's just how desperate they are for arms right now.

You’re guess is pretty accurate.  I think I saw his era was like 5.5 or something.  Not a ton of innings this year I don’t think.  But yea, they just want anybody capable of pretending to be a pitcher at this point. 

Edited August 15, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[totdprods]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

i'm not even gonna bother looking at this guys' stats. i'm going to assume 6+ era and some ugly advanced stats. that's just how desperate they are for arms right now.

Actually has a FIP in the low 3's in small sample size with the bigs this year.

But yeah, he's just here to eat some innings with Skaggs and Trop out. 

[Troll Daddy]

I’m shocked the Dodgers didn’t get him first 

[Taylor]

Either he'll suck, or he'll pitch 15 scoreless innings, striking out 23 and walking 3, and then need Tommy John.

[JAHV76]

57 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Actually has a FIP in the low 3's in small sample size with the bigs this year.

But yeah, he's just here to eat some innings with Skaggs and Trop out. 

Could be future minor league depth with club control for a few years 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Literally the best thread title in months.

[Blarg]

Odrisamer Despaigne, come on down, you are the newest pitcher in the Angels rotation! 

[jsnpritchett]

1 hour ago, JAHV76 said:

Could be future minor league depth with club control for a few years 

He's 31 years old and has -2.2 career WAR.  He's literally just a guy.  His stats weren't even remarkable in Cuba.

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Tank]

a starter?

[stormngt]

How much are we going to miss Diaz?

[Tank]

3 minutes ago, stormngt said:

How much are we going to miss Diaz?

i can't say much, but i have it on good authority that a couple of poet laureates are working on some things for him.

[Slegnaac]

6 hours ago, Tank said:

i can't say much, but i have it on good authority that a couple of poet laureates are working on some things for him.

No going away lunch?

[floplag]

What this tells me is that weve literally exhausted anyone even remotely near ML ready on the farm, lol  

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, floplag said:

What this tells me is that weve literally exhausted anyone even remotely near ML ready on the farm, lol  

Exactly.   No reason to start the clock on Canning or Suarez in a season like this.  Especially with what it does to the 40 man roster.  You want those guys to force their way onto a major league roster and not simply be the next healthy guy up during a non playoff finish to a season.  

[mulwin444]

12 minutes ago, floplag said:

What this tells me is that weve literally exhausted anyone even remotely near ML ready on the farm, lol  

Yes...

We started the year with Skaggs, Ohtani, Heaney, Richards, J.C. Ramirez, Tropeano, and Shoemaker as the core rotation with Bridwell, Barria, Lamb, and Pena behind them as depth.

11 possible options

Currently active - Heaney, Barria, and Pena.  

It's pretty amazing to think that 4 months after the start of the season that we'd be looking at "live human, any live human" as a viable possible starter.  And, yet, this team is still 61-60, +40 Run Differential.  They could have collapsed and given up but they put up a fight and continue to try to be competitive every game.  

We're 2 weeks away from rosters expanding so there will be more arms that will be available for the BP games but, for right now, Eppler will just pull what he can off the waiver wire.

[DMVol]

5 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

.....We're 2 weeks away from rosters expanding so there will be more arms that will be available for the BP games but, for right now, Eppler will just pull what he can off the waiver wire.

Yep....It is what it is.....

[floplag]

30 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

Yes...

We started the year with Skaggs, Ohtani, Heaney, Richards, J.C. Ramirez, Tropeano, and Shoemaker as the core rotation with Bridwell, Barria, Lamb, and Pena behind them as depth.

11 possible options

Currently active - Heaney, Barria, and Pena.  

It's pretty amazing to think that 4 months after the start of the season that we'd be looking at "live human, any live human" as a viable possible starter.  And, yet, this team is still 61-60, +40 Run Differential.  They could have collapsed and given up but they put up a fight and continue to try to be competitive every game.  

We're 2 weeks away from rosters expanding so there will be more arms that will be available for the BP games but, for right now, Eppler will just pull what he can off the waiver wire.

With the volume of injuries weve had, it is kinda stunning that we are even a 500 team with mostly positive stats. 

[Angel Oracle]

This pitching health luck HAS to finally begin to change next season.

Right?

[DMVol]

I don't know if there is a guy out there who fits this description but if there is a pitcher on a multi year deal who has been a disappointment and is movable in August, would Eppler think about it, if he really likes the guy and thinks he might bounce back?  Would give you a head start on the offseason....

[mulwin444]

6 minutes ago, floplag said:

With the volume of injuries weve had, it is kinda stunning that we are even a 500 team with mostly positive stats. 

Yep...and, just looking at just the starter stats, we've performed well with the options we've had:

We are also 6th out of 15 AL teams in "Quality Starts".  We are also 5th out of 15 in reliever ERA at 3.66 but dead last in "save percentage" at 56.10%.

So, we have starters that pitch well but don't last long (5.13 IP average), an offense that struggled to score for a couple of months, and a lot of close games that we lost in innings 5-7.

  

[Dick Enberg]

Might as well just brought Weaver back for a few months!