Our Bullpen could be really good this season

[Chuck]

Garcia, Robles, Buttrey, Anderson all look great. 

Allen is a wild card as his velo is down, but his curveball is a knockout pitch. E also has experience closing out games for a championship caliber club.

Noe Ramirez has looked good and can even give us some innings.

Bedrosian scares me, but he's been lights out in the past. Crossing my fingers on him.

 

[stormngt]

Bullpen was certainly the bright spot for the first series.  A great bullpen gives hope for the long season.  Offense really sucks

[Second Base]

The Angels bullpen looks good to me, if it has the lead.  Meaning our starter goes 6 innings and we're sporting a lead, because then they can just go Robles in the 7th, Buttrey in the 8th and Allen in the 9th and still have Anderson and Garcia available in case one of them stumbles or any of them need a rest. 

That's a great, hard throwing combination of relievers that were all relatively cheap to acquire, except Allen, who the Angels will likely flip at the deadline for prospects anyway. 

The part that I'm always worried about when it comes to Angels bullpens is what happens when the score is tied or if they're down by one?  Can we count on Noe Ramirez, Cam Bedrosian and Luke Bard to keep them in ball games and give them a chance to come back?  With Noe and Cam, I'm gonna say no.  But later in the year with guys like Pena, Middleton, Ramirez and Meyer getting healthy or moving to the pen?  Then I'd say yes. 

So to sum it up.  I' think we're good with a lead right now.  In tie games or if they're losing, I'm going to say the unit needs some help.  But by the end of the year, I think they're going to be an elite unit, front to back. 

[tdawg87]

Guaranteed to give up 6 runs in the next game now. 

[zenmaster]

This team has a tendency to only allow one of the two to be functioning at a time (hitting or pitching). Seems the past few years we can't get both to be on a roll at the same time. Is this a baseball thing or an Angels thing?

[tdawg87]

16 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

This team has a tendency to only allow one of the two to be functioning at a time (hitting or pitching). Seems the past few years we can't get both to be on a roll at the same time. Is this a baseball thing or an Angels thing?

Well we know once the offense starts scoring runs the pitching will go in the shitter and they'll be losing 8-7 instead of 2-1.

[Angel Oracle]

Epp can find pitching on the cheap.   Why is it so much tougher for him to find any kind of hitting on the cheap?    Is it like that throughout MLB?

What position players, other than Simba, have come here since 2016, and performed at anything resembling even a decent level at the plate? 

[stormngt]

4 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Epp can find pitching on the cheap.   Why is it so much tougher for him to find any kind of hitting on the cheap?    Is it like that throughout MLB?

What position players, other than Simba, have come here since 2016, and performed at anything resembling even a decent level at the plate? 

Upton is only one I can think of.

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, stormngt said:

Upton is only one I can think of.

Ohtani could be lumped in here too, although a two way player.    Otherwise, the other position player acquisitions over the past 3.5 years have been downright DREADFUL. 

[2112]

At least there aren't any albatross contracts that Eppler has gotten the Angels into.  Maybe Upton if they have to amputate....

[Mark68]

They're gonna need to be good. Let's face it, save maybe Harvey, we're not going to get any length from our starters. 

[stormngt]

12 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Upton is only one I can think of.

Let's be honest what hitter have we acquired since 2010 that has really been worth a damn?

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, stormngt said:

Let's be honest what hitter have we acquired since 2010 that has really been worth a damn?

Escobar

[tdawg87]

2 hours ago, stormngt said:

Let's be honest what hitter have we acquired since 2010 that has really been worth a damn?

Trout

[stormngt]

49 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Trout

We drafted Trout.  The topic was free agents.  But if you add trout you to add ohtani

[Docwaukee]

8 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Epp can find pitching on the cheap.   Why is it so much tougher for him to find any kind of hitting on the cheap?    Is it like that throughout MLB?

What position players, other than Simba, have come here since 2016, and performed at anything resembling even a decent level at the plate? 

you can't teach a player how to hit.  It's eye, trigger, swing, contact.  

you can teach a guy how to pitch.  

Why?  

Lot's of pitchers have stuff and/or arm.  Sometimes, making them better is all about location, sequencing, movement etc.   Those adjustments don't typically exist for a hitter.  

It's also why the Angels have focused on high upside position players in the draft's first couple rounds and left the later rounds for pitching.  

You might find the occasional player who hasn't broken out or changes their launch angle but the ability to hit was there to some degree.  You can actually teach power but you can't teach contact.  

[Taylor]

Like clockwork.

F'ing Hansel.

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, Mark68 said:

They're gonna need to be good. Let's face it, save maybe Harvey, we're not going to get any length from our starters. 

You sound like every girl ive ever dated, and who gave me "a start"   

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, stormngt said:

Let's be honest what hitter have we acquired since 2010 that has really been worth a damn?

This.

To be fair, after we folded the 2012 team, the payroll was upside down, and we werent chasing good players. Its been annoying, but hopefully it pays off in a few years.

[ten ocho recon scout]

21 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Like clockwork.

F'ing Hansel.

Looked more like gretel

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Looked more like gretel

there it is 

[Docwaukee]

12 minutes ago, Lou said:

there it is 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

So hot right now

[rafibomb]

 

 

[Stradling]

12 hours ago, stormngt said:

We drafted Trout.  The topic was free agents.  But if you add trout you to add ohtani

Well Ohtani was a free agent so he should be included.