The starting rotations of AL West teams

[mmc]

I thought it might be time to really assess where we’re at when comparing our rotation to other AL West teams.  As it stands:

Angels:

Shohei Ohtani

Andrew Heaney

Julio Teheran

Griffin Canning

Dylan Bundy

Patrick Sandoval

 

Athletics:

Mike Fiers

Chris Bassitt

Jesus Luzardo

Sean Manaea

Frankie Montas

A.J. Puk

 

Astros:
 

Justin Verlander

Zack Greinke

Lance McCullers

Jose Urquidy

Forrest Whitley

 

Mariners:

Marco Gonzalez

Yusei Kikuchi

Justus Sheffield

Justin Dunn

Kendall Graveman

 

Rangers:

Lance Lynn

Mike Minor

Corey Kluber

Kyle Gibson 

Jordan Lyles

 

[Angel Oracle]

Rangers rotation 1-4 looks pretty decent, IF Kluber can rebound and Lynn and Minor build on their surprising seasons.

[tdawg87]

On paper, I think Texas has the best rotation. The A's have tons of question marks but we all know they'll be good. Houston has the highest upside, but at some point Verlander and Greinke are going to break down. Them losing Cole is huge.

I think as it stands, our rotation is 4th. That definitely isn't good, but I think the division is very strong pitching wise. 

Ryu would probably make us 3rd. 

[Second Base]

A few things...

1. Add AJ Puk to the A's rotation. They'll be scary good on the mound.

2. Add Forrest Whitley to the Astros rotation. They too will be scary good on the mound, as long as father time does not take Verlander and Greinke from this career. 

3. Right now, we may have the weakest rotation in the West. It's is probably a little more steady than Seattle's, but they have more upside. 

[tdawg87]

6 minutes ago, Second Base said:

A few things...

1. Add AJ Puk to the A's rotation. They'll be scary good on the mound.

2. Add Forrest Whitley to the Astros rotation. They too will be scary good on the mound, as long as father time does not take Verlander and Greinke from this career. 

3. Right now, we may have the weakest rotation in the West. It's is probably a little more steady than Seattle's, but they have more upside. 

No way is our rotation right now worse than Seattle. 

[bloodbrother]

Luzardo, Puk, Manaea, Montas. A's rotation is legit

[Revad]

Season over

[UndertheHalo]

Rip 

[Hubs]

Jarrod Washburn, Ramon Ortiz, Scott Schoenweis, Kevin Appier, Aaron Sele. (Matt Wise, John Lackey, Mickey Callaway).

As Phil said in another thread, There’s a reason why they play the games.

[tdawg87]

2002!

[Justin]

14 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

Luzardo, Puk, Manaea, Montas. A's rotation is legit

Yep. Despite what ESPN would have you believe, the A's tanked for three straight seasons, finishing last in the division from '15-'17 and trading away every asset (like Zobrist, Reddick, Rich Hill, Doolittle) for prospects (like Manaea, Luzardo and Montas). It has paid off the last couple of seasons but I think you are going to see the full benefits of it in 2020. 

[mmc]

20 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

No way is our rotation right now worse than Seattle. 

Lots of question marks on both sides.  For us it’s relying on Ohtani to be what he showed in 2018 over the course of a full season, Canning/Sandoval/Suarez taking a step forward, Teheran/Bundy performing to expectation, and Heaney staying healthy.  For them it’s Kikuchi improving upon his first year in the majors, Dunn and Sheffield hitting their potential, and Graveman performing well after returning from TJS.  Could go either way IMO.

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

2002!

Anything can happen, this is a good team but not complete.

[Bronson]

Why does anyone think Lynn and Minor will repeat what they did last year? That’s like the biggest IF there is. Those seemed like fluke seasons more then anything.

[mmc]

4 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Why does anyone think Lynn and Minor will repeat what they did last year? That’s like the biggest IF there is. Those seemed like fluke seasons more then anything.

Minor has been pretty good in every season he’s been a starter

[Lou]

didn't Whitley completely suck ass last year?

[Lou]

24 minutes ago, mymerlincat said:

Minor has been pretty good in every season he’s been a starter

2014 begs to differ

[mmc]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

2014 begs to differ

His shoulder was banged up that season, I hardly count it.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, mymerlincat said:

His shoulder was banged up that season, I hardly count it.

haha ok. 

[mmc]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

haha ok. 

[notherhalo]

haha

[Ochocinco!]

hehe

[Make Angels Great Again]

[stormngt]

3 hours ago, Hubs said:

Jarrod Washburn, Ramon Ortiz, Scott Schoenweis, Kevin Appier, Aaron Sele. (Matt Wise, John Lackey, Mickey Callaway).

As Phil said in another thread, There’s a reason why they play the games.

Bull pen was pretty good that year.

[Hubs]

1 minute ago, stormngt said:

Bull pen was pretty good that year.

Not at the beginning of the year. Donnelly and others came on later in the year and transformed the pen.