($) The Athletic: Jose Suarez Pursues a spot in Angels Rotation

[Pancake Bear]

https://theathletic.com/1632541/2020/02/24/a-different-year-a-different-me-jose-suarez-pursues-spot-in-angels-rotation/?source=shared-article

For anyone with an Athletic subscription, there’s a good read here on Jose Suarez - what went wrong and why he’s confident in himself going forward. 

[totdprods]

Suarez, Sandoval, Barria...real excited to see how these guys do this year. They were tested at an incredibly young age and were promoted very aggressively, only being here in 2019 out of necessity. 

The Angels’ fortunes could turn their favor real quickly if these guys take a step forward this year.

[UCLAngel]

14 hours ago, totdprods said:

Suarez, Sandoval, Barria...real excited to see how these guys do this year. They were tested at an incredibly young age and were promoted very aggressively, only being here in 2019 out of necessity. 

The Angels’ fortunes could turn their favor real quickly if these guys take a step forward this year.

I feel the same way...if those guys get held back a year in AAA, we likely have three high achieving prospects rather than three underachieving MLBers.  If 2 of the 3 take a significant step forward, we could be looking at a solid core of young arms. 

[Erstad Grit]

Meh. We need an ace and guys like this fighting for the last spot.

[floplag]

We all know there isnt a Cy young to be had out there, but man i have to say i love the depth in the rotation right now.
If we add an ace this spring or before the deadline, which i believe we will, we could be very dangerous indeed.

[Pancake Bear]

24 minutes ago, floplag said:

We all know there isnt a Cy young to be had out there, but man i have to say i love the depth in the rotation right now.
If we add an ace this spring or before the deadline, which i believe we will, we could be very dangerous indeed.

Especially with the newest news on the Yanks. No one is running away with anything in the AL this season. 

[floplag]

1 minute ago, Pancake Bear said:

Especially with the newest news on the Yanks. No one is running away with anything in the AL this season. 

I didnt really think anyone would run away anyway, but yeah, its going to be an interesting ride. 

[nate]

He was so absolutely awful I don't have any confidence.  I think Sandoval has a much better shot.

[Docwaukee]

you're going to see a completely different Jose Suarez this year than you did last year.  

[rafibomb]

10 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

you're going to see a completely different Jose Suarez this year than you did last year.  

I agree. After all the success he's had rising through the farm (all while being significantly younger than the competition) I'm a little surprised about the amount of people just writing him off after one bad year in the majors where he was clearly called up when he wasn't ready.

Edited February 25, 2020 by rafibomb

[eligrba]

15 hours ago, rafibomb said:

I agree. After all the success he's had rising through the farm (all while being significantly younger than the competition) I'm a little surprised about the amount of people just writing him off after one bad year in the majors where he was clearly called up when he wasn't ready.

[ScruffytheJanitor]

27 minutes ago, eligrba said:

It looks like she's saying "Wank it" to me.

[Glen]

54 minutes ago, ScruffytheJanitor said:

It looks like she's saying "Wank it" to me.

We usually see what we want to see.

[Angel Oracle]

He wasn't afraid to pitch inside yesterday to LHHs.   That was nice to see. 

[Angelsjunky]

I think Jose is going to surprise some people. Of the four young pitchers we've seen the last couple years, I'd rank them as follows:

Upside: Canning, Suarez, Sandoval, Barria

Floor: Canning, Sandoval, Barria, Suarez

Chris Rodriguez has an even higher upside than Canning, but a lower floor than Suarez. I consider Soriano similarly to Suarez.

 

 

[ettin]

Curveball spin is legit.

[ELEVEN]

On 2/25/2020 at 3:32 PM, Dochalo said:

you're going to see a completely different Jose Suarez this year than you did last year.  

Was another Jose Suarez using his green card last year?

[tdawg87]

8 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

I think Jose is going to surprise some people. Of the four young pitchers we've seen the last couple years, I'd rank them as follows:

Upside: Canning, Suarez, Sandoval, Barria

Floor: Canning, Sandoval, Barria, Suarez

Chris Rodriguez has an even higher upside than Canning, but a lower floor than Suarez. I consider Soriano similarly to Suarez.

 

 

You think Suarez has higher upside than Sandoval?

[Angelsjunky]

58 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

You think Suarez has higher upside than Sandoval?

I do. Sandoval is more likely to be better, but if both actualize their full potential, Suarez will be better. IMVHO.