Angels projected starting pitchers? 4 lefties?

[dhack]

Are the angels really gonna start 4 lefties in the rotation?

[mmc]

Yes

[tdawg87]

Yes.

[dhack]

Isn't this rather unusual?  The irony is that Ohtani bats left and is the only righty? 

Edited February 20, 2023 by dhack

[failos]

39 minutes ago, dhack said:

The irony is that Ohtani bats left and is the only righty? 

Not sure I see the irony here.

[TempeAngel]

3 hours ago, dhack said:

Isn't this rather unusual? 

It think so.

I can't think of another staff that had four LHP's in the opening day starting rotation. I'm sure there are examples out there but it must be pretty rare.

[BTH]

4 hours ago, dhack said:

Are the angels really gonna start 4 lefties in the rotation?

They may even start 5 lefties in the rotation, if Davidson wins the job.

[BTH]

36 minutes ago, TempeAngel said:

It think so.

I can't think of another staff that had four LHP's in the opening day starting rotation. I'm sure there are examples out there but it must be pretty rare.

There probably aren’t many, if any, examples because most teams don’t use a 6-man rotation.

[TempeAngel]

10 minutes ago, Trendon said:

There probably aren’t many, if any, examples because most teams don’t use a 6-man rotation.

They are starting four LHP's of their five. The sixth starter will be a swingman/hybrid used only when they don't have a scheduled day off. 

And hypothetically, if all 30 teams had a six man rotation there would be a greater chance that four of them could be LHP's.

[BTH]

I think the Dodgers had 4 LHP’s in their rotation at some point last season: Kershaw, Urías, Heaney, and Anderson.

[BTH]

52 minutes ago, TempeAngel said:

It think so.

I can't think of another staff that had four LHP's in the opening day starting rotation. I'm sure there are examples out there but it must be pretty rare.

I just looked it up, and it was a team who had a six-man rotation: the 2021 Mariners.

Marco Gonzales, Justus Sheffield, Yusei Kikuchi, and James Paxton.

Paxton only made 1 start, but those 4 were all in their rotation on Opening Day.

[BTH]

9 minutes ago, TempeAngel said:

And hypothetically, if all 30 teams had a six man rotation there would be a greater chance that four of them could be LHP's.

Yeah, that’s what I’m saying when I said there are less examples because most teams don’t have a six-man rotation.

Edited February 20, 2023 by Trendon

[TempeAngel]

1 minute ago, Trendon said:

Yeah, that’s what I’m saying when I said there are less examples because most teams don’t have a six-man rotation.

Right, I got that but the Angels won't really have a six man rotation. Their plan is to add a spot starter when they don't have a day off. It could even end up being Barria in a hybrid role.

They have five starters locked in, barring injury, and four of them are LHP's.

 

**additional motivation for my original post was to support @dhack (could be a hack account) who was making his first post.

[Docwaukee]

Not all at once.  

[dhack]

3 hours ago, TempeAngel said:

Right, I got that but the Angels won't really have a six man rotation. Their plan is to add a spot starter when they don't have a day off. It could even end up being Barria in a hybrid role.

They have five starters locked in, barring injury, and four of them are LHP's.

 

**additional motivation for my original post was to support @dhack (could be a hack account) who was making his first post.

Thanks for the reply Tempe and yes this was my first post here.   And DHack is just an abbreviation of my real name I can assure you I'm no Hack.  : )

[dhack]

7 hours ago, failos said:

Not sure I see the irony here.

Yes "irony"  probably a  poor choice of a word .  Maybe its a bit "odd" that the Angels are really close to trotting  out 5 lefty starters to begin the season.   

[failos]

1 hour ago, dhack said:

Yes "irony"  probably a  poor choice of a word .  Maybe its a bit "odd" that the Angels are really close to trotting  out 5 lefty starters to begin the season.   

I find it interesting.

[Angelsjunky]

10 hours ago, failos said:

Not sure I see the irony here.

[dhack]

LMAO  I forgot she was in that movie!

[TempeAngel]

6 hours ago, dhack said:

Thanks for the reply Tempe and yes this was my first post here.   And DHack is just an abbreviation of my real name I can assure you I'm no Hack.  : )

Welcome aboard. Go Angels!

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Usually, the reason why you wish to have a balanced rotation Righty/Lefty is based on a different look. 

Most Lefties have the same mechanics/release point, and or repertoire of pitches.  Some righties drop their release point even a little below 3/4's arm slot. Lefties do as well at times not normally on a consistent basis. 

Most lefty Starting pitchers either come over the top to a 3/4's delivery you rarely see many side arm or submarine deliveries in the rotation (either side). Once in a while they may throw one out there as a change in view the Lefty Dude Cortes from the Yankees does this. But, it's a deception mechanic/release point during an at bat. Many side-armers/submariners don't throw very hard compared to todays VELO 89-91-92 compared to 93-95-97. 

Normally, you don't want the same look so you spread them out. As a hitter you can plan on seeing the same repertoire/release point 3 days in a row. So, that's a bit easier now you only have to sit on that individual pitchers strike out pitch and protect vs that (good for video, % of Pitch Analytics and following during the game).  It cuts the mental side of the game down. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

15 hours ago, Trendon said:

I just looked it up, and it was a team who had a six-man rotation: the 2021 Mariners.

Marco Gonzales, Justus Sheffield, Yusei Kikuchi, and James Paxton.

Paxton only made 1 start, but those 4 were all in their rotation on Opening Day.

Each had a different Mechanics, Repertoire and Release Point.  

[bloodbrother]

It is pretty unusual to see a team owned by Arte to veer this far left when it comes to their rotation

 

[Jason]

19 hours ago, failos said:

Not sure I see the irony here.

[Jason]

14 hours ago, Docwaukee said:

Not all at once.