Blanton needs to be released.

[nando714]

Ya i agree AO

This is absolutely a disgrace and embarrassing

Eat the money it will be worth it arte

[eligrba]

At least Blanton is healthy and not on the DL.  Angel luck finds a way. 

[Reveille1984]

At least he has the trainwreck factor going for him, and the possibility of 20 losses.  And we got to see him eating a banana in the dugout for comedy relief. 

 

Maybe his hideous goatee is throwing off his balance on the pitching rubber, I think I've seen at least a few woodland creatures living in there.

[stormngt]

And Scioscia will continue to trot his a__ to the mound every 5th day, EVEN after Hanson and Vargas return.

Does ANYONE in MLB other than Houston have so little production from the 4th and 5th rotation spots?

Nice job JeDi

 

 

He the hell should he trout out?  Our back end of the pitching staff sucks.....We don't even have a replacement for the worst starter in baseball.

[shellback]

omg. i almost sprayed coffee all over my monitor!

[EDinTUSTIN]

This could only mean that their trying to trade him at the moment.

lmao

[fan_since79]

This front office doesn't have the backbone to dumb Blanton.

Nor the backbone to put Pujols on the DL where he belongs right now.

[Angel Oracle]

Daniel Bryan approves of the chin hair.

[Jimmag]

Move him to the pen. Plug in Richards or Maronde now!

[Reveille1984]

At least Richards has the stuff where he can have good starts every once in a while even with his terrible command.  The upside to Blanton starting is pretty much nonexistent at this point. 

[fan_since79]

Blanton:

2-13

5.66 ERA

116 innings, 157 hits

.317 BAA

 

Staggering.

[Mudville]

Are you people stupid? Blanton is leading us to a better draft pick every outing. I say go back to a four man rotation and pitch him on three days rest.

[Amazing Larry]

This front office doesn't have the backbone to dumb Blanton.

I think Blanton is dumb enough already. No need to have the front office dumb him some more.

[Tank]

DFA him. Lol. The dude could easily be traded.

He could be traded for a quality player like Ryan Langerhans.

[nando714]

Blanton for a bag of hot cheetos

[Angel Oracle]

Blanton for a bag of hot cheetos

Throw in Chester, and it's a deal.

[Scott34]

I'd like to see what Matt Shoemaker could do in a couple starts.

[jsnpritchett]

I'd like to see what Matt Shoemaker could do in a couple starts.

 

He's been terrible the last 2 years.

[Angel Oracle]

There's no one at AA or AAA who can start at the MLB level and hold their own. 

Fortunately in the next 2-3 years, the many college pitchers drafted since 2012 will be at the highest levels of the org.

[Scott34]

He's been terrible the last 2 years.

You tried to be a fly ball pitcher in the PCL? His periphs are good.

Not saying he'll be anything good but he can't be worse than Blanton and whythehellnot

[Mark68]

Dan Plesac actually belly laughed at this on MLB Ch. "How long are Scioscia and the Angels going to stick with this guy??"

"2 and 13 with a 5 1/2 era, folks!!"

----Entire panel laughs------

 

Full Scioscia quote...

 

“When he struggles, he really struggles,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “Joe made some good pitches but he just missed with some spots. He was at 90 pitches and wasn’t out of the fourth. With 11 baserunners, things just weren’t falling his way. He’s out there trying. There’s nobody trying harder than Joe, but it just didn’t come together tonight.”