Last time you were excited about a young Angels starter?

[Tyler]

Jordan Walden

Trevor Reckling

Fabio Martinez Mesa

Tyler Chatwood

[ScottT]

Ramon Ortiz.  I was ticked that his first start was a midweek afternoon game.

[Ohtaniland]

Dean Chance

[Chuck]

Jim Abbott, Devon White, George Arias, Todd Greene, Darin Erstad, Tim Salmon, Ramon Ortiz, Jered Weaver, Kendrys Morales, Howie Kendrick, Nick Adenhart and then Mike Trout.

I'd say it's a toss up between Abbott and Erstad.

[Broad Street]

Thought we were talking about pitchers here...

[Erstad Grit]

Chatwood

[Angel Oracle]

I still remember the one curveball that Nick threw against an A's hitter, that was in someone's sig for a while. That was as nasty of a curve as I ever saw.

[monkeywithahalo]

I'm getting on the Hunter Green bandwagon early.

[decinces11]

Brandon Sisk and Ralston Schmidt.

[Angel Oracle]

Alas poor Sisk, we never knew him.

[disarcina]

Weaver and then we signed him long term for a home town discount.

 

Good deal then, good deal now........He will bounce back next year and pitched well this year when healthy.

 

With all the bad stuff and performances and such surrounding the 2013 Halos, it's easy to lose sight of some of the good things.

[disarcina]

^{Prior to Weaver -- and I'm talking about being excited about a guy who everyone knew would be a key starter who everyone thought would become the ace........}

 

^{GEEZ, I'm thinking it's a while ago --- quite a while ago -- Chuck Finley -- that long ago --} 

 

^{but then maybe, Jarrod Washburn --- but Washburn sure fizzled out quick but was sort of a phenom.}

 

 

^{Perhaps the pitcher (not a starter) who created the most buzz in and around the ballpark and the league when he first came up and for the first year or three there -- was K-Rod.}

[WallyWorld]

Mickey Callaway.

[tdawg87]

Shigatoshi Hasegawa

[SoWhat]

At the moment, Hunter Green.

[Kenny]

Probably Adenhart. Didn't think he was ready until that night. Whatever consolation that is.

EDIT: I think Richards might be close, but I don't think I'd consider myself excited about him.

Edited October 8, 2013 by Kenny

[Season Over]

I was pretty stoked about Horacio Ramirez. 

[Jimmag]

Weaver and before him it was Big John Lackey

[Taylor]

On 10/7/2013 at 5:45 PM, WallyWorld said:

Mickey Callaway.

Too soon.

[DCAngelsFan]

Ohtani?

Perhaps I misunderstood the question?

Before that - Skaggs, Adenhart, Weaver - Santana, I suppose 

Jeezus, we suck at drafting pitchers - this thread makes me sad ... 

[Taylor]

37 minutes ago, DCAngelsFan said:

Ohtani?

Perhaps I misunderstood the question?

Before that - Skaggs, Adenhart, Weaver - Santana, I suppose 

Jeezus, we suck at drafting pitchers - this thread makes me sad ... 

I believe the original question was about minor league SPs.

[AngelsLakersFan]

8 years later and the responses won't have changed.

[Angels 1961]

Eli Grba and Bob Botz 1961

[Taylor]

Seth Etherton

[Slegnaac]

I really thought Richards was going to be the one.