AngelsFanSince86

Jepsen has given up 11 inherited ruins this year. Makes up the majority of the runs he's given up. But hey, his ERA looks OK!

So this is strange. I was trying to read an article on ESPN insider just earlier today. Through google I came across a person who said if you do that it will work. I went to the page I was trying to view and did it and it worked. I assumed he was right and that it could be done to any article. Just tried it and have been unsuccessful. Very VERY confused. I can't even find it in the URL anymore. I'm gonna try and figure it out. I was really stoked when I thought I had figured out a nice little secret.

Bam! Congrats Kershaw. Officially would have had a perfecto if not for Hanley Ramirez.

Yeah I would think at this point they are trying to get out to get Kershaw back in there.

Oh I completely agree with you. I think the Cubs should sign him and they probably will. I just find it highly unlikely that he gets traded. He is perfect for the Cubs and I agree with you in that they will most likely come to a deal. He just doesn't make sense to add to a contender at this point in the season based on his past. Just for measure though, some players ERA's in their first three seasons with at least 20 starts: Price: 4.42, 2.72, 3.49 Wilson: 3.35, 2.94, 3.83 Weaver: 3.91, 4.33, 3.75 (left his first year out which was 2.56 although he started 19 games) Grienke: 3.87, 5.80, 3.47 Hernandez: 4.52, 3.92, 3.45 Bumgarner: 3.21, 3.37, 2.77 Wainwright: 3.70, 3.20, 2.63 Latos: 2.92, 3.47, 3.48 Cain: 4.15, 3.65, 3.76 Strasburg: 3.16, 3.00 (This is his third full year starting and has a 3.06 ERA) The first group are all pitchers that pitched in the AL during that time in their careers, the second list all NL. Grienke is the only player who switched leagues. The AL pitchers averaged about 4.00 in their first three years and in the NL they averaged about 3.30-3.50. Grienke, with the exception of that one Cy young year has done much better in the NL then the AL. Samardzija would be looking like a pretty solid top of the rotation guy if he put up those numbers up in the AL. Not so impressive in the NL. Still, I agree he would be a good signing for the Cubs. They have plenty of money to overpay on a contract and he can pitch there for years. Plus they seem to really like him there.

Just a head up: anyone trying to read espn insider articles can do so by deleting everything after "action=" in the url. You will then be able to read the whole article Edit: so I was able to do this earlier today after reading about it online. I was successful and so assumed it would work for other articles, but I haven't even been able to find it in the URL. Sorry. I'll let you guys know if I figure it out.

Hello, I'm kind of new here. I made an account last season and would post rarely, but I forgot my password and didn't really like the fact that I had used my actual name as my username so thought I'd just start a new account. Since I'm starting new, may as well reintroduce myself as I'm sure nobody would have remembered me anyways. My name is J.B.. I've been an Angels fan for 27 years or as long as I can remember. I was born at St. Joe's and grew up in Orange 10 minutes from the big A. I went to my first game in 1986 when I was two weeks old to the last game they won in the ALCS against Boston. I have gone to games every year since then. I live in Pacifica now (about 10 minutes south of San Francisco). This is the first year I probably won't be able to see a game at Anaheim stadium because I've been too busy, but was able to go see Weaver get annihilated by the A's a couple weeks ago in Oakland.

He has upside considering his arm hasn't seen that many innings (this is actually his third year starting, not fourth). But that is about all he has. His career starting stats include a 4.03 ERA and 1.299 WHIP on an NL team . Every year until about June he is the top 10 or so in the league with his stats, but around now he starts to fall apart and by the end of the season his overall numbers would put him as a very solid #4/#5 guy. Notice that this month in three starts he has a 6.55 ERA. He is definitely not the guy teams want to get half way through a season because history has shown they will be getting his worst performance. He throws a lot of strikes and is a 200 inning guy. Sounds like a younger Blanton. I've heard this guys name over the years with some strong praises, but never really looked at his numbers and just assumed he was one of the better pitchers in the league based on what I had heard and the fact I've seen his name the past couple years on the stat leaders list. Not at all what I expected though and not really sure what all the hype was about. I would be very surprised if anyone besides the Cubs sign him for the money he wants. Nobody is going to trade young club-controlled guys for a pitcher that has a history of sucking in the second half.