jsnpritchett

ahhhh bummer i totally misread the years

Minasian has been particularly bad at building a bullpen the last 3+ years.  26th in WAR and 24th in WPA during that time.   Some of this has to do with the utter wasteland of arms that have come from the farm the last few years and why you'd draft all pitchers.  But even still, he hasn't really gotten much from that so far.  
Eppler was quite good at frankensteining the crap out the pen every year.  I haven't figured out what it is, but there is a bit of secret sauce to this as Cashman is pretty amazing at it.  pick pretty much any 4 or 5 year span and the yanks are near the top.  Eppler was dealt a similar if not worse hand with better outcomes.  
Regardless, this is a pretty significant loss imo.  

Holy shit, thats the best thing I've seen in a while.

@jsnpritchett don't look now, but the Astros are 6-14. I'm surprised you haven't mentioned it. 
Oh and did you see Trout's homer? It was Trout-a-Here!

Hey @jsnpritchett in case you missed it the asstros are in last place.
They have won 6 games.
 
 
They have also lost 14 games.

Now THAT is my kind of dude.

Lol.
 

At least it doesn't for the Angels.  It's still amazing to me that the bullpen is seemingly a problem every single year.  At some point, it seems like just sheer dumb luck would give them a good year overall, but, nope, not recently.

I hope this is last relief pitcher halos sign for more than 1 year.

At least it doesn't for the Angels.  It's still amazing to me that the bullpen is seemingly a problem every single year.  At some point, it seems like just sheer dumb luck would give them a good year overall, but, nope, not recently.

Can we start calling Ward, Deliverance?
 


Taylor should be in a Where Are They Now? celebrity article.

Schanuel today, to all of the doubters:

Not surprised.  Disappointed, but not surprised.  Such a stupid signing.

Cimber and Strik grinded out 4 innings. Super important

Yeah, lots of ugly numbers to start, for sure.  Kyren Paris is 3 for 35 with 18 K and 1 BB.  Putting up a robust .057/.083/.086 slash line early on.

We don't actually know if that is a "strength" yet, though.  Have Detmers, Neto, and Schanuel (as well as Silseth and Mederos) gotten to the majors quickly?  Absolutely.  Do we know yet how strong any of them will be overall?  Not really.  Detmers is close to truly establishing himself, but I think the jury is still out on the others.  Of course, that's natural, since they're all recent draftees.  But I think it'll be another 2-3 years before we know for sure if the strategy is a good one.

That last 15 minutes of baseball was great!

Any day the Angels win is a great day!
Light that baby up!
Gotta give Rendon and most especially Ward credit to get those clutch hits when you need them!
 

Fairbanks has now given up at least one run in five of his eight appearances this year.  Wonder if Tamp will consider moving him out of the closer role for a while if this keeps up?

OK, Hunter, don't F this up.

This is my favoriite Rendon moment of the last five years. 
For the love of God, bullpen, don't blow this. 

Please get another hit por favor. Definitely don't trust a one-run lead in this series.

They tied this up but I still agree with you.  Early leads have been dread inducing.

Should’ve pitched to trout