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Looking forward to that.

something isn't working.  Yes you have to blame the players for not executing but you also have to wonder what they are being asked to execute and how.  
I don't know enough about pitching mechanics to comment on how that's going, but most of the pitching staff has not only gotten worse than they were last year, but WAY worse.  Skaggs had been a little worse but Heaney, Harvey, Cahill, Barria.  
sequencing matters.  pitch mix matters.  mechanics matter.  A coach is there to make a player better than if they were to go at it on their own.  An overall philosophy is supposed to do the same.  
At this level of competition, the differences are super subtle.  A pitching coach and manager and gm has to have a detailed understanding of what their players are capable of.  I am going to repeat that in a different way because I'd like to emphasize it's importance.  You can't expect a player to execute something they aren't routinely capable of executing.  
That is what I am seeing.  There's a reason why the entire team (not just one guy) leads all of baseball in extra base hits allowed when the pitcher is ahead in the count.  That's not just on the pitcher but on whoever is asking them to do things they just aren't capable of.  Here's a specific example.  Heaney on the mound.  0-2 count.  Catcher calls for a fastball up and in.  Sets the target at the upper inner corner of the zone.  Heaney throws the pitch and misses location by a ball more toward the center of the strike zone.  Home run.  
They created a philosophy that leaves these guys no margin for error.  The analytics tell you what the right pitch should be if it's thrown in the right spot.  What they don't tell you is what happens when you miss that spot by just a little.  
I've used this analogy before but pitching is like course management on the golf course.  You've got to know what shots you have in your bag and what you are capable of in various situations.  Yes, you might hit a 5 iron out of a fairway bunker on to a green surrounded by water once in awhile or drive a green on a par 4 but by and large those are very high risk shot and likely leave you in harms way if you're a little off.  Once in awhile you might go for it.  But by and large these pitchers are being asked to go for the green in 2 on every par 5.  Hence the failures when ahead in the count. 
Baseball is a game of failure.  There are right ways to fail and wrong ways to fail.  They are being setup to fail the wrong way.  

you gave it a try
Japanese poetry bad
don't quit your day job

5-7-5 format.
Always depressing
Never ending buttercup
The halos blow ass
’fin’
 
 
 

Who is Zach Galifinakas?

His defense is also impressive.

His defense is also impressive.

that must have sucked for Harvey to take a red eye to the DR.  

He is the 'spin rate" evaluator for the Angels.

The new guy posts an invite to an obscure location 1,200 miles from the home stadium and is dissapointed in the response then plays the victim card and grand farewell. 

 

However many starts beyond this point is too many. He is no longer a major league pitcher. Harvey, along with Cozart, are two free agent signings that missed from the very beginning.  

However many starts beyond this point is too many. He is no longer a major league pitcher. Harvey, along with Cozart, are two free agent signings that missed from the very beginning.  

The old guy in the dugout behind home plate is Albert's younger brother. 

I like both of them compared to watching Harvey pitch.

No, shitty Angel pitching did that. 
If Harvey threw at Marisnick, he would probably hit Ausmus.

I like both of them compared to watching Harvey pitch.

No, shitty Angel pitching did that. 
If Harvey threw at Marisnick, he would probably hit Ausmus.

No, shitty Angel pitching did that. 
If Harvey threw at Marisnick, he would probably hit Ausmus.

Perspective, when Harvey pitches, it is definitely a black night for the team.

No, shitty Angel pitching did that. 
If Harvey threw at Marisnick, he would probably hit Ausmus.

If @Tank doesn’t know you, you do not exist.

Umpire looks like he is in college. I would be impressed if Boone said that to Angel Hernandez.