The Angels have acquired righty Jhoulys Chacin from the Braves, as first reported by David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter). Lefty Adam McCreery is going to Atlanta in the deal.
Chacin is owed $1.1MM on the minor league deal he signed with Atlanta this winter. That makes him a reasonably-priced addition for a Halos staff that has been devastated by injuries early in 2016.
A 28-year-old veteran of eight MLB seasons, Chacin has pitched to a 5.40 ERA in 26 2/3 innings over five starts this year. While that isn’t the most enticing mark in terms of run prevention, he has racked up 9.1 K/9 against just 2.7 BB/9 to go with a 48.1% groundball rate, leading ERA estimators to value his efforts thus far much more highly.
Of course, Chacin was only available on a meager commitment this winter because he’s lacked consistency at the major league level. There have been some notable highlights — including two seasons with nearly 200 innings and mid-3.00 ERAs while pitching at Coors Field — but Chacin has dealt with shoulder issues and proven susceptible to the long ball of late.
McCreery, 23, was a 22nd-round pick in the 2014 draft. He’s a tall and lanky reliever who has thrown 38 innings at the Rookie level over the last two years but has yet to make his 2016 debut. McCreery made strides in his second run at Rookie ball last year, striking out 28 batters in 28 2/3 innings while allowing just ten hits and five earned runs, but he still coughed up 14 free passes in that span. As Scout.com has explained, McCreery has high-powered stuff but has struggled to harness it with his huge frame.
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Cool
hope it doesn’t cost us more than a bag of balls
That’s their number 3 ranked prospect
hahaha that’s great
Yes, very funny!!
Lol
Zing
Could be a sneaky good move for the Angels, he’s been somewhat decent this year.
5.40 ERA is good if your in a garbage organization like the Angels. This organization is really good at one thing…. And that’s collecting trash.
That is inflated from one horrible outing.
I agree but most fans don’t look at game logs to see how players are doing…they just complain about the era or w/ records…
By no means am I claiming he’s the savior…
I understand, but don’t like he will be a 5 ERA for long.
Most fans wouldn’t even know where to look or are too lazy. So many pitchers out there with ERA’s in the 4’s and 5’s that are the result of one or two bad outings, or just one or two really bad innings.
Agreed, would think the receiving team fan would check facts before complaining, but that requires two extra clicks of the mouse.
You might be amazed at how lazy Angels fans are when it comes to those things. After all, most of their fan base lives within Southern California entitlement culture.
Really made me Lol. Thanks.
Bandwagon to a new team instead of complaining then please Shane
I second that. We all know the Angels made big mistakes but every fan should stick up for their team no matter what.
Roasted
Yes Taylor Ward. Angels will most definitely give up last years 1st round pic for Chacin.
hahahahahahahahahahahhaah, that was a good one. you obviously hold Chacin in high regards
Oh, young grasshopper… you have so much to learn.
You’d be surprised how many kids don’t have a clue what the grasshopper reference means.
Some ridiculous trade scenarios here. People need to get a grip.
you do realize that Heaney was a top prospect right? ranked in the top 20 out of 100? Angels would never trade Heaney for a pitcher with a 5+ ERA, a SS barely hitting his weight, and a no name prospect.
once again tyler skaggs his a young under control former top prospect pitcher with a ton of upside. braves are not getting anyone relevant trust me.
Adam McCreery to the braves. Washed up pitcher for a no name prospect.
A 23 year-old who was drafted not even 2 years ago and looked pretty decent last year. But yeah, totally a washed up arm.
Re-read his post. He’s referring to Chacin as the washed up arm.
And the Braves insure they’ll get even worse
Actually this may help them by clearing a space for Sims or Jenkins. Both of which are better than Chacin.
Both of which YOU HOPE are better than Chacin. I hate it when people discuss prospects like they are proven 5 year MLB veterans. Neither of them has done anything yet other than have potential.
And Chacin has been a disappointment until this year. So YOU HOPE he has turned it around. Bottom line is that Jenkins and Sims are the future of the rotation. They will be there. Chacin was never in the long term plans and as his performance started to slip over the course of the first few weeks he only made a trade more likely.
Stop with the “they are just prospects” crap. It’s a stupid argument to make. Because all of those “proven 5 year MLB veterans” we’re once prospects. I hate it when people try to use the “they are just prospects” argument. As has been proven time and time again there is no guarantee for any players. How many times has a veteran been traded for or signed in free agency and then become a bust. How many times has a no name veteran who has never been star worthy, looking for a quick payday, turned into a star?
Well said.
This is just the first of several moves to clear a path for the younger players to come up. I am sure they would rather MLB not focus on the “Non-Tanking” if they just released some of these “place-holders” that are semi-productive. At least McCreery can play Wing for the Hawks if baseball doesn’t work out. This could clear the way for them to give Casey Kelly a look in the rotation. They could spend 2 months giving guys like Kelly, Gant and Weber time in the rotation (just to be sure they aren’t of use; Gant still has time to transition to the pen if needed). I don’t need to see Williams Perez, as I have an idea of what he is at this point. After that, it would be time to give Jenkins his 1 and a half to see what he can do.
Well that is why weeks ago he was listed as a trade candidate on one year contract. May be the start of moves for Atlanta. He actually only had one bad outing if I recall.
Nothing like garbage (Chacin) being placed into the trash can (the whole Angels organization).
How bout being a fab of a different team then?
Fan*
Dude, you are a broken record. We get it, the Angels are trash. Next……?
Hope Arte is not reading these posts. It would hurt his feelings.
I hope he is so that he realizes what all his meddling has caused.
The so-called meddling is a poor excuse and is something that every sports owner does. Angels fans just like to believe they’re the only team with a meddling owner, just like their fans think the Angels are the only team with players who have left and done better. Because the Angels fan base thinks they’re at the center of the universe. There’s about $135 million in AAV after the contracts of Pujols and Hamilton. There is no excuse for not being able to use the rest to supplement enough for a World Series contender every year. The number one reason they’ve made the playoffs only once in the last 6 years is playing in a more competitive AL West that actually has pitching. But the Angels also had plenty of opportunities to fix a mediocre bullpen until 2014, and didn’t. Just doing that alone would’ve given the Angels much better results regardless of the big contracts and so-called meddling by the owner. 2014 was proof of that. Shoring up their bullpen should’ve been doing 3 years earlier. That’s why they’ve missed the playoffs 5 of the last 6 years.
I keep asking myself the same question over and over and over… Who, for the last 5-6 years have been making senseless and lopsided trades, and stupid signings?
Jerry Dipoto! Duh! Haha…
Dipoto
I don’t know if I like this trade. Chacin and Norris were signed to limit the innings of the young guys coming up. We do got a lot of them coming though. I know Perez is coming up for today but I hope we get to see Jenkins soon.
Making way for Timmy Lincecum to recapture his former glory on a 2-year veteran minimum contract with the second year a team option. After he posts 2009 numbers, the Braves will trade him for Manny Machado or Bryce Harper.
Haha that is awesome.
Or both in an impressive 3 team trade including the sky high value of Erick Aybar!
Not entirely true. Chacin was signed purely to flip. They wanted him to get a few good starts so he would have value and then he would be traded.
Norris was signed not necessarily to limit innings for the young guys (Fredi does that on his own) but as a veteran piece who could eat innings if guys like Teheran became a head case.
The plan (in my opinion) was always to trade Norris and Chacin.
I think this will end up being a good move for the Angels, but is it too little too late. It just sucks but our offense is so inept right now. I’m not in favor of trading Trout for selfish reasons (I want him in the HOF as an Angel), but it’s not looking good for the future right now.
I find it funny that Theo could have essentially built 2 competing playoff teams. Betts, JBJ, Bogaerts, Shaw, and most of the other Sox guys are still Theo guys. The brilliance of this guy is incredible.
Calling it now, McCreery will be the next Randy Johnson. Maybe the Angels should just send the Braves ALL their pitching prospects.
Already have most of them.
He is not owed $1.1 million on a minor league deal. He’s owed $1.1 million on a major league deal.