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sidewinder11
DBacks did well to pick up De La Rosa, Hoover and Wilhelmsen as minor league free agents. A trade for another back End reliever at the deadline could really help this team get to October
AZ14
Let’s hope they are willing to not only go get a reliever but also drop Rodney down the bullpen ranks when that time comes (will be sooner than later)
sidewinder11
Outside of two or three outings, Rodney has been decent. I do agree that they’d be better served with Bradley or anyone else in the closer role though. The problem with then acquiring a closer is that they don’t have the prospects to get anyone much better than what they currently have.
lonechicken
So Hoover doesn’t suck…
…is this thing on?
KC2114
No he’s still the same old Hoover just wait
king joffrey
Dam, he sucks!
dbacksrs
Your mother taught him how to.
Tommy Jonh II
Angels need to trade those relievers for prospects.
angelsfan4life
You do realize that the Angels are only 1 game back in the wild card right? I laugh because if you listen to ESPN and most fans, the Angels are the worst team in baseball.
ryanw-2
I think the word ‘contender’ was way overused during offseason. Pundits and fans alike were so stuck on what happened last season, not realizing how nearly impossible it will be for the Cubs to repeat ranking at the top in both runs and ERA. That’s a rare occurrence to begin with. And now we’re seeing teams that made the playoffs struggling just to stay above .500. Twins and Rockies are in first. Blue Jays and Mets are pretty much done. Angels, like you said, a game out of the WC. I think people missed the part where the Angels lost an entire starting rotation throughout the season. But they also scraped together a bullpen that eventually became more effective by late August. Now they have a durable bullpen full of multi inning reliever, and are getting a full season from Ricky Nolasco and a fine replacement for Garrett Richards so far in JC Ramirez. A lot of that has to do with having Martin Maldonado behind the plate. And they might have stumbled upon a very good pitching coach in Charles Nagy.
angels fan 3
The angels started 2016 off with Richards, heaney, Santiago, Shoemaker, Wilson, weaver,Skaggs, and tropeano as starters for the rotation. Only Shoemaker and weaver were healthy the whole season and shoe was sent to triple a. So the worst starter they had the most.
AZPat
What, no love for Drew Storen? An ERA under 2 until his last outing. The Nat’s might come calling for former closer.
Jeff Todd
Signed a big league deal.
bleacherbum
Swarzak has been lights out, should fetch the Sox a nice return if they decide to deal him before the deadline.
Hiro
If only he was good when he was on the Yankees.
bleacherbum
Well, if they want him now that he is good they would have no problem in getting him back. The Yankees have this nice little problem called cash flow and prospect currency, the best of both worlds. He would lengthen that bullpen even more, would be a solid deadline pick up
thegreatcerealfamine
Yanks need starters,currently they have the third best BP ERA in MLB,seventh in SO per inning in BP in MLB,and Chapman has been out awhile. They’ll be fine with what they got up and what they can bring up!
bleacherbum
The Yankees are scary good right now, Chris Carter batting last on a team is something I thought wasn’t imaginable but in that lineup it is certainly justifiable.
dwhitt3
By “nice return” you mean a random prospect in Double-A instead of Single-A? Cuz Swarzak isn’t fetching an actual prospect.
bleacherbum
Oh really?
Do we really need to have a history lesson on last year’s relievers that were traded and what was came back to the other team in those trades? Fernando Rodney, Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, Will Smith, Jeffress, Brad Ziegler, Tyler Thornburg.. Just to name a few incase you wanted to do some research to see what those guys netted in return.
Swarzak is filthy and someone will give up a top 10-15 organizational prospect for him, not to mention he is cheap which also bodes well for what the return will be, not to mention his GM has shown in the past coupe trades that he will get what he wants as far as prospects in trades are concerned.
2dmo4
Do you guys even proof read your articles before posting? Christ!
Jeff Todd
What’s the problem, exactly?
hiflew
Why do people take it as a personal attack on their freedom if they spot a missing comma or a slightly misspelled word?
Monkey’s Uncle
Proofread is one word.
nysoxsam
Too much emphasis continues to be placed on strikeouts. While sometimes a strikeout is needed, give me a pitcher that has movement and can locate for pop ups and ground balls. Relying on hard throwing and strikeouts is what puts many on the DL. I’ve always liked Ambers when healthy and I was hoping the Sox would again sign Breslow. Abad? Give me anyone but Abad. I just don’t trust him.
davidcoonce74
In the bullpen? Late innings and close games? No, you want strikeouts. Too much risk in putting the ball in play.
drazthegr8 2
Correct, Ask Blake Treinen how being a groundball reliever has its ups and downs.
outinleftfield
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the best reliever in the game last season, Zach Britton, was also the reliever with the highest GB%. It wasn’t particularly close on either measure. His 80% GB rate was 14% higher than Treinen’s.
Ground balls are not often hit for home runs. Home runs are a relievers biggest nemesis, not singles up the middle.
nysoxsam
Movement AND control. Today all they do is throw as hard as they can until they dial up Doc Andrew’s. That’s not pitching. While there have always been injuries, it’s escalated at a time when relievers are starting to get paid. Give me the one who knows how to pitch. Mariano and Hoffman, the two with the most saves. Neither threw the ball through a brick wall yet their careers had something in common. an unhittable pitch that they knew where it was going before they threw it.
greatdaysport
Eppler hit gold. With three starters and the top three Angels relievers gone, he gets Hernandez, Petite, Norris and Parker. Thank good DiPoto is gone!
cmancoley
So true. I could not be more impressed with the job Eppler has done. Inexpensive players to give the Angels a shot, while trying to somewhat salvage the farm