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Angels Place Alex Meyer On 10-Day DL

By Jeff Todd | July 24, 2017 at 10:52pm CDT

The Angels have placed righty Alex Meyer on the 10-day DL, per a club announcement. He’s said to be dealing with inflammation in his pitching shoulder.

Thus far in 2017, the Halos have been anything but blessed when it comes to pitching health. Meyer, 27, joins a long list of starters on the DL. Hopefully he will be able to return somewhat more rapidly than have many of the others, though it’s of greater concern given that Meyer has experienced issues with this particular joint in the past.

It’s particularly tough news given that Meyer has finally shown some signs of turning a corner since arriving last year via trade. In his 13 starts thus far in 2017, he’s carrying a 3.74 ERA with 10.0 K/9 against 5.6 BB/9 to go with a 46.5% groundball rate.

Clearly, the volume of free passes is cause for concern. But it’s clearly the best extended stretch of the towering hurler’s career; he has not only maintained an average heater of over 96 mph but is generating a 10.7% swinging-strike rate on the year. And Meyer’s most recent start, in which he allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings against the Nationals, was perhaps the best of his MLB career.

It’s not clear at this point what kind of path Meyer faces to return to the majors. And it’s not altogether clear whether the injury will alter the team’s deadline plans. On the one hand, it highlights yet more the team’s glaring need in the rotation; on the other, the loss of one of the team’s better remaining rotation options perhaps speaks to the inadvisability of win-now moves with the club still stuck hovering around .500.

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  1. halos101

    8 years ago

    ugh, this hurts even more after watching him absolutely dominate his last start against the nats. Feel bad for him

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  2. Cubs Kev

    8 years ago

    This is not a trade rumor.

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    • agentx

      8 years ago

      Your comment is moronic.

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  3. greatdaysport

    8 years ago

    Six starting pitchers on the dl. Wow. Eppler and Scioscia still keeping L.A. in the wildcard race. Double wow

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    • ryanw-2

      8 years ago

      Just imagine where they’d be if those young starters were all healthy. I’ve heard fans whine about the Angels not going younger, yet they’d have one of the better young rotations in the Majors if those arms were healthy this whole time. And then they’d be able to allocate Nolasco’s salary towards a bat that can help them. To your point, it’s pretty tough to hold a team together in the clubhouse after losing so many key arms like they have, but that’s been Scioscia’s MO. He’s one of the best managers in the the Majors because he knows how to manage people. And that’s the biggest part of a Major League manager’s job.

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      • Philliesfan4life

        8 years ago

        If all the starters were healthy , and a solid bullpen I believe the angels would be sitting on top of one of the wildcard spots.

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  4. Angels86ed

    8 years ago

    This is really unfortunate for both him and the team. He’s really turned a corner the last 10 starts or so. I wonder if the team will move him to the bullpen due to the recurring shoulder issues.

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    • GareBear

      8 years ago

      If he is having success as a starter then they will keep running him out there until either he is not producing or his arm forces him to go to the pen.

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  5. Angelfanforlife19

    8 years ago

    If eppler doesn’t take full advantage of the interest in Escobar, Chavez, Norris and others……….then it’s one more mistake in a long line of mistakes that have taken us down this road without direction.

    Reply
    • martinc27

      8 years ago

      I really wish someone did have interest in Chavez, another lame outing today

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