The Angels placed starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval on the 10-day injured list due to a lumbar spine stress reaction. José Quintana will start tomorrow afternoon’s game against the Tigers in his place. A specific timetable for Sandoval’s return isn’t yet clear, but manager Joe Maddon suggested to reporters (including J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group) there was some chance it’d be a season-ending injury.
The rotation has been a disappointment for the Angels, who sit at an even 61-61 and look likely to miss the postseason for the seventh consecutive year. Sandoval, though, has been a somewhat surprising bright spot. The 24-year-old began the season with Triple-A Salt Lake but was recalled in early May and has been a rotation fixture over the past few months.
Sandoval has worked to a 3.62 ERA across 87 innings. He’s struck out an above-average 25.9% of batters faced and induced groundballs at a very strong 51.1% clip. Sandoval has walked a slightly elevated 9.9% of opponents, but there’s little question he’s shown plenty of promise.
Indeed, there’s real reason to believe Sandoval could potentially reach another level upon his return to health. He’s generated whiffs on a massive 15.2% of his pitches. That’s the eighth-highest rate among the 125 pitchers with 80+ innings pitched. The seven names above him on that list (Jacob deGrom, Tyler Glasnow, Shane Bieber, Clayton Kershaw, Corbin Burnes, Max Scherzer and Carlos Rodón) are among the top handful of pitchers in the game and/or having Cy Young-caliber seasons. That’s extremely impressive company for a relatively unheralded player like Sandoval to keep, making his current injury all the more unfortunate.
At the very least, Sandoval seemingly showed enough this season to lock himself into Los Angeles’ season-opening rotation for 2022. With the Angels looking unlikely to be playing for much in September, they figure to be especially cautious with one of their most promising young arms. The Angels figure to rely on Quintana in Sandoval’s absence, at least until Alex Cobb returns from his own IL stint.
Really derails the postseason push huh…
There was zero chance of playoffs. Come on.
They would have had a great chance if Rendon and Trout didn’t go down. They would have had a chance if Perry would have done something about the bullpen in the off season.
Very unfortunate. Wish he logged that no hitter a few starts ago. Halos will be shutting him down for the year. He’s uber talented and I wouldn’t be surprised he’s an all-star next year. Get well soon Patrick.
Rough for 2021, but Angels fans have to feel good about him for next year.
Get some rest Pat…we will need you next season!
Ugh. We’re playing for next year and Sandoval was definitely earning a spot.
Maddon always downplays injuries so for him to say it’s bad, his back must be trashed.
Definitely looking like a much needed piece for the team moving forward. Maybe they actually get it together next year.
Wow, he goes on the I.L. and five hours later this site reports it.
They typically do a better job.
Did that change your plans?
One of the more promising young pitchers in baseball gets hurt and might miss the rest of the season and they take five hours to report it?
I subscribe to the site and such late reporting might change my plans.
Seriously? What a bizarre take.
What’s a bizarre take, you being a troll?
You seem very personally invested in this site. That is bizarre.
You seem like a troll.
Nah dude, it’s a little strange to get so upset about that. These guys do a great job on the site across all teams in baseball.
They do. Which is why I was surprised it took so long.
If five hours was their standard operating procedure, I would not consider it a valuable, or a “go to” site.
Just for example, it took minutes to report on Senzel who is not nearly as relevant as Sandoval.
It’s been seeming like if it’s outside of the NL West, they take their sweet time posting anything
Hopes for a speedy recovery. Sandoval was one of the (few) bright spots on the pitching side.
Speaking of speed: fans in Detroit can get ready for home run balls being hit at a breakneck pace. Jose Quintana will be on the mound.
Free souvenirs.
Rough break for this kid. I like his stuff a lot. Lets see, who is in the rotation in 2022? Ohtani, Sandoval, Detmers, Barria, Canning. Not bad. But two high quality free agent signed starters would solidify the rotation and bump out Canning, who I believe is a back end rotation piece at best.
@Redstitch I think some of the yet to be determined in the remaining 40 games. I believe the Angels were set on Ohtani and Sandoval. Ohtani has proven he can be an ace. Sandoval can be a solid #3.
We need to see how the rest prove their mettle in the remaining games. They would like 3 viable options out of the Suarez, Rodriguez, Detmers, Barria, and Canning. I would like Rodriguez (Sinker Ball) and Detmers (Curve ball). These, along with Ohtani’s splitter and Sandoval’s slider/change up would give them a nice change of pace within the staff to keep the hitters off balance.
I was think of going for broke and add a Scherzer, but with the proposed low ball luxury tax threshold and an impending Ohtani extension, I may need to back off my request. Since we will probably have a 6 man rotation, perhaps we can lure a pitcher coming off injury like a Syndergaard or Verlander, since they will be on a inning count. Perhaps, a one year deal for Syndergaard to help him re-establish his market value.
Sure, add a starter, but get a backend of the bullpen that has a history of success or it likely won’t mean much.
Hoping and praying that the relief pitchers who have stunk for most of the season pitch well next season is not a strategy.
I think it would be a mistake to spend that much for 2 high quality starters. #1 They should extend Raisel Iglesias now and spend on relief pitching . #2 They will need a good SS. #3 and 4 they get a Starter and backup catcher. I think most free agent starters don’t work out as well as people think. Extend Ohtani and try Ward as a OF/C , I like Canning and don’t forget José Suarez , Chris Rodriguez both only 23 by the way. Perry has done a great job so far . I love the way they handled the shortened draft. then when crazy after undrafted picks and quickly signed about 20 more ,about twice what the Dodgers sighed (they had the next most). Here is a list of the NDFA
Cade Cabbiness, OF, Oklahoma State, .282/.379/.503, 51 H, 181 AB, 9 HR, 57 SO, 25 BB, 2 SB
Myles Emmerson, C, Cal Poly, .312/.360/.380, 73 H, 234 AB, 0 HR, 26 SO, 15 BB, 0 SB
Zach Grech, RHP, Stanford, 5-5 3.62 ERA, 49.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 6.16 K/9, 2.17 BB/9
Houston Harding, LHP, Mississippi State 7-2 3.05 ERA, 62 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 9.73 K/9, 3.05 BB/9
Zach Humphreys, C, Texas Christian, .316/.425/.498, 68 H, 215 AB, 6 HR, 36 SO, 39 BB, 9 SB
Kyle Lovelace, C, Houston, .183/.214/.237, 17 H, 93 AB, 1 HR, 20 SO, 3 BB, 0 SB
Carson Matthews, SS, San Diego State, .276/.290/.483, 8 H, 29 AB, 1 HR, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 SB
Gabe Matthews, 1B, Oregon, .322/.449/.559, 65 H, 202 AB, 8 HR, 39 SO, 28 BB, 0 SB
Griffin Mazur, C, Michigan, .247/.370/.411, 39 H, 158 AB, 6 HR, 25 SO, 23 BB, 0 SB
Matthew McMillan, RHP, UT-Tyler, 3-1 5.04 ERA, 25 IP, 1.64 WHIP, 11.16 K/9, 4.68 BB/9
Vojtech Mensik, 3B, North Carolina State, .239/.308/.358, 48 H, 201 AB, 5 HR, 48 SO, 18 BB, 11 SB
Christian Molfetta, C/3B, Michigan, .277/.359/.457, 51 H, 184 AB, 6 HR, 30 SO, 23 BB, 5 SB
Mike Peabody, OF, UC Irvine, .353/.481/.580, 73 H, 207 AB, 9 HR, 56 SO, 26 BB, 9 SB
Straton Podaras, C, Radford, .302/.434/.414, 49 H, 162 AB, 2 HR, 37 SO, 31 BB, 5 SB
Dayan Reinoso, C/1B, Erskine (S.C.), .340/.413/.629, 54 H, 159 AB, 11 HR, 25 SO, 16 BB, 0 SB
Steven Rivas, OF, Houston, .269/.337/.503, 47 H, 175 AB, 10 HR, 51 SO, 16 BB, 8 SB
Quentin Selma, 3B, California, .291/.368/.544, 60 H, 206 AB, 15 HR, 51 SO, 24 BB, 0 SB
Bryce Teodosio, OF, Clemson, .235/.361/.458, 36 H, 153 AB, 8 HR, 57 SO, 18 BB, 6 SB
Lucas Torres, C, Toritos Academy HS, Cayey, P.R.
Paxton Wallace, 3B, Wichita State, .322/.383/.553, 67 H, 208 AB, 11 HR, 40 SO, 21 BB, 5 SB
Joey Walsh, LHP, Boston College, 2-3 5.71 ERA, 41.0 IP, 1.61 WHIP, 10.32 K/9, 5.05 BB/9
Kenyon Yovan, RHP/IF, Oregon, .309/.407/.608, 63 H, 204 AB, 17 HR, 54 SO, 28 BB, 1 SB
Joey Walsh is was Coming back from injury but has good stuff .
I really think the Angels, Dodgers , and the Indians really cleaned up on the large amount of collage pitchers available .
One option at SS is Adalberto Mondesi from KC, he is young but have some injuries that prevent him to become the All Start he can be. I think he can be expendeble with Bobby Witt Jr. now in AA. Plus the Angels need a player to be at the top of the lineup and be on base for the big bats.
1 – Mondesi SS
2 – Flectcher 2B
3 – Trout CF
4 – Otahni DH
5 – Rendon 3B
6- Walsh 1B
7- Upton/ Adell LF
8- Stassi C
9- Marsh / Adell RF
This is a solid and young line up with balance, speed and power. I think Perry should take a look at Mondesi and ask KC if he is available.
bring it home Jerome
I think the Angels will sign or trade for a high leverage RP. Some of the remaining BP pieces will consist of recently drafted, cost controlled arms currently in the Angels minor league system. The remainder will be low cost signings.
Even with Pujols off the books next season, the Angels salary structure prevents them from spending much on the BP.
Not a high leverage guy…. two high leverage guys and a closer. All with a history of success.. Then when one faiils, which probably will happen, you move in one of you low level guys who has earned a promotion.
You don’t spend 8 million bucks on a Quintana who hasn’t been good in years hoping he turns it around.
I would love for the Angels to acquire two high leverage guys and a closer all with a history of success. However, with other needs, such as SS and maybe a SP, and salary dedicated to other positions, I don’t see the Angels doing that.
In my opinion, the Angels have so much money tied up in Trout, Upton and Rendon they aren’t comfortable spending on a BP. I suspect they are counting heavily on a handful of their dozens of recently drafted arms to take the next step and fill out the BP.
We have seen over the last decade what happens when they don’t. At some point they’ll learn. I don’t know why fans don’t notice. These guys don’t cost that much. Certainly less than Quintana, Harvey or Cahill.
Lather, rinse, repeat….