Fog Clears: Dustin Moseley to Angels Rotation

by Rev Halofan on Mar 27, 2008 11:16 PM PDT

Word from the Angels HQ is that Dustin Moseley will be the Angels' 5th starter to begin the season. The Rotation shakes down as: Weaver, Garland, Saunders, Santana, Moseley.

This leaves the bullpen in need of a long man. In Arizona, Dark Horse Righthander Shane Loux is being stretched out and could join the 6-man pen that so far shapes up as Frankie, Speier, Oliver, O'Day and Thompson.

Those thinking that Moseley will not be so important to begin the 2008 campaign have obviously not closely examined the Angels schedule. The first three off days of the season (April 10, 21 and May 8) are all spaced to prohibit skipping the 5th starter until May 12th. That would give Moseley (or his replacement should Dustin be too terrible to bear) a MINIMUM of 7 starts (April 4, 9, 15, 20, 26, May 1, 6) before the staff could be expected to each pitch on normal rest and be able to skip the turn of the 5th starter. And those are plump assignments - 1 start against both Detroit and Cleveland, 4 games against AL West rivals (2 Vs. Texas, 1 each against Oakland and Seattle) and Kansas City on the road.

Dustin Moseley will have no cakewalk through a month and a half of major league starts.

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IN MOSELEY WE TRUST

Shopping for a new signature, but ran out of money...

by Downing Rules on Mar 27, 2008 11:30 PM PDT reply actions

At leat we got something for Ramon Ortiz

Who does not have a job at the moment...

by Rev Halofan on Mar 27, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Mosely rules

He hasn't let us down yet.

by vladtheimpaler on Mar 28, 2008 1:48 AM PDT reply actions

i'll admit

i'm a little bummed. i knew it was an outside chance that Adenhart would start the home opener, but what better way to start a kid?

oh well. Holy Moseley will be awesome.

Bring up Wood!!!

by howiestheman on Mar 28, 2008 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

Go Ivory!

by Higz on Mar 28, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

new development!!

Projected starting lineup
1. 3B Chone Figgins
2. DH Gary Matthews Jr.
3. RF Vladimir Guerrero
4. LF Garret Anderson
5. CF Torii Hunter
6. 1B Casey Kotchman
7. 2B Howard Kendrick
8. C Mike Napoli
9. SS Maicer Izturis

Projected rotation
1. RHP Jered Weaver
2. RHP Jon Garland
3. LHP Joe Saunders
4. RHP Ervin Santana
5. RHP Nick Adenhart

Projected bullpen
Closer: RHP Francisco Rodriguez
Setup: RHP Scot Shields
Setup: RHP Justin Speier
Middle: LHP Darren Oliver
Middle: RHP Rich Thompson
Long: RHP Dustin Moseley

check it here

does spencer know something we don't, or was this a typo??

Bring up Wood!!!

by howiestheman on Mar 28, 2008 4:48 PM PDT reply actions

sorry,

the stupid link won't work.

go to angelsbaseball.com and click on the Opening Day outlook story. it's on the right hand side

Bring up Wood!!!

by howiestheman on Mar 28, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with that problem.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions

It is only if you try to manually do links yourself...

instead of using the link ICON in the "post a comment" thingy...I've tried it.

I mentioned it in two other "halosheaven" issues/bugs threads to no avail.

Using HH's link ICON:
LINK -to- STORY

Using my manually created (via < a href = " link " > and closing it manually with < / a >
LINK -to- STORY

Notice the first one CORRECTLY goes to the Angelsbaseball.com story while the 2nd went back to this thread. However, when I wrote it, I used the SAME link FOR BOTH LINKS.

Shopping for a new signature, but ran out of money...

by Downing Rules on Mar 28, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

now i know

and knowledge is power!

Bring up Wood!!!

by howiestheman on Mar 28, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions

it works for me.

try not using quotes around your link.

< a href = insert url here > insert link title here < /a >

john RIP samo

by angels4adam on Mar 30, 2008 5:06 AM PDT up reply actions

OK, I will try your method...

this is a test link to the same quote above...

LINK (if this takes you back to the "Fog clears" it didn't work

See, it didn't work, I am NOT using quotes and I have tried using quotes. Both ways, no go.

Shopping for a new signature, but ran out of money...

by Downing Rules on Mar 30, 2008 6:32 AM PDT up reply actions

At the risk of asking the obvious

Are you remembering to put the http:// in front of your URL?

I'm sure you did, and no insult intended.

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Mar 30, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Just making sure...

TEST LINK MAKING ABSOLUTELY SURE HTTP IS THERE

Still ~~fluck~~ed.

Shopping for a new signature, but ran out of money...

by Downing Rules on Mar 30, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions

they are still trying to work out the bugs...

by Rev Halofan on Mar 30, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions

i hope he is right

I like this look better than the alternative.

Sea-at-ha-ha-ha that's funny.

by hauldog on Mar 28, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Not Sure About Adenhart

According to the LAT, per Scioscia, Moseley has the inside track for the #5 spot.

Of course, since the 40-man now stands at only 38 with the departure of Haynes, it opens up the possibility of adding two players (e.g., O'Day and Adenhart). Shields is going to open on the DL, so we know that Spencer's projected bullpen is inaccurate.

by jjackflash on Mar 28, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions