Jered Weaver Removed After 7 IP With Eye on Sunday Texas Start

by Rev Halofan on Aug 24, 2011 9:32 PM PDT in Angels News

Jered Weaver had a shutout going through seven innings in Anaheim in his first start since signing a five year, $85 million contract extension. He had thrown 96 pitches (64 for strikes) and with a season average of 110+ pitches per game would have ordinarily been left in with the chance to record a complete game shutout. Leading 4-0 going into the bottom of the 7th inning, the Angels bats tacked on four more runs and under almost any circumstance Mike Scioscia would have left Weaver in to try to finish the game.

With the deficit in the AL West likely trimmed to 2.5 games with the second consecutive slaughtering of the Rangers by the Red Sox, though, Scioscia had his eyes on the upcoming series with Texas and pulled his Ace of Aces in favor of reliever Bobby Cassevah. Weaver had an animated but pleasant conversation with Scioscia that included a bro-bonding fistbump. His final line in the night: 7 IP, 4H, 2BB, 8K, 0R. UPDATE: And the W.

Look for Jered to take the mound in Arlington on Sunday.

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Jer-RED WEAVER!!!!

by Balls and Strikes on Aug 24, 2011 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

Need some of the frontline guys

pitching to keep it competitive.

Hopefully Sosh realized that instead of sticking to the rotation and trying to win with rookies in the 4 and 5 spots.

"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." ~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Angels 2011 W-L record with the alternate red jersey: 14-10

by blast21dave on Aug 24, 2011 9:41 PM PDT reply actions

I'm excited and worried at the same time

Excited…because who doesn’t want to see our best pitcher (possibly the best pitcher in baseball) on the mound against our division rival? Who doesn’t love the fact that the Angels are even IN this position at this point of the season?

Worried…because we’re going to need him for more than just Sunday. It’s a bit early to be going all in, isn’t it?

Defending maligned chants since 2009

by Gorbachav5 on Aug 24, 2011 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

3 Days Rest

Weaver has pitched on 3 days rest once before, and it was a pretty successful start. It’s not a huge deal to do it this early. CC Sabathia pitched multiple starts on 3 days rest down the stretch when he was with the Brewers and his performance didn’t suffer. It’s just one start on 3 days rest against the division leader…..smart move in my opinion

by dabird22 on Aug 24, 2011 10:35 PM PDT reply actions

100%

He will definitely be toeing the slab in tejas this Sunday.

Erv is questionable, imo. I wouldn’t be surprised to see scioscia roll the dice with j-wills for the Saturday game.

dissenter, dubious and devil's advocate to blog monitors everywhere.

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Aug 24, 2011 10:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Well J-Will can just be ready for long relief

If Voodoo starts sucking.

We could put him on a short leash if need be so Williams could theoretically come in and still pitch before the game is out of reach.

"F it, let's pitch." - Ervin Santana

by Chzburger Jones on Aug 24, 2011 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

A lot hangs on Haren and the pen

Dan CG would maybe allow Mike to pull those dice back on this gamble.

by Rev Halofan on Aug 24, 2011 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

We play Seattle for 4 games following Texas

Have Williams and Pineiro deal with them followed by Ervin and Haren. Throw a spot starter in there somewhere if you’re that worried about Weaver’s rest.

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by Commander_Nate on Aug 24, 2011 11:00 PM PDT reply actions

They're going to baby Weaver now and get the most out out him for their five year investment.

No more pitching his arm off and what else does Weaver have to prove anyway.

"It's our money," owner Arte Moreno said.

by 44FAN on Aug 24, 2011 11:12 PM PDT reply actions

Anyone else notice

how Jered said in the press conference something like “I grew up a Dodgers fan, unfortunately, but that’s all changed… I bleed red now”. That was awesome.

by AngelsFan87 on Aug 24, 2011 11:19 PM PDT reply actions

like your avatar

EVERYTHING WENT RED

by Rev Halofan on Aug 24, 2011 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

ERA @ 2.03 now

Its so damn impressive!

I'm skeptically optimistic. Does that make sense?

by OCangels on Aug 25, 2011 1:54 AM PDT reply actions

WTF

Weaver the Franchise

by Zaius on Aug 25, 2011 2:54 AM PDT reply actions

by King Weaver on Aug 25, 2011 9:06 AM PDT reply actions

Gotta give it to Scioscia

The Angels clearly see themselves in the midst of this thing now, and Scioscia is going for it. Moving Weave and Voodoo up a day is certainly a risk, but we’re not gonna win by shrinking back. I want my manager to be unafraid to go all in. This will be an exciting weekend for sure.

by Seraphan on Aug 25, 2011 9:19 AM PDT reply actions

This.

We beat Scioscia up pretty mercilessly when he exhibits bullheaded tendencies to make decisions according to his vaunted flowcharts and “tradition”. I, for one, am pleased to see a willingness to step-out and take some measured risk in the midst of a tight race.

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." ~Dave Barry

by LAASurfin on Aug 25, 2011 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions