Tyler Chatwood Presents Ludacris Pitching in Angels Loss
by Rev Halofan on Aug 6, 2011 8:40 PM PDT
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PrintFinal score in Anaheim: Mariners 5, Angels 1
The Angels stayed one game behind the Texas Rangers in the American League West as their alleged fourth starter suffered the two-out bat-crack blues. Speaking of crack, Ron Washington sent out Neftali Feliz for a one-run save chance in Arlington and Ole Teixeira Bait choked up four runs to the Indians, winners of a close one deep in the heart of Texas.
Tyler Chatwood did not pitch the game that the Angels will need from him down the stretch. When your # 4 pitches like a #7... uhh... not good. With Jered Weaver accepting a six game suspension before the start of tonight's game (suspended for doing the right thing), the Angels have a pitching conundrum, but wait... the offense has scored 2 runs in 19 innings against the weakling Mariners.
With Joel Pineiro headed to the bullpen after a terrible outing, where do you send Chatwood? There is Hisanori Takahashi in a pinch, Matt Palmer, Trevor Bell and the AA Winz King Garrett Richards. So that is six pitchers who can be the Angels' #6 starter. After their "Big Three" little impresses in the Angels rotation and Chatwood's glimpses of brilliance are flickering a lot less often as the scouting reports make their way around the league, hitters adjust and the 21-year old Righty just keeps getting carded on his fat two-strike fastballs.
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Dammit Billy Mac!
Bring back Lindsay Soto. Her hair doesn’t threaten to get up and leave.
He travels fastest who travels alone.
Chatwood didn't pitch that poorly, he just didn't shut them out.
Granted, it was the Mariners, but the Angels have scored all of 2 runs in 19 innings and face Felix tomorrow. BOTG Reagins.
by Halowitz on Aug 6, 2011 8:46 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Giving up 5 runs to the worst offense in baseball
Is pitching poorly
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
Yesterday says "Hello"
;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
he said many
Are you sure he was safe? It looked like an out to the entire statium. Well bad call Blue.
by Alavel on Aug 6, 2011 9:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I blame Mathis.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
by red floyd on Aug 6, 2011 8:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
2 outs in TX and Kinsler coming to bat
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Will he tell CLE to "Get the F___ off our field"?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Is that the walk-of bunt "bitch" pitching? Perez, or something?
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Howie bunted off and the guy calls it "bush leage." WTF already.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMN IT CLEVELAND
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Cleveland sucks
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
Dammit.
Of course, Perez is OK with that, because Andrus didn’t bunt.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Come on Perez. K that cokehead!!!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
at least he got in trouble for it... Unlike his manager
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Don't throw a pitch "down the pipe"
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Did josh smoke a "pike?"
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
wasn't his fault - this time
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Indians would be better off with Fernando Rodney pitching
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
Josh Hamilton with an infield single.
The third basemen bobbled away the game ending play.
This is officially scary.
I've got nothing.
Does Perez even care about this game?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
that was scary
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
I want Young to bunt, just to piss of Perez.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Perez you SUCK
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Chris Perez is f**king awful
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
Lameday showed that one almost out of the opposite batter box.
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
Could shut us down.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Good Point
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
TEXAS LOSES
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
Michael Young hit a smash, and luckily the shortstop was there.
You can’t hit a ball much harder.
Texas loses. Thank God.
I've got nothing.
Did you see the Giants catcher dancing last night to ignite the scrum?
What a numbscull.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Somehow we are still just 1 game back
We are at the point because of Weaver, Haren, Santana & Miracles
"Its like when i’m right…i’m right… and when i’m wrong…i could have been right..so i’m still right cause i could have been wrong"-Chevy Clarke's Twitter
and Christopher Lloyd
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Aug 6, 2011 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Too blessed to be stressed.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
So I'm assuming if we somehow win this division...
…we’ll be going with a 3-man rotation in the post-season? Or is Sosh gonna stick to roles?
Fangraphs has us ranked as having the fifth-best ERA in baseball.
Imagine how much better it would be if we didn’t have Chatty and Pinata.
I have hope for Takahashi in the rotation.
by Halostradamus on Aug 6, 2011 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that who is taking the 5th starting position?
I sure hope you’re right if he is taking #5
This team looks really good right now (7/9/11)
Not giving up yet... but man this season stinks right now (6/9/11)
It'll be interesting to see how he does
But I don’t have very hopes right now
I already did until you just reminded me!!!!!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 6, 2011 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
just remember he is only 21 and a rookie to boot
He will get better and learn from weaver and dirty Dan. Sosh gives a lot of slack for example brandon wood and mathis.
I believe chatwood is a good pitcher who has a lot to learn
Are you sure he was safe? It looked like an out to the entire statium. Well bad call Blue.
by Alavel on Aug 6, 2011 9:19 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Actually
I think he’s learned too much from them. Those guys have a talent he can’t imitate. His breaks and slides only go so far. I’d actually like to see him give in less (tossing loogies over the plate on hitters counts). In this instance, he should probably watch Santana.
You can’t teach what Weaver and Haren do.
"Keep pushing for us." Ervin Santana after NO-HITTER (July 27, 2011)
I blame Sosh...
I know I was bitching about this in the game thread but what the FUCK is Abreu doing batting 4th? He has zero power and has been struggling like crazy to make contact. So our 21 year old number 5 turned number 4 starter coughed up 5 runs? He’s bound to do that. It won’t make that big of a deal if you had some sort of cast of characters around him would could actually hit the ball.
Also, this idea of keeping the geezers veterans batting next to each other makes zero sense. You don’t need to stroke off to Bill James to understand that batting Hunter, Wells and Abreu next to each other doesn’t make an ounce of strategic sense. It’s just some sort of weird, aesthetic looking thing cooked up by Sosh. Sometimes, I have no idea how we are a game out of first…
Tim Salmon: The once and future Kingfish.
by Teixeira Who? on Aug 6, 2011 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
They make bookoo coin.
It would look weird to… (not really sure who)… to not have your overpaid underperforming veterans playing in the meat of the lineup even if they can no longer score runs. Organizations buy into their own bs. Sosh feels a need to justify Titanic-type salaries. This is the formula:
1. Put overpaid over-the-hill veterans in the meat of the order
2. ????
3. Collect profit
I hope this cleared everything up for anyone who felt confused by this strategy.
Amen!! It seems like if trumbo,aybar and bourjos don't hit this lineup just tanks!
by Halo#1 on Aug 6, 2011 9:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
There's a lot to look forward to with this team
Angels have a lot of strong young talent starting games and that hasn’t peaked yet.
is chatwood just not very good or is he just struggling like all young pitchers do right about now?
"If somebody had their life on the line, and they’ve got their options on who they want to save their life — tell me who you’re going to pick? You’re going to look at the stats first?" - Kobe Bryant
The latter I'm thinking
He has good stuff. He needs to learn how to maintain focus after getting two outs. I think he’s on a positive slope overall. He really wasn’t supposed to be a starter this year and isn’t quite ready for that stage but will be in the near future, imo.
Luda.......uh
I take it you don't have the DOV Secret Decoder Ring
You need to drink more ovaltine
-Quad Fin Rider
Who wants it less?!?
The team that thinks scoring runs will speed up the end of the earth, or the team that seems confused sitting at the top of the division and wants to return to their natural habitat in 4th??? This embarrassment of a race will go down to the wire!
This one's on the hitters
Chatwood wasn’t great, but he wasn’t bad either. His peripherals may have been his best of the season (of course, it is the Mariners, so take that with a grain of salt). 6 K’s and one walk. Not too bad. He gave up three doubles, which hurt, and at the wrong times.
This one’s on the offense.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
If the Halos are to win the division
The team needs to stop the stupid-shit against inferior teams. The team should be running the tables against the likes of Minnesota and Seattle. If the Halos lose the division be a couple of games, the loses to the inferior teams at a time when Texas was faltering will be the cause.
yup.
"Keep pushing for us." Ervin Santana after NO-HITTER (July 27, 2011)
by thebigtizzle on Aug 7, 2011 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
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