Time to make Salas the Closer (gulp)

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Salas is basically one or two great defensive plays away from being his normal, shitty self.

His BABIP is .232. He will finish the season with an ERA near or above 4.

I disagree ... more like above 6

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

I disagree ... more like above 6

You're funny

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

You're funny

I crack myself up. 

[Oz27]

6 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Salas is basically one or two great defensive plays away from being his normal, shitty self.

His BABIP is .232. He will finish the season with an ERA near or above 4.

Yes, exactly. If you delve into it deeper it is very clear that Salas will regress in a bad way. The only thing he is doing better is less of the balls hit into play are falling for hits, as you point to with the unsustainably low BABIP. His home run rate is down and he is getting more ground balls, admittedly those are encouraging signs (in what is still a small sample size). But his strikeout rate is the lowest it has been since he has been with the Angels (10.46 per nine innings last year, down to 8.06 this year), his walk rate is up 1.7 to 2.1 per nine innings from last year to this year and his strand rate is entirely unsustainable at 87.2 per cent. Everything in his statistics suggest he will regress in an emphatic way soon.

On the Joe Smith issue, yes he is a huge concern. There isn't much to suggest he will turn it around and his decline is really alarming. His strikeout rate is down to a pretty awful 5.87 per nine innings, his walk rate was up significantly last year and has gone up again in 2016 and he is giving up home runs. His BABIP has been a quite friendly .250 as well, so things could get even worse. I don't see much there to suggest he has what it takes to be an effective MLB pitcher anymore.

Cam Bedrosian looks legit though. It's a small sample size but he's halved his walk rate, striking out more batters and hasn't been riding any BABIP luck. It's time to give him more responsibility.

[Billy_Ball]

I hate Salad.

[Angel Oracle]

He's blue cheese dressing to me, blech.

[nate]

He sucks just like the rest of the bullpen

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Salas sure pitched his way out of the jam last night.

[Blarg]

Took the pressure off the offense to have to play for one run. 

[Docwaukee]

since this thread was started 

13 ip, 17h, 12er, 5bb, 6k.  

[Stradling]

Message board I told you so's are the heat.  

Just a hunch when this thread was made Salas was pitching well compared to the rest of the pen, probably around the time Smith shit the bed.  

Somebody should start a Bedrosian for Closer thread so we can watch him regress to his past.  

[Billy_Ball]

[Angel Oracle]

Arson Squad, the redux 

[tomsred]

I think Salas is a closer, unfortunately for whoever the Angels are playing that day.  We pitch him, they score, and then they close us out.

[Kevin]

You don't win friends with Salad!

 

You don't win friends with Salad!

 

You don't win friends with Salad!

[yamsi12]

I have a belly button.

[Torridd]

He and Alvarez have to go.

[Angels#1Fan]

If the board has a Hall of Shame for threads, this one belongs there.

 

[The God of Runs]

2 hours ago, Angels#1Fan said:

If the board has a Hall of Shame for threads, this one belongs there.

 

I will have my speech ready to go after I finish writing my Benefits of Trading Trout Thread 

[John Smith]

Los Angeles Angels optioned Fernando Salas to Salt Lake Bees.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/?c_id=ana&year=2009&month=7#month=7&year=2016&team_id=108

[Troll Daddy]

Omg

[John Smith]

I have to believe this was a typo, probably should have been Perez. Salas is out of options, I believe.

[John Smith]

Salt Lake Transactions, as well.

07/09/2016  Los Angeles Angels optioned Fernando Salas to Salt Lake Bees.

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_trn&lid=112&sid=t561

[Vegas Halo Fan]

2 hours ago, John Smith said:

Los Angeles Angels optioned Fernando Salas to Salt Lake Bees.

Only about two years too late.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Yet he managed to appear in the game today.