Skaggs has Grade 2 oblique strain; out 10-12 weeks.

[totdprods]

I'd give it to Meyer. It's his opportunity. If he can't keep it together for a couple starts, get Nate Smith or Banuelos up in his place to get a lefty back in. 

My vote.

[Angelsjunky]

I could see an Onion article: "Angels invent 560-day DL."

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I could see an Onion article: "Angels invent 560-day DL."

Isn't that called a Hamilton? 

[John Smith]

Olney: Starting pitchers are flooding the market, so who could be traded?

http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/16589/olney-starting-pitchers-are-flooding-the-market-so-who-could-be-traded

[totdprods]

Absolute and total fantasy, but for a couple seasons now I've had dreams of the Angels somehow grabbing Gerrit Cole under-the-radar. I can't see how it wouldn't cost us anything less than three of our top five prospects at the minimum though.

Holland, Santiago, Happ, Liriano, Garcia, Feldman, Hughes, Vargas, and Estrada all seem like they could be reasonably attainable. 

[Chuck]

Realistically, I could see Eppler making a call to Atlanta since he's dealt with their GM a couple times now and acquire Dickey or Colon. 

[bloodbrother]

Bring Colon back home

[Blarg]

Or Newcomb and Ellis. 

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Or Newcomb and Ellis. 

nope

[nando714]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Realistically, I could see Eppler making a call to Atlanta since he's dealt with their GM a couple times now and acquire Dickey or Colon. 

I wouldn't mind some Colon aka big sexy

[DMVol]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

I'd give it to Meyer. It's his opportunity. If he can't keep it together for a couple starts, get Nate Smith or Banuelos up in his place to get a lefty back in. 

Smith is on the DL, I think....

[John Smith]

the Angels will look internally and externally for a replacement, Eppler said.

However, chances of acquiring a pitcher as good as Skaggs are slim.

“Generally, trading for pitchers of that caliber at this time of year is not commonplace, and very difficult to do,” Eppler said.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/01/angels-tyler-skaggs-to-miss-10-12-weeks-with-oblique-strain/

[Tyler]

This is crazy. I've never seen a pitching staff hit so hard. Must move Cron.

[Troll Daddy]

So the good news is he'll be ready for the playoffs.

[totdprods]

9 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Smith is on the DL, I think....

That's why I said Meyer (or Wright I guess) gets first dibs. Nate is still in extended ST I think. But if a few turns have passed and Meyer/Wright aren't cutting it, Nate should get the opp. 

[totdprods]

12 minutes ago, John Smith said:

the Angels will look internally and externally for a replacement, Eppler said.

However, chances of acquiring a pitcher as good as Skaggs are slim.

“Generally, trading for pitchers of that caliber at this time of year is not commonplace, and very difficult to do,” Eppler said.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/01/angels-tyler-skaggs-to-miss-10-12-weeks-with-oblique-strain/

I wouldn't say we need someone of Skaggs caliber, just someone who can eat some innings. Someone in the vein of Nolasco would be huge. 

What we need is for the offense and Shoemaker to step up, and the pen to maintain its momentum.

[DMVol]

13 minutes ago, Tyler said:

This is crazy. I've never seen a pitching staff hit so hard. Must move Cron.

You'd be selling low....

[Tyler]

1 minute ago, DMVol said:

You'd be selling low....

 

Eh. If he improves his stock he'll be that much closer to FA. Right now, I'm selling him as former 1st round pick off a .278, .792 OPS, 16 HR, 59 RBI in 445 PA season with 3 more seasons of club control. If I don't like my offers, I don't move him, but I'm sure dangling him first and foremost with Thaiss in the system.

[Ohtaniland]

Pitchers and catchers are due to report next February. The smell of the fresh cut grass......

[ScottT]

Injury related social media and message board comments are the worst.  

Get better, Tyler Skaggs. 

[nando714]

29 minutes ago, Tyler said:

This is crazy. I've never seen a pitching staff hit so hard. Must move Cron.

The mets are kinda screwed 

they just loss Thor to a slight tear in his oblique, matz hasn't picked up a baseball, Matt Harvey has yet to put a full season together the last few years, Degrom hasn't been the same since 2015

[totdprods]

Feldman?

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Virtually no organization allows their pitchers to have that make up, and they certainly don't have it in April/May. 

Richard's and Skaggs don't have it in June, July, August... 

[nando714]

Damn I just remembered 

Heaney and tropeano are gone for 2017 too

so 4/5 of the rotation ispretty much done for the year lol

[Blarg]

35 minutes ago, Tyler said:

This is crazy. I've never seen a pitching staff hit so hard. Must move Cron.

Mets last season and they made the playoffs.