Garrett Richards..

[Chuck]

Thoughts?

[Ohtaniland]

I think his injuries have somehow slowed his shutdown mentality. In 2014 he was a physical badass and on his way to being a top five MLB Ace but now he’s lost that confidence. 

[tdawg87]

I've said for years that he's a gigantic pussy.

His stuff is as good as anyone in the game. He just can't put it together, and always ends up getting hurt.

Prove me wrong, Garrett.

[Angel Oracle]

Giving up back-to-back HRs should NOT be happening to him!

[Merlot]

While I am not disagreeing with anything said here, I was happy to see he still has his velocity.  I am hoping he can become the pitcher he can be.

[Ray McKigney]

[Taylor]

One start. Let's reevaluate after 5 or 6.

[nando714]

All our pitchers suck 

[GrittyVeterans]

It's a terrible rotation and will be a frustrating season. There's way too much pressure on Richards to be dominant and healthy. If that doesn't happen, this team is completely fucked

[Troll Daddy]

For Richards or poorer 

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

He's the best pitcher in our rotation.

Very frustrated by todays' melt down and I hope he can recover...but our pitching staff fucking sucks it appears...but everyone bitches about spending $$$ in the offseason on proven talent..so whatever. Hopefully Ohtani fucking produces and Richards settles in as the season goes along. 

[GrittyVeterans]

I don't blame Eppler much. He clearly has a plan to build from within and is going to stick to that. It's not his fault the last 2 GMs fucked this franchise up so much. We have money to spend if the right guy eventually comes available. 

[Angelsjunky]

We should at least give it a full six games before we declare the entire rotation sucks.

And yes, that's sarcasm.

Come on, folks. 

ITS EARLY!!!!

[Billy_Ball]

At least it wasn't as bad as his terrible outing in Oakland in 2014 (5 ER in 2/3 inning.)  And he responded with ace-like numbers for 2014 (until he got hurt in that freak accident in Boston.)

[Sully151]

 

[totdprods]

Meh, he ran out of juice and probably should've been pulled after the David HR, if not right before that AB, but I can see how Sosh would stick to his #1 on Opening Day in that situation. 

The Angels offense had plenty more opportunities to score when they should have, Bedrosian's appearance was crap.

I also think Oakland is a much better than team than people are projecting. They're success is too cyclical and they're due to have one of those "out of nowhere" seasons. Olson, Davis, Chapman, Pinder, Barretto are a potent offensive core, Lowrie, Lucroy, Semien, and even Matt Fucking Joyce (who I hate almost as much as Hamilton now) are fine supplemental bats, and you know they'll find a way to cobble together a decent pitching staff. I truly think they have the pieces to finish as high as 3rd and post a .500 year. 

[Torridd]

Kind of quick to turn on GRich, isn't it guys? I was surprised when I left work when it was 4-0 Angels to find out we lost when I checked the score at home.  Still, 95% of the time Richards wins a game like that., I never thought of him as having no heart. You have to understand it's opening after recovering from an injury, topping it off that he's a free agent at the end of the season. That's a lot of pressure. You can expect other fans to waylay him, but his own so quickly? 

[Chuck]

I agree with everyone, was just really frustrated after he coughed that lead up.

[Torridd]

5 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

We should at least give it a full six games before we declare the entire rotation sucks.

And yes, that's sarcasm.

Come on, folks. 

ITS EARLY!!!!

I think people are bummed we lost the game against Oakland when we had a good lead for half the game.

[Ohtaniland]

[bloodbrother]

Well he's off to a better start than last year at least! Actually went 5 innings and isn't injured(as I type this response)

[Stradling]

56 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Meh, he ran out of juice and probably should've been pulled after the David HR, if not right before that AB, but I can see how Sosh would stick to his #1 on Opening Day in that situation. 

The Angels offense had plenty more opportunities to score when they should have, Bedrosian's appearance was crap.

I also think Oakland is a much better than team than people are projecting. They're success is too cyclical and they're due to have one of those "out of nowhere" seasons. Olson, Davis, Chapman, Pinder, Barretto are a potent offensive core, Lowrie, Lucroy, Semien, and even Matt Fucking Joyce (who I hate almost as much as Hamilton now) are fine supplemental bats, and you know they'll find a way to cobble together a decent pitching staff. I truly think they have the pieces to finish as high as 3rd and post a .500 year. 

If he allows those runners in the 7th inning he gets pulled, but not the 5th inning without giving up any runs without a shut down bullpen.  

[Ohtaniland]

32 minutes ago, SuperTroopers said:

If he allows those runners in the 7th inning he gets pulled, but not the 5th inning without giving up any runs without a shut down bullpen.  

It’s kinda crazy how a small smoldering fire quickly turned into a five-alarm bullpen response. Remember that this is the same Garrett Richards that would be trusted to navigate us through a wild card game. 

[JoJo26]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

Meh, he ran out of juice and probably should've been pulled after the David HR, if not right before that AB, but I can see how Sosh would stick to his #1 on Opening Day in that situation. 

The Angels offense had plenty more opportunities to score when they should have, Bedrosian's appearance was crap.
 

Wait? Are you saying that Scioscia didn't handle pitching changes correctly? How can you say that?

 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Torridd said:

Kind of quick to turn on GRich, isn't it guys? I was surprised when I left work when it was 4-0 Angels to find out we lost when I checked the score at home.  Still, 95% of the time Richards wins a game like that., I never thought of him as having no heart. You have to understand it's opening after recovering from an injury, topping it off that he's a free agent at the end of the season. That's a lot of pressure. You can expect other fans to waylay him, but his own so quickly? 

Not for this place it isn't.