Dylan Bundy moving back into the rotation

[Stradling]

12 minutes ago, stormngt said:

There sending Barria down again.  He isnt good enough.  Bundy is much better

Are they sending Barria down?  I'm assumed you were joking, but some of the responses make me think that I missed something.  I can't imagine that Bundy would take Barria's place unless Barria is hurt?  

[stormngt]

2 minutes ago, Hells Rainbow said:

Are they sending Barria down?  I'm assumed you were joking, but some of the responses make me think that I missed something.  I can't imagine that Bundy would take Barria's place unless Barria is hurt?  

I was being sarcastic but how this team has treated him you never know.

[failos]

1 minute ago, Hells Rainbow said:

Are they sending Barria down?  I'm assumed you were joking, but some of the responses make me think that I missed something.  I can't imagine that Bundy would take Barria's place unless Barria is hurt?  

The tweet in the OP is too vague to draw any sort of conclusions. It doesn’t even sound definitive to me.

[HaloSpurs]

If they mess Barria around again I’ll be very annoyed. Deserves his shot the rest of this year 

[TroutField]

22 minutes ago, Trendon said:

gotta guarantee at least 1 loss per rotation turn for the tank

Joe Maddon masterclass

Honestly… look how nice the minors start to look if we get another top 10 pick and our current prospects continue to improve. All the sudden losing Adell and 2 others doesn’t hurt as bad when it’s time to make a trade for the right player. 

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

This news is going to disturb, the otherwise peace loving, @fan_since79

Not at all. I perfectly understand the reason for it. 32 games in 32 days does a number on any starting rotation, especially one as unstable as ours, and with Ohtani out for who knows how long, it's a no-brainer decision. 

He's bound to have a good outing soon just on the law of averages.

I'm still at peace. Blessed tranquility in fact. 

[Blarg]

[failos]

Just now, fan_since79 said:

I'm still at peace. Blessed tranquility in fact. 

[fan_since79]

Start Bundy in the first game of next Monday's doubleheader in Toronto (a rain-game makeup). Then you've got everyone else on their normal rest.

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, failos said:

 

I met this fellow and he changed my point of view. Peace and tranquility to you, my friend, and serenity, and all their synonyms.

[stormngt]

3 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Not at all. I perfectly understand the reason for it. 32 games in 32 days does a number on any starting rotation, especially one as unstable as ours, and with Ohtani out for who knows how long, it's a no-brainer decision. 

He's bound to have a good outing soon just on the law of averages.

I'm still at peace. Blessed tranquility in fact. 

"Bound to have a good outing."  Nothing more needs to be said 

[Second Base]

Might just be using Bundy to limit the innings of our valuable pitchers moving forward. I think it's pretty evident that Ohtani, Sandoval, Detmers and Rodriguez are part of the rotation moving forward.

I'm assuming Suarez too, but another part of me loved what he did in relief and wonders if that's the better fit.

But that's five pretty solid young starters that you want to protect for the future. Bringing Bundy in to provide extra rest is smart, or even keeping Quintana around to limit them to 4 innings in September. The money is already spent, clearly neither of them have value to another team or a future with the Angels, might as well use them to protect the kids. 

But when it comes to Guerra or Cishek, dump those guys immediately and let some hard throwing prospects take their shot at getting big league hitters out. 

[Jeff Fletcher]

I imagine Bundy is just going to be a filler around all the young guys. They have like 2 off days in the whole month of August plus a doubleheader. Given the way they keep talking about being careful with innings given the 2020-to-2021 jump, I think Bundy is a useful filler to keep the workload spread out. 

[Puget Sound Angel]

And you guys thought we had hit rock bottom prior to this.

[Docwaukee]

even AW is tanking.  

the fact that the second post in this thread isn't one of bundy puking...then almost two full pages and still nothing.  

I'm not mad.  I'm just disappointed.  

[Angel Oracle]

Are you puking?    Are you puking?

There’s no puking in baseball!

[stormngt]

9 hours ago, Second Base said:

Might just be using Bundy to limit the innings of our valuable pitchers moving forward. I think it's pretty evident that Ohtani, Sandoval, Detmers and Rodriguez are part of the rotation moving forward.

I'm assuming Suarez too, but another part of me loved what he did in relief and wonders if that's the better fit.

But that's five pretty solid young starters that you want to protect for the future. Bringing Bundy in to provide extra rest is smart, or even keeping Quintana around to limit them to 4 innings in September. The money is already spent, clearly neither of them have value to another team or a future with the Angels, might as well use them to protect the kids. 

But when it comes to Guerra or Cishek, dump those guys immediately and let some hard throwing prospects take their shot at getting big league hitters out. 

Are you assuming Barria gets banished again for sleeping with Arte's daughter?

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, stormngt said:

Are you assuming Barria gets banished again for sleeping with Arte's daughter?

I like that even though he’s made two starts in a row you are still defending his honor.  I had no idea you were Arte’s daughter.  You know cuz he’s sleeping with Arte’s daughter.  

[stormngt]

Just now, Hells Rainbow said:

I like that even though he’s made two starts in a row you are still defending his honor.  I had no idea you were Arte’s daughter.  You know cuz he’s sleeping with Arte’s daughter.  

It was a joke made by second base in an earlier thread.  I was just throwing ot back in good humor.

[Revad]

5 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Are you assuming Barria gets banished again for sleeping with Arte's daughter?

Holy shit, that would explain things.  A GM might not care, but the owner…oops.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Barria's yacht fuel joke at the company holiday party was in poor taste; he'll be paying the price for years

[TroutCron]

17 hours ago, aznhockeyguy said:

If the Angels were going to tank, why didn't the team trade away anyone of value? 

The only ones tanking are Minasian and Maddon. 
Bundy should be dumped

Suzuki should also be dumped to give Ward some reps behind the plate

Barria should be in the rotation. The rotation should be:

Ohtani, Sandoval, Suarez, Detmers, Rodriguez, Cobb (when he returns), Barria-until Cobb comes back. 
 

It is unfortunate that there are no relievers to call up to replace Quintana and Bundy, Mayers and the rest of the Fire Squad. 
 

The team obviously isn’t going to win too many games the rest of the season so play the youngsters to get a feel for what to expect for ‘22. 
 

The rotation should be:

Ohtani

Sandoval

Barria, 

Suarez

Rodriguez 

Detmers

Keep Quintana and Bundy around to take a beating and to give the kids a rest. It is a shame that there aren’t and young pen arms to bring up. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

21 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Barria's yacht fuel joke at the company holiday party was in poor taste; he'll be paying the price for years

"He looks like the guy from weekend at bernies, hahaha" Barria said, as Arte walked up behind him on the boat

[Angelsjunky]

I think their treatment of Barria is actually an homage to Scioscia, when a young guy would have a great game and be benched the next day.

Tip of the cap, Sosh. Here's your shrine.

[ten ocho recon scout]

20 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

I think their treatment of Barria is actually an homage to Scioscia, when a young guy would have a great game and be benched the next day.

Tip of the cap, Sosh. Here's your shrine.

So are we calling him Barry now?