Wednesday, July 07, 2004
REPORT CARD
Will Leitch gives out midseason report cards (can you believe the season is halfway over?) and deigns to give the Angels a C+. That almost feels generous ... the offense has done well, considering, as has the bullpen, though the rotation has to be pretty close to an F.
Three of our five starters have ERAs in the bottom 24 of major league qualifiers. The Big Mango's 6.57 ranks next-to-last, which doesn't sound so bad until you see that Jason Jennings and his Coors Heavy 6.59 is what comes in last.
The Support-Neutral numbers maintained by Baseball Prospectus peg the Angel rotation as 23rd out of 30, with the Phillies being the only real contender ranking below us.
Even worse, Angel pitchers have been struggling in what has played as a pitcher's park thus far. Whereas 9.09 total runs are scored per game in Anaheim, the Angels and their opponents post 10.20 on the road. Putting park adjustments on Colon gets his ERA up to 6.95 (and Jennings' down to 5.21).
I had a strange dream this morning; I dreamt that Bud Black was fired. I did not consider this a good dream. But it's clear what the problem with this team is, and you have to wonder what management thinks they're gonna do about it.
Will Leitch gives out midseason report cards (can you believe the season is halfway over?) and deigns to give the Angels a C+. That almost feels generous ... the offense has done well, considering, as has the bullpen, though the rotation has to be pretty close to an F.
Three of our five starters have ERAs in the bottom 24 of major league qualifiers. The Big Mango's 6.57 ranks next-to-last, which doesn't sound so bad until you see that Jason Jennings and his Coors Heavy 6.59 is what comes in last.
The Support-Neutral numbers maintained by Baseball Prospectus peg the Angel rotation as 23rd out of 30, with the Phillies being the only real contender ranking below us.
Even worse, Angel pitchers have been struggling in what has played as a pitcher's park thus far. Whereas 9.09 total runs are scored per game in Anaheim, the Angels and their opponents post 10.20 on the road. Putting park adjustments on Colon gets his ERA up to 6.95 (and Jennings' down to 5.21).
I had a strange dream this morning; I dreamt that Bud Black was fired. I did not consider this a good dream. But it's clear what the problem with this team is, and you have to wonder what management thinks they're gonna do about it.
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