Series Review: Anaheim Angels @ Seattle Mariners

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2009 10:00 AM PDT in Seattle Mariners Game Recaps

Silva

Silva looked better from the stands than he did from the stat sheet which is not saying much since Silva didn't look all that good to me from my perch in left field. The four strikeouts is nice, especially the pair swinging, but a walk and a hits batsmen even those out. 58.6% is a poor figure for strikes thrown; that's vintage Daniel Cabrera territory. The line drives are also a concern. It's easy to dismiss this as a pretty solid start overall, but the fact is that Silva's non-park-adjusted tRA for this outing was 5.73.

Washburn

Washburn managed to throw some strikes and keep the ball on the ground a little more proficiently than usual. The swinging and called strike rates were close to his career norms, so the four Ks in just 22 BF seems lucky. Zero walks is always lucky though Washburn did throw a few more strikes than you would expect. Even with the home run allowed, which kills your tRA, Washburn's start came in at a non-park-adjusted 4.25 tRA, a figure I would take 30 more times with glee. That's not going to happen though.

Jakubauskas

Jakubauskas flashed tremendous command. That's how you throw strikes to a lineup that is ill-equipped to punish you. 74.1%? Oh god, yes please. It should come as no surprise them that Jax didn't issue a free pass. He did record a trio of strikeouts and two of them the swinging variety which is astounding since those were the only two missed bats he ever recorded. Still, he limited solid contact, and showed the upside of a guy who pounds the zone can be. Notice his BABIP isn't even too wacky. Because it was his first start, we have a full park-neutral tRA for Jakubauskas and it was a dazzling 1.33.

*NB: BB% includes walks, intentional walks and hit by pitches as, analytically, all three fall into the same grouping, that of free passes to the batter.

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I hope Jak will be able to be not bad for his other couple of starts

It’ll be interesting to see how he’ll be treated by a team that can actually hit the ball, though. I don’t think his stuff will be good enough to allow him to pound the strike zone with a capable bat at the plate. That said, though, that start probably couldn’t have gone much better for him, so kudos there

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by tootthekazoo on Apr 18, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions

Visually, his stuff wasn't very good in his start.

Not compared to the relief appearance v. Minnesota. His change-up wasn’t working, and thus he threw very few…. they never seemed to fool the angels, though for reasons I’m not clear on, they couldn’t pick up his fastball.

He’s going to have games where he has better stuff, but gets hit hard, and he’s going to have games like this, where the results look a lot better than the stuff (though tip of the cap to him for finally throwing the curve for strikes).

by marc w on Apr 18, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

Watching him spot the curve in the zone was pretty sweet. I couldn’t really tell from my vantage point, but on the radio they were saying he was spotting his fastball very well on either side of the plate, so that could explain why the Angels were having a hard time squaring up on it.

by appleshampoo on Apr 18, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

He looked like what we expected to get out of Carlos Silva

but with better breaking stuff.

by sammy on Apr 18, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Dustin Moseley to the DL

At what point do they simply cease to have any starting pitching?

by Fuckmikereilly on Apr 18, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Angels placed pitcher Dustin Moseley on the 15-day disabled list today because of tightness in his throwing elbow, a condition that flared up Friday night, when the right-hander was pulled after three innings of his start against the Twins.

To replace Moseley and Vladimir Guerrero, who went on the DL because of a right pectoral tear on Friday, the Angels recalled reliever Rich Thompson and left-handed reliever Daniel Davidson from triple-A Salt Lake.

This is getting ridiculous.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Not to go nuts or anything

but the start to the Angels 2009 reminds me a lot of the start to the Mariners 2004.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't know about that

Some people on that team are definitely aging, but not nearly to the degree of the 2004 squad. Their offense has looked terrible, but that has never really their strength anyway, and their pitching will recover (at least partially) in a month or so.

Also, Torii Hunter is absolutely destroying the ball. And Scoisca must have some radical new approach to lineup construction. Izturis hitting third?

by Fuckmikereilly on Apr 18, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions