You can see what’s so tantalizing about Klassen in today’s outing, and why he makes the back of some Top 100 lists still. Working 97-99 with the FB and commanding the slider, though more inconsistent with the curve and change.
You could put him in the MLB bullpen right now, and he’s probably a lockdown set-up man before the All Star Break. He went through the top of the Padres’ order with 13 pitches, several whiffs, two Ks swinging.
Then he labored more in the second inning, taking 23 pitches to get through, alternating walks and HBPs with easy pop-ups, living on the edge with the bases full. With that pattern, he’s a ‘pitching chaos’ guy that maybe gets you into the fourth or fifth inning, but he could also melt down and put the game out of reach.
The pieces are there for a #2 rotation guy, but it still feels a bit of a reach, and he’d be strong value if the club just put him in the ‘pen now.
You can see what’s so tantalizing about Klassen in today’s outing, and why he makes the back of some Top 100 lists still. Working 97-99 with the FB and commanding the slider, though more inconsistent with the curve and change.
You could put him in the MLB bullpen right now, and he’s probably a lockdown set-up man before the All Star Break. He went through the top of the Padres’ order with 13 pitches, several whiffs, two Ks swinging.
Then he labored more in the second inning, taking 23 pitches to get through, alternating walks and HBPs with easy pop-ups, living on the edge with the bases full. With that pattern, he’s a ‘pitching chaos’ guy that maybe gets you into the fourth or fifth inning, but he could also melt down and put the game out of reach.
The pieces are there for a #2 rotation guy, but it still feels a bit of a reach, and he’d be strong value if the club just put him in the ‘pen now.
Damn. 14 K’s and zero walks is a vibe. Fucking terrible work on identifying good vs bad pitches.
Adell hit landed on Mars I think
Nice play by Mancini
Ooof. Cortez wasn’t ever close. Real bad.
is a 108.0 ERA bad?
Pretty….PREEEETY bad
Not watching. Is Cortez off
Couldn’t locate at all
That’s too kind.
CMO, let’s get another one!
(don’t hop on that Konnor Griffin bandwagon just yet)
Neto!! He better be an All Star this year
You get a strikeout. You get a strikeout. Everybody gets a strikeout!
Hunter Strickland pitching slightly above average for a crappy 2020s Angels team just hits different
Raudi 👀
I was thinking they should let Raudi Rod wear a kilt, but then I remembered you can’t slide in those things.
There’s no crying in baseball
CMo with a sweet swing
CMO!!!!
Moore with the bomb!!
This could go either way.
Whew!
Have to be encouraged by Klassen’s first inning