Lackey starting the season on the d.l.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 27, 2009 6:05 PM CDT

It was originally reported that John Lackey's forearm soreness was a relatively minor matter, and he was just going to skip today's start.

Instead, however, word now is that he's starting the season on the disabled list, because of inflammation in his elbow, and Lewis Yocum is coming in to review his MRI.

The Angels now have an Opening Day rotation of Saunders/Weaver/Moseley/Adenhart/Loux. Compare that to the Rangers Opening Day rotation of Millwood/Padilla/McCarthy/Harrison/Benson or Feldman.

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i believe the way this script plays out

the rangers at best play 500 ball for april and once lackey comes back, we all forget that the rangers were actually close the lead.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 27, 2009 6:10 PM CDT reply actions

Well not sure how you can state "at best"...

.500 considering:

1. This is the easiest opponents we’ve faced in April in some time.
2. Our first 9 of 12 games are at home.
3. This is the healthiest we’ve been in some time barring some late injuries before opening day.

Add to the fact that the Angels were already looking to regress from last year and are dealing with major pitching injuries, I can’t see why we can’t come out of the gates firing.

It’s ok to be optimistic every now and then when things actually do look bright.

by slimshadty12 on Mar 27, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh SNAP!

This ain’t good news for Mr. Lackey, or the Angles (not that I care about them :))

What percentage of times has Yocum been consulted that didn’t result in surgury? 10%?

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 27, 2009 6:10 PM CDT reply actions

Yocum

He’s the Angels’ team physician.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 27, 2009 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Yocum?

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 27, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I understand that.

But still, when Yocum reviews an MRI, it is usually very bad news. In my mind, it is more a case of a player or team saying “Nuh-uh, I don’t need to be cut on”.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 27, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions

That's probably true for most other teams

when Yocum is brought in as the 2nd opinion. But it he’s the Angels team orthopod, he is the first opinion and probably reviews (or orders) all their MRIs. When we hear that James Andrews is being consulted, then we’ll know he’s on the way to having surgery.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 27, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions

and he'll be wishing he'd acquiesced in those extension talks early on

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Mar 27, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions

The door is open

Rangers…AL West Champs 2009.

by tlt29 on Mar 27, 2009 6:11 PM CDT reply actions

Give me Sheets or give me Offseason Blues Part III.

by inactive lsb user on Mar 27, 2009 6:14 PM CDT reply actions

Hmm

Who would have ever thunk the Rangers would be the healthiest team in the west going into the season?

Free Frank Catalanotto

by egriffey on Mar 27, 2009 6:52 PM CDT reply actions

please go to some wood

and knock on it.

My cool sig.

by Ryin A on Mar 27, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Done.

Free Frank Catalanotto

by egriffey on Mar 27, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Hmm....

I was wondering why the Voodoo doctor was walking around at Suprise….

Now I know why….

by death of the cool on Mar 27, 2009 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

A's rotation

Is now: Braden and four guys who should be at Double-A this year.

Hmmm… make that two guys who should be at Triple-A and three guys who should be at Double-A.

I never thought I’d think this…. but right now I’d take the Rangers rotation over anyone else’s in the division.

I need a drink….

by Oddibee on Mar 27, 2009 7:07 PM CDT reply actions

Even over the M's?

With Felix and Bedard?

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 27, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

If i had to tkae the M's offense? YES!

"I Blame Mark Conner"

by red3biggs on Mar 27, 2009 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions

No, the M's have by far the best rotation now that Lackey and Duke are out.

If they get 300 combined innings from Morrow and Bedard they could be beastly.

And that defense is gonna be something, especially in the OF. Chavez and Gutierrez can both really go get the ball.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Mar 28, 2009 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Last year people overestimated the Mariners

this year many are underrating them. They won’t be good, but they’re not nearly as bad as people think.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Mar 28, 2009 7:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Could 85 victories win the west this year?

by Michael Cave on Mar 28, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions

yes

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Mar 28, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Felix and who?

Is Bedard 100% healthy? And I understand Morrow has the dreaded “forearm tightness”…

Yeah, I’d take TX over SEA.

by Oddibee on Mar 27, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions

yeah, someday

I’ll figure out how to maneuver the mouse in such a way as to actually click on “reply”

by Oddibee on Mar 27, 2009 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, yeah without Bedard and Morrow their rotation is a collection of crap equivalent to ours

But Felix is a pretty damn good #1.

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 27, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't disagree

But he can only pitch one day out of five.

Did you know King Felix had a 5.000 OPS in 2008? Impressive…

by Oddibee on Mar 27, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I won't

by Telegraph on Mar 27, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions

If you'd take the Rangers' 5 over the Mariners' 5 right now, you're absolutely batshit crazy.

Either that or just a homer, which I can understand.

But, seriously. F-Her, Bedard, Morrow, Washburn, Silva, Rowland-Smith, etc. is way better than our 5, even with the questions regarding Bedard and Morrow.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Mar 28, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

seriously..

give us the m’s rotation and we may be the division favorites with lackey healthy.
M’s rotation >>> Rangers.

Of course, the M’s don’t have anywhere near the rangers minor league SPs.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 28, 2009 5:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Angels

Does anyone else find it sad that they can lose their three best pitchers and still have a better rotation than the Rangers?

"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley

by trza on Mar 27, 2009 7:22 PM CDT reply actions

I don't really think

Saunders/Weaver/Moseley/Adenhart/Loux is better than Millwood/Padilla/McCarthy/Harrison/Benson or Feldman, actually. Roughly equivalent, probably.

Their saving grace is Escobar will be back by May, and Lackey and Santana aren’t out indefinitely either.

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 27, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions

What the Angels used to have

was consistency. Moseley/Adenhart/Loux are not bad, but they are going to be wildly inconsistent.

I really think Millwood, Padilla, Harrison and Benson\Feldman will be fairly consistent. Not fabulous, but consistently league average. I have no idea what McCarthy will do, but one wildly inconsistent guy vs three is a win for the Rangers.

by Oddibee on Mar 27, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions

that would be sad.

But that isn’t the case right now.

by Mike E on Mar 27, 2009 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I disagree

We can think and hope that the Rangers will be better this season, but based on performance over the last couple of years I don’t think there’s any way one could say that the Rangers rotation has been better than this Angels rotation.

"Was this really necsarry?" - cowpoke/hurler hurley

by trza on Mar 27, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd take Texas vs. Anaheim

in a 5 game series right now though…I won’t believe we’re better than the Angels until the season actually proves so, but it just SEEMS that way now…more than it has the past several years

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Mar 28, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions

You know

our bats will bail some of our bad starts out, the rest of the division does not have that ability. That could open the door!

by theotherdierkindallas on Mar 27, 2009 8:01 PM CDT reply actions

x

my sig is better than yours

by MayurP on Mar 27, 2009 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

I second this

Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."

by boomer1 on Mar 27, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

God, the AL West is just a pathetic division. I'm ashamed we have to be affiliated with it.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Mar 28, 2009 12:40 AM CDT reply actions

I won't be if we somehow back into the postseason.

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 28, 2009 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."

by boomer1 on Mar 28, 2009 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, it's so beneath us

by mgb5 on Mar 28, 2009 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Huh? Did I say that?

The 40 Trumps All!!!

I love you, Marcus Lemon.

"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.

by thedirkatron on Mar 28, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions

We have the worst rotation in baseball.

The sooner everybody realizes this, the easier the pain will be to take.

by SaltyGoesYard on Mar 28, 2009 9:51 AM CDT reply actions

LOL

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Mar 28, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions

they can be a bad rotation...

but I want consistently bad. not lots of injuries and plug-and-play spare parts moving in and out. let the vets prove they are still horrible, then bring on the youth…and then role with that inconsistency.

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Mar 28, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

C'mon. What about the O's and Nats?

The O’s have Guthrie, who is okay, but after him and Koji Uehara (who I guess is supposed to be this year’s Hiroki Kuroda) the options are Adam Eaton, Hayden Penn, Rich Hill (who is starting the season on the DL I think) and Mark Hendrickson. That’s pretty dismal.

The Nats have John Lannan, Scott Olsen, Daniel Cabrera and a couple unknowns in Sharion Martis and Jordan Zimmerman.

Aside from Peavy, the Padres roto sucks pretty hard too. Chris Young isn’t that good, and Cha Seung Baek, Kevin Correia and the perpetually injured Shawn Hill probably aren’t even 5th starters here in Texas.

She was a grand old lady...

by LSJ on Mar 28, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions