I am picking up on an article in 538 on how the Angels have had a solid off-season by making a lot of small moves instead of a couple of big ones. This is from the section on pitching.
For years I have avoided Angels pitching but kept getting sucked in by apparent bargains that proved to be illusions. Is it time to reconsider the whole staff?
L.A.’s non-Ohtani starters look surprisingly decent
2022 statistics for members of the Los Angeles Angels’ projected 2023 rotation, excluding Shohei Ohtani
PLAYER IP ERA FIP WAR
Tyler Anderson 178.7 2.57 3.31 4.59
Patrick Sandoval 148.7 2.91 3.09 3.66
Reid Detmers 129.0 3.77 3.79 2.37
José Suarez 109.0 3.96 3.91 1.71
Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs.
The bullpen, like the offense, was another troublesome area for the Angels in 2022. By ERA, they were in the bottom half of the league, and by FanGraphs WAR they amassed the sixth-fewest wins (with a collective mark of just 1.7). After trading closer Raisel Iglesias to Atlanta at the trade deadline, Los Angeles brought in hard-throwing Carlos Estévez to compete to fill that role. According to the ZiPS projection system, the Angels bullpen should be a bit better in 2023, projecting to double its WAR total from a year ago.
2022 statistics for members of the Los Angeles Angels’ projected 2023 rotation, excluding Shohei Ohtani
PLAYER IP ERA FIP WAR
Tyler Anderson 178.7 2.57 3.31 4.59
Patrick Sandoval 148.7 2.91 3.09 3.66
Reid Detmers 129.0 3.77 3.79 2.37
José Suarez 109.0 3.96 3.91 1.71
Baseball-Reference and FanGraphs.
The bullpen, like the offense, was another troublesome area for the Angels in 2022. By ERA, they were in the bottom half of the league, and by FanGraphs WAR they amassed the sixth-fewest wins (with a collective mark of just 1.7). After trading closer Raisel Iglesias to Atlanta at the trade deadline, Los Angeles brought in hard-throwing Carlos Estévez to compete to fill that role. According to the ZiPS projection system, the Angels bullpen should be a bit better in 2023, projecting to double its WAR total from a year ago.
For years I have avoided Angels pitching but kept getting sucked in by apparent bargains that proved to be illusions. Is it time to reconsider the whole staff?
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