A Look At the LA Angels Bullpen & What To Expect Going Forward

Pitchers who need to shape up or be shipped out –

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J.C. Ramirez, Deolis Guerra, Daniel Wright, Blake Parker, and Mike Morin are all on the lower end in the season so far. Morin has the lowest ERA of the mentioned above with a whopping 6.35. Deolis Guerra has only pitched one game, so it almost feels wrong mentioning him, but his ERA is currently a 9.00. Ramirez has pitched 10.0 innings due to his start in place of Richards, Wright has 4.0 innings, and Morin 5.2. As the season progress I am sure their ERA’s will dip. Parker is the only member of this group to show respectable numbers. Parker is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA and has 10 strikeouts in six innings.

J.C. Ramirez was very effective last year for the Angels once they claimed him off of waivers from Cincinnati at mid-season.  He pitched in the 6th-7th inning role for about a month and performed admirably.  Then when the Angels starting having injuries to Huston Street, Joe Smith, and Cam Bedrosian, he moved up to in the bullpen pecking order.

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For the last two months of the season Ramirez was the primary set-up man and occasional closer and did very well. However this year the Angels have decided to try him as a starter and while first game wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t good either. Ramirez went five innings and gave up five runs against the Royals Friday night and lost 7-1.   We will see if he gets another shot to fill in for Richards the next time his turn comes up in the rotation.

As for the other three Deolis Guerra, Mike Morin, and Daniel Wright  all of these guys have not shown the ability to get hitters out on a consistent basis so far since being called up from Salt Lake. The sample size is small, but If they can’t keep up with the other guys that are pitching better than them though, they won’t see as many innings. I’d even go as far to say that some of them may end up in AAA or being traded near the all-star break.