As an Angels fan I see him play nearly every game on TV. He truly is one of the best I have ever seen.
Sadly, it seem his incredible season is going waste because of the worst bullpen in the game. The bullpen has blown late inning leads in 13 of the last 19. Blake Parker and Cam Bedrosian should never be on the mound with any lead, no matter how big.
Yeah, the bullpen sucks, and injuries have taken their toll again, but it is hard to lay the blame there when two innings is considered a long start for their starting rotation.
Speaking of bullpens, they are the main reason we haven’t seen anybody dubplicate Ted Williams’ feat since 1941. Relief pitchers change-up the game. Now more than ever with the heavy reliance on pitch-counts, middle-relief, and set-up specialists. It’s really difficult when you have 5 plate appearances in a game and face 3 different pitchers. Williams would feast on an opposing pitcher. If you can take what today would have been a 2 for 5 outing and turn that into a 4-5 instead...