McCullers, Jr out of the bullpen Pitchers for the Angels series
August 28, 2025
McCullers, Jr out of the bullpen Pitchers for the Angels series
14 comments
I like it
So demoted but we have to pretend it’s short term for what reason?
McCullers out of the pen seems right somehow.
He’s only allowed to throw curveballs when coming out of the ‘pen.
I mean until he can lock in I think it’s for the best he’s got some nasty stuff if he can hit his spots accurately
Finally realized what worked in the 2017/2018 playoffs is a viable option. Not sure what took mgmt since 2020 , 5 years to figure out.
Fuck it only took them a half a season to try this
I’ve been asking for this move for literal years. I love Lance, but bro is made of glass and it is abundantly clear he can’t be a starting pitcher. He’s been on the IL like 3 time this year alone.
I know it’s a long time ago now, but he also showed he was capable of getting hit and being effective out of the pen in ‘17. Some starters can’t do that and need more warmup time.
I don’t know if Lance or Crane or Brown or who was against him in the pen, but it just makes sense to put the man that can’t handle a starters workload in the pen
One more year of him, then we can move on.
I’ve said for years if they could get this guy to come out of the bullpen he would be amazing. His stuff can be so nasty if he only has 1 or 2 innings to work through. I hope this continues to happen.
Good, our bullpen has been dog shit lately and he can help us there. Hopefully TBA = Garcia
This will benefit Lance and the team
TBA = Luis Garcia hopefully?
McCullers should have moved to the bullpen after 2017 imo. Dude is the PERFECT long closer
14 comments
I like it
So demoted but we have to pretend it’s short term for what reason?
McCullers out of the pen seems right somehow.
He’s only allowed to throw curveballs when coming out of the ‘pen.
I mean until he can lock in I think it’s for the best he’s got some nasty stuff if he can hit his spots accurately
Finally realized what worked in the 2017/2018 playoffs is a viable option. Not sure what took mgmt since 2020 , 5 years to figure out.
Fuck it only took them a half a season to try this
I’ve been asking for this move for literal years. I love Lance, but bro is made of glass and it is abundantly clear he can’t be a starting pitcher. He’s been on the IL like 3 time this year alone.
I know it’s a long time ago now, but he also showed he was capable of getting hit and being effective out of the pen in ‘17. Some starters can’t do that and need more warmup time.
I don’t know if Lance or Crane or Brown or who was against him in the pen, but it just makes sense to put the man that can’t handle a starters workload in the pen
One more year of him, then we can move on.
I’ve said for years if they could get this guy to come out of the bullpen he would be amazing. His stuff can be so nasty if he only has 1 or 2 innings to work through. I hope this continues to happen.
Good, our bullpen has been dog shit lately and he can help us there. Hopefully TBA = Garcia
This will benefit Lance and the team
TBA = Luis Garcia hopefully?
McCullers should have moved to the bullpen after 2017 imo. Dude is the PERFECT long closer