5/20: Open Game Thread
Lookout Landing — ... Ervin Santana #54 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Angels Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Bats: R ...

They Say It Never Rains In Southern California: A Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim Preview
South Side Sox — ... in his first start this season.  Ervin Santana finally had his breakout year last season, only to start this one on the DL.  His fastball's velocity has been down, but the rest of his pitches seem the same.  Fun fact about Ervin, his name isn't actually Ervin.  He made that up so people wouldn't compare him to his ...

Can Sox Make This A Day to Remember?
South Side Sox — ... Chicago White Sox @ Los Angeles Angels Monday, May 25, 2009, 8:05 PM CDT Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Danks vs Ervin Santana --> Clear. Game time temperature around . B-R Preview | MLB Press Pass | Live Box Score | MLB Gameday Complete Coverage > ...

5/31: Open Game Thread
Lookout Landing — ... Ervin Santana #54 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Angels Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Bats: R ...

Friday Lunch Thread
Halos Heaven — Angels V. Tigers - 4:05 PM - Ervin Santana @ Justin Verlander Friday Lunch Thread: How much do you tip the pizza delivery person?

Game 53: Angels at Tigers
Bless You Boys —   Ervin Santana (0-2, 9.20) vs.   Justin Verlander (6-2, 3.63), 7:05 p.m. EST With the Red Sox sweeping their way out of town, the Detroit Tigers try to get back to winning time with an AL West team coming into Comerica Park for the weekend.  Against the west this season, Detroit is 12-3.  Two of those losses, however, were to this Angels team out in Anaheim.  But I don't think the Tigers were pitching as well back then as they are now.  Of course, you could also say they were hitting better back in late April, ...

Ervin Santana Bankrupts Detroit, Angels Win
Halos Heaven — ... They call him Magic for a reason. A nosebleed that showed up in the pregame tossing did not stop Angels pitcher Ervin Santana. It looked like he stuffed a rabbit's foot up his right nostril and the luck was with him as he scattered 6 hits, including leadoff doubles in the 6th and 8th innings. His 7 strikeouts included stirking out the side in the bottom of the 3rd inning. ...

Fantasy Chat Stew 06/06/2009
FakeTeams — ... trade deadline to add to their group of young players? Buster Olney: occo: It makes all the sense in the world that the O's would deal both of those guys, because the front office is at peace with the notion that this is a building year, the organization is making great strides, and I'd bet you could get a good prospect (not a great prospect, but a good one) for Huff, and something a little less for Sherrill. Garrett (NC): Ervin Santana...this mechanical or is he not fully healthy? ...

SUNDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Eddie Bane Was the Man, Santana Drops a Bomb
Halos Heaven — ... games up on the 25-24 Angels. Can it possibly last?" Angels finally have rotation back together - Angels blog - OCRegister.com "I don’t think any team around the big leagues has five quality starters like we do — guys that have proved they can pitch," Escobar said. Team Reports | MLB at CBSSports.com Angels starters have allowed just four runs over 22 2/3 innings in the past three games (a 1.59 ERA). Jered Weaver, John Lackey and Ervin Santana have struck out more batters (23) than they've allowed hits ...

Today's Fun Fact*
Lookout Landing — ... Ervin Santana's average fastball was up to 91 on Friday. That shows a little improvement, but this is now five starts over which he hasn't come close to matching his old velocity. ...

Series Preview: 6/8-6/10 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Tampa Bay Rays
DRaysBay — ... line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} 6/8: Jered Weaver vs. James Shields (7:08 FSF) 6/9: John Lackey vs. Jeff Niemann (7:08 SS) 6/10: Ervin Santana vs. David Price (7:08 SS) I'm exhausted and ...

THURSDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Pitching Problems, Draft Problems, and Problems With The Law
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Thursday at Tampa Bay - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana of the Angels takes on David Price of the Rays. League’s worst bullpen just got worse - Sam Miller's Angels blog - OCRegister.com Hey, is this a guy you want pitching in your eighth inning? 10.14 Ks per 9 innings; 3.95 unintentional walks per 9 innings; 0.5 homers per 9 innings. Do I have a choice? The Angels' get a visit from the Athlete Whisperer - Los Angeles Times "Who is your ...

6/11 GDT: Los Angeles Angels @ Tampa Bay Rays
DRaysBay — ... 2009 - Ervin Santana 1-2 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.2 37 20 20 3 11 18 6.75 1.80 ...

30-30, Game Notes
Lookout Landing — ... You want even more good news? Not only did the M's just catch the Angels in the standings, but LAnaheim's starting rotation is in a really bad place. Ervin Santana's fastball tonight averaged 90.6mph and the Rays predictably smacked him around. ...

Ervin Santana Start Skipped, Sean O'Sullivan Up
Halos Heaven — According to the LA TIMES, pitcher Ervin Santana has a tight elbow, Kelvim Escobar is going on the Disabled List and Sean O'Sullivan will take Escobar's place on the roster in order to make his major league debut starting in place of Santana on Tuesday in San Francisco. Got that?

John Lackey Still a Giant Killer, Angels Win in Frisco
Halos Heaven — ... FINAL SCORE IN FRISCO: 2002 World Champions 9, Home Team 7 So John Lackey is still a candidate for being the Angels Ace. On a day when it was announced that the Ervin Santana has a sore elbow and will be mssing a start and the Kelvim Escobar will be headed to the Disabled list and then most certainly to the bullpen, Lackey had a night to remember, striking out 10 Giants as if it were Game 7 of the World Series. Robb Quinlan had 3 hits including a rally-starting 2 run double at the beginning of a ...

TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP:DL Gets Crowded, But Angels Still Winnin'
Halos Heaven — ... keep playing this game and I’m a free agent. I’ve been a closer before. I’ve shown I can close and I think I have the mentality and I have the stuff to do it." Angels right-hander Escobar headed back to DL - MLB - CBSSports.com Escobar is eligible to come off the DL next Monday and manager Mike Scioscia thinks he should be on schedule. Escobar likely will pitch the eighth inning but also could be an option to close out games. And now some Ervin Santana news... Ervin Santana scratched from ...

WEDNESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Five In A Row, Rookie Debut
Halos Heaven — ... RHP Ervin Santana was given the results of an MRI taken on his right elbow and said "everything is fine." No structural damage was found. ...

FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Angel / Dodger Preview, Scioscia Love
Halos Heaven — ... The Angels are concerned about right-hander Ervin Santana, but they are more focused on acquiring bullpen help and were not interested in Martinez when their rotation was in an even more depleted state earlier this season. ...

MONDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Adenhart Award, Figgy On Fire
Halos Heaven — ... Ervin Santana pronounced himself ready to pitch again after throwing 43 pitches in a bullpen session before Sunday's game. Santana was scratched from his scheduled start earlier this week due to soreness in his forearm near his elbow. ...

Rox hope baseball gods follow to Angels Stadium
Purple Row — ... Angels' hurlers allow the 5th highest WHIP (note: 2nd highest BABip).  Ervin Santana and Lackey have drastically underperformed (especially Santana), but by avoiding the Angels' top two starters talent-wise, the pitchers we will face will be below average overall.   Brian Fuentes is the closer, obviously.  He has converted 19-of-22 save opportunites and is an above average relief pitcher, but still isn't as good as the closer in purple thus far. ...

Rockies Retro: Rox vs. Angels
Purple Row — ... to 3-10 on the year. Meanwhile, Aaron Cook posted a 20:6 groundball-to-flyball ratio, and earned the win with a solid seven-inning effort. Every starter in the Rockies' lineup had a hit, and everyone with the exception of JD Closser had at least two hits. Garrett Atkins and Clint Barmes each drove in three runs, Matt Holliday had three hits and scored three runs, and Brad Hawpe went 2-for-5 with a homer and 2 RBIs. Game 3: Jeff Francis vs. Ervin Santana (W 6-2) The Rockies' offense exploded at the ...

Hot Rockies Leave Frigid Angels on Ice
Halos Heaven — ... If that is not bad enough, Ervin Santana was sent ot the Disabled List and Sean O'Sullivan will be starting in his place tomorrow night against ...

Tuesday Rockpile: Just keep winning, just keep winning
Purple Row — ... Tonight's starter Ervin Santana was placed on the DL.  His forearm tendinitis pushed his last start back, but he was expected to be able to go.  Instead, the Angels have recalled 21-year-old Sean O'Sullivan.  He allowed just one run on five hits in seven innings in his ...

Surprise!
Lookout Landing — LA Times: Ervin Santana is on the disabled list again, an inflamed triceps... Santana sat out the first six weeks of the season because of an elbow ligament sprain and was scratched from last Tuesday's start in San Francisco because of tightness on the outside of his forearm, just below the elbow. I think my favorite part of the article comes a little later: "Ervin made a lot of progress, but we're going to give him eight to 10 days to throw a couple more power bullpens," Scioscia ...

Angels in Sole Possession of First Place!
Halos Heaven — ... Final Score in Arlington: Padres 7, Rangers 3 The Angels at 40-32 are a half game ahead of the Texas for SOLE POSSESSION of first place in the American League West. Alone in FIRST PLACE After these Tragic Twelve Facts: Promising rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart dies in a tragic accident after 3rd game of season Ervin Santana has a sprained TJ Ligament, misses two months, pitches in six games and is back on the DL John Lackey misses two months with a ...

WEDNESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Santana "Bueno", Angels Want To Deal
Halos Heaven — ... RHP Ervin Santana threw a 48-pitch bullpen session and said afterward that his arm felt "bueno." Santana is on track to start Friday, bumping RHP ...

News Roundup: Huntington: We Acquired Milledge Because We Could
Bucs Dugout — ... to Ping-Hung Chi, whose signing hit the news a few days ago, the Pirates have also signed pitcher Sheng-Chin Hung and first baseman Chi-Wei Hsu from Taiwan. Of the three, Hung may have the most upside. He can hit 91 MPH with his fastball and also throws a curve and change. Kiley McDaniel Liveblog Baseball Prospectus reports that the Pirates are one of two teams (along with the Royals) in on Dominican prospect GianCarlos Santana, brother of the Angels' Ervin Santana. The younger Santana recently threw as hard as 91 MPH. Also, ...

Angels 5, Orioles 2: At least it took less than three hours
Camden Chat — ... makes his fourth career start tomorrow vs. Ervin Santana. In his three starts so far, Hernandez has had one good start, one bad start, and one so-so start. The rotation spot is his for the next few months with Koji on the disabled list. Game time is 10:05 eastern time. ...

FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Santana Returns, Tony C. Sings
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for the Angels: Friday vs. Baltimore - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana returns from the disabled list to take on David Hernandez. Trade Rumors? Angels GM Tony Reagins doesn't see a deal for pitching on the horizon - Los Angeles Times "There's nothing that I see on the horizon right now," Reagins said. "We've talked a lot to a lot of different clubs. But . . . I'm not any closer to a trade than I was a month ago." Relief from the Giants? - Angels blog - OCRegister.com I’m ...

GameThread: Orioles (35-44) @ Angels (43-34)
Camden Chat — ... Ervin Santana (1-3, 7.47/1.85) is also back from the minors. This guy is an enigma wrapped in wrapping. He showed tons of promise in his first two seasons, was awful in 2007, great last year, and now is the worst he's ever been. In his 31.1 innings pitched this season, batters are hitting .344 off of him. This could get offensive. ...

Orioles 6, Angels 4: Yup, we needed that.
Camden Chat — ... drove in the 6th and final run in the 4th. Then the O’s went back to watching "Matlock" or whatever the hell they do for the last 5 innings of a game and forgot they could actually keep scoring after the 4th inning, even though it was clear Ervin Santana was hittable.  ...

SATURDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Howie Kendrick Is Back, But Where's Vlad's Power
Halos Heaven — ... Orioles get to Ervin Santana in his return - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana's mandate Friday night was straightforward in the eyes of Angels Manager Mike Scioscia. "We want him to go as hard as he can for as long as he can," Scioscia said ahead of Santana's first start -- against the Baltimore Orioles -- since the right-handed pitcher came off the disabled list. Angels recall Kendrick from Triple-A - angelsbaseball.com It looks as though Howard Kendrick has found his swing once again, or at least enough for ...

Anaheim's stats in 2009
Lone Star Ball — ... 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Ervin Santana 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...

TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Alone In First, Another Big Deal This July?
Halos Heaven — ... , on the other hand… Early in the season, Saunders helped carry the Angels pitching staff while they waited for John Lackey and Ervin Santana to return from the disabled list. Regression to the mean smacked him in the head with a pretty strong stick this week, though, as he allowed six home runs in nine innings of work over two starts. He also walked eight batters, and not surprisingly, the combination of bad command and home run problems adds up to losing. Saunders’ FIP now stands at 5.50, and while he’s better than this, he’s ...

WEDNESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Guerrero Hurt, Reagins Talking About Halladay
Halos Heaven — ... (Quick note:  The comments below the links are excerpts from the linked article and are not mine.  From now on, whenever I add something to the links, my comment will be italicized to avoid confusion) Up next for Angels: Wednesday vs. Texas - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana vs. Vicente Padilla Angels can't erase mistakes - OCRegister.com The Angels fall as Lackey surrenders six runs in the fifth. Guerrero is injured. Vlad goes down in Angels’ loss - Angels blog - ...

Angels Leave First Place, Torii Hunter and Vlad Guerrero Hurting
Halos Heaven — ... imploded with a 3-run lead and almost a 5-inning shutout, Ervin Santana has nothing in his arm besides a $30 Million check from Arte Moreno and ...

Angels Announcer Steve Physioc: Worst in Baseball
Halos Heaven — ... , one that saw an implosion of pitcher Ervin Santana, Steve Physioc excitedly implored "Angel Fans" to stay tuned to possibly see baseball history being made. History in the form of a potential fourth HR surrendered by Angels pitching to Jones. He was dejected when, in the next inning, Jones struck out, denying Physioc the chance to "make the historic call." ...

Angels 2009: A Half-Season in Retrospect
Halos Heaven — ... and Ervin Santana would have stratospheric ERAs, our bullpen would be the worst in baseball, and despite ALL OF THAT, we would still be 12 games over .500 and on top of our division... well, first, I'd have laughed in your face. A lot. Like, for HOURS. ...

MONDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Angels Sweep Yanks, Division Leaders At Break
Halos Heaven — ... The Angels' rotation was supposed to stabilize after Lackey and Ervin Santana returned from spring injuries. But in their absence, the Angels' starting pitchers had one of the lowest ERAs in the American League — 3.78 through the first 34 games. In 52 games since, however, Angels starters have a 5.20 ERA. ...

Angels and Latin America...
Halos Heaven — ... Lastly, the Halos are trying to sign Ervin Santana's brother GianCarlos.  As we all know that Santana is looking for some band members to keep the jam going. ...

Rockies Retro: Colorado's All-Star History
Purple Row — ... Holliday got the NL on the board with a fifth inning home run off of Ervin Santana. He finished 1-for-3. Meanwhile, Aaron Cook threw THREE innings - an ASG rarity these days - of shutout ball despite having A LOT of traffic on the base paths (some the fault of his own - 4 hits and 3 walks, and some the fault of ...

THURSDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: We Like Those Cubans
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Thursday at Oakland - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana vs. Dallas Braden Wilhite going to the big leagues - Bill Plunkett - OCRegister.com It was an emotional moment recently when Jon Wilhite — the lone survivor of the April 9 crash that killed Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson — threw out the first pitch at an Orange County Flyers game, on his former college field. Nice story, too bad the Angels didn't do it first. Despite many lows, Angels ...

No Thanks, Pete Abraham, I'm going to pass on Roy Halladay
Pinstripe Alley — ... would look like this: #1 Josh Beckett - 3.35 ERA, #2 John Lester - 3.87 ERA, #3 Tim Wakefield - 4.31 ERA, #4 Brad Penny  - 4.71 ERA The Tigers would look like this: #1 Justin Verlander - 3.38 ERA, #2 Edwin Jackson - 2.52 ERA, #3 Rick Porcello - 4.14 ERA, #4 Armando Gallaraga - 5.09 ERA The Angels would look like this: #1 John Lackey - 4.93 ERA, #2 Jered Weaver - 3.22 ERA, #3 Ervin Santana - 7.81 ERA, #4 Joe Saunders 4.65 ERA The only ...

Open Game Thread: A's vs. Angels
Athletics Nation — ... What I do know is that it Ervin Santana owns Oakland (9-1, 1.38 overall, 4-0, 1.54 at the Coliseum), even though the 2009 version of Santana is a shadow of his former, healthy self (7.81 ERA). ...

FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Brian Fuentes Ripped Off By Bud Selig
Halos Heaven — ... RHP Ervin Santana, with his eight-inning outing Thursday, ran his career record to 10-1 with a 1.35 ERA in 15 career appearances against the A's (including a 5-0 mark in Oakland). A's batters have hit just .190 against Santana over his 100 1/3 innings against them. ...

Open Thread: Game 90 - A's vs. Angels
Athletics Nation — Scott Hairston is back, trying to help the A's earn a split in the series. Getting a 7/10 split at Albany Bowl might be easier for the A's than beating John Lackey, who owns the A's more than any pitcher this side of, well, Ervin Santana. Speaking of the lineup, for the second game in a row Rajai Davis is being punished for his electrifying "Hey, we can actually baseball well for one day" performance Friday night, relegated to riding the pine all weekend even with Hairston unavailable yesterday. Nice message to send to your team, ...

Uh Oh
Lookout Landing — ... Ervin Santana's average fastball so far through two innings today: 94.6mph, with a high of 96.3. Ponson's also being reported a bit higher than usual, but not to this degree. It seems Ervin may (may) finally be getting better. ...

Erick Aybar Heatwave Roasts Royals in Rainout Makeup
Halos Heaven — ... Ervin Santana did not pitch well, throwing heat with no movement and allowing 8 hits and 5 earned runs, but his 7 strikeouts helped his cause and a bullpen trio of ...

Part 3 of the D-Backs Deadline Possbilities: The Jon Garland Trade Market
AZ Snakepit — ... : It's no secret the Angels are looking for a starting pitcher, due to the struggles of the 6.79-ERA-sporting Ervin Santana and ...

Matt Garza Pulls a Pedro
DRaysBay — ... strikeouts and zero walks comes awfully close to that status. Since 1954, the feat has occurred 253 times. I don't have the time and you don't have the patience for me to track down each of the occasions and determine whether the pitcher was good or not. Instead let's focus on a relatively smaller task and simply look at the last 50 pitchers to do it. Let's go through the list, year-by-year: 2009 Garza Zack Greinke (twice) 2008 Ervin Santana Cliff Lee 2007 Dustin ...

Game 99: Minnesota Twins @ Los Angeles Angels
Twinkie Town — ... 2009 - Ervin Santana 3-5 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.1 71 43 41 10 20 41 6.79 1.67 As ...

Ervin Santana Hit Hard; Twins Delight at Angels Pitching Holiday
Halos Heaven — ... The Angels 8-Game winning streak was dead and buried in a 30-pitch first inning on a 93-degree Anaheim afternoon, as Ervin Santana was obliterated in the 4th inning after being exhausted in that 2-Run 1st. ...

Revenge of the Twinkies: Twins Blow Out Angels In Series Finale
Twinkie Town — ... Twins 10, Angels 1 Early Sunday morning Ervin Santana got up, had a glass of juice, and thought ahead to his matchup against the Minnesota Twins.  He had a genius idea.  Much like ancient warriors believed that drinking the blood of their enemies would make them stronger, perhaps eating a box of Twinkies would help him defeat the Twins.  And so, smiling at his own genius, Santana began to eat a box of Twinkies. Santana is now vomiting up Twinkies.  They kicked his ass. Justin Morneau went ...

WEDNESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee Still On Angels Radar
Halos Heaven — ... Listen to what Ervin Santana says after getting pounded: "The ball was coming out of my hand well." This is his favorite, and has been used over and over. Then his last one after getting sent to the showers in the fourth inning and burying his team in a 6-0 hole: "I made good pitchers and they just hit bloopers or ground balls for base hits." In other words, it wasn’t his fault. He pitched a great game. He just didn’t get any breaks. He didn’t get any breaks all right. No break on his curve, no break on his slider, no break from his ...

Angels: We Will Win With What We Got
Halos Heaven — ... The Angels did not do much in 2002 at the trade deadline and all the press jumped on how terrible Bill Stoneman was. He could have traded Frankie and Ervin Santana to Cleveland for "proven" reliever ...

Game 103: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Minnesota Twins
Twinkie Town — ... 2009 - Ervin Santana 3-6 11 11 0 0 0 0 58.0 77 49 47 11 22 45 7.29 1.71 ...

The Angels Will Win the World Series
Twinkie Town — ... having a career year, making good on some decent minor league numbers.  Juan Rivera is finally having another great season, his first since '06.  And of course there's Bobby Abreu, who's simply a great hitter. With an offense like that it's easy to overcome any deficiencies with the pitching staff, but in spite of down seasons by some of their hurlers there's still a lot of talent there.  Jered Weaver can clearly be one of their better starters, and Ervin Santana can be effective when he's healthy.  Joe ...

THURSDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Bobby Abreu Enjoys Anaheim, Eisner Enjoys Cardboard
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Thursday at Chicago - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana vs. John Danks Angels-White Sox Preview - FOX Sports on MSN While Chicago is heating up, the Angels are in danger of being swept for the first time since May 15-17 against Texas. Los Angeles, which entered this series winner of 17 of 20, has not been swept in Chicago since Aug. 18-20, 2003. Thome up to 561 homers as White Sox rout Angels - USATODAY.com "We hit some balls hard. I thought our at bats were ...

You Better Thank Me.
South Side Sox — ... Los Angeles Angels Halos Heaven @ Chicago White Sox South Side Sox Thursday, Aug 6, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT U.S. Cellular Field Ervin Santana vs John Danks -->Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > ...

Angels Bats Rock Comiskey, 4 HRs Smother White Sox
Halos Heaven — ... The Angels salvaged their series against the White Sox with a power-laden win over the Southsiders. Sloppy pitching by starter Ervin Santana managed to yield 4 runs in 6 innings, but it was much uglier than that. Fortunately, the Comiskey/US Cellular Launching Pad reputation worked for the Angel bats who hit 4 Homeruns on their way to their 64th victory of the season. ...

FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Bobby Abreu Reaches Milestone, Kevin Jepsen Is A Good Pitcher
Halos Heaven — ... RHP Ervin Santana allowed four runs, four hits and four walks in the first three innings of his start Thursday -- then no runs, one hit and one walk over the next three. Thirty-nine of the 58 runs Santana has allowed this season have scored in the first three innings of his starts. Fifty-four of the 90 hits he has allowed have come in those innings. ...

TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Vlad Guerrero Hall of Famer? Torii Hunter Gets Back to work
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for the Angels: Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay - Los Angeles Times Ervin Santana vs. David Price Angels 8, Rays 7 - FOX Sports on MSN "My mom kept telling me there's two more. My brother Wilton had bad math and said it was one more," he said. "It's good it came here in front of the family." Rays-Angels Preview -  FOX Sports on MSN Maddon hopes to find some answers Tuesday with David Price (5-4, 4.91 ERA) on the mound. Price has won back-to-back starts for the first time in his career. The rookie ...

Ervin Santana Completes a Gem, Angels Win 6-0
Halos Heaven — ... bobbleheads, it was Bizarro Night at the Big "A".  From the 2008 version of Ervin Santana dealing nasty pitches from the mound, to the bases loaded double off the bat of ...

David Price Forgets To Bring His Slider; Ervin Santana Blanks The Rays.
DRaysBay — ... players went 0-19. After looking like a shell of his former self for most of the season, Ervin Santana was back at least for last night. By the time the Rays started playing ball last night, they needed to win just to keep pace. After getting to within a 1.5 of the wildcard, the Rays are now 3.5 back. They are now 1-4 on this west coast with one to go. Baseball is funny like that; afterall, it was all good just a week ago. ...

WEDNESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Who Is This Santana? Who Was Teixeira?
Halos Heaven — ... next for Angels: Wednesday vs. Tampa Bay - Los Angeles Times Trevor Bell vs. Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay vs. LA Angels - August 12, 2009 - MLB.com: Gameday MLB.com Gameday Preview: Tampa Bay vs. LA Angels - August 12, 2009 Tampa Bay Rays vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim -  FOX Sports on MSN If there's one pitcher the Los Angeles Angels would love to add to their rotation for the pennant race, it's last season's version of Ervin Santana. NBC SPORTS & COVERS.COM: Matchups, Odds, and ...

Do Lesser Pitchers Outperform Their Seasonal FIPs vs. the Rays?
DRaysBay — ... has started for Toronto. The Rays were also dominated by Ervin Santana among others who have had less than stellar years. While these individual results create the impression that the Rays offense plays to the level of their competition, is there evidence of a trend across the season? ...

Ervin Santana is Back, According to BaseballIntellect.com
Halos Heaven — ... After last week's detailed dissection of flaws in Ervin Santana's delivery from earlier this season when compared to last season, BaseballIntellect.com today raves about Ervin's mechanics in his most recent start. ...

Does Jeff Mathis Really Make Pitchers Better?
Halos Heaven — ... So where's all this big difference in Catchers ERA I keep hearing about? In just one of the six pitchers who've thrown to 350+ hitters with each man catching: Ervin Santana. Getta load of ...

Angels 17, Orioles 8 (13 innings): Marathon game ends in a whimper
Camden Chat — ... faces off against Ervin Santana. I hope young David is prepared to pitch a complete game because the bullpen needs a day to recuperate. Although getting rid of Bass and Albers and replacing them with Mickolio and another AAA'er would certainly help. ...

Angels (70-45) @ Orioles (48-69), 7:05 PM
Camden Chat — ... vs. Ervin Santana face off for the second time this year. Back on July 3rd, Hernandez won their first matchup, going 6.2 innings and giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. Santana took the loss as he allowed 6 runs on 8 hits in just 5 innings. ...

GameThread: Angels (70-45) @ Orioles (48-69), 7:05 PM
Camden Chat — ... Ervin Santana is pitching for the Angels and he is having a lousy year, although as luck would have it he's been a much better pitcher on the road. His ERA is 9.00 at home but 4.50 on the road and his WHIP on the road is 1.283 compared to 1.970 in Anaheim. His last game on August 11th was his best start of the year as he pitched a complete game shutout vs. the ...

TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Torii Hunter Likes The Pressure, Trevor Bell Needs To Apply It
Halos Heaven — ... The rollicking momentum they've been riding in recent weeks was given a new double boost in Baltimore on Monday night, when Ervin Santana pitched his second consecutive solid game and Vlad Guerrero continued to swing the bat better than he has in a couple of years. ...

Mel From Fullerton Not Succinct (Again)
Halos Heaven — ... LUNCH THREAD: I was screaming at Mel from Fullerton calling into Angel-Talk after the game last night suggesting that Ervin Santana be put in the bullpen. Mel thinks we need Lackey / Weaver / Saunders / O'Sullivan because it "gives us a different look" ... ...

Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Character
Halos Heaven — ... Joe Saunders 桑德斯(Saunders), Hokie Joe, 桑德斯上校(Colonel Saunders), 桑同學(Saun-tone-shue, classmate saunders) Ervin Santana 小山(shiaw shan, little shan), 山同學(shan-tone-suey, classmate shan), ...

That was more exciting than it needed to be.
Bluebird Banter — ... Raul Chavez who was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.  Jays of the Day are Scrabble (.191 WPA and a win), Wells (.130), Bautista (.105) and Hill (with the homer and the very important catch in the 9th). No Suckage Jays today. Oh I guess I missed the big news, Randy Ruiz stole a base. Yep all 250 pounds of him. The other big news was that Moonraker hit 6th in the order. That was good to see, thanks Cito. Tomorrow we have an afternoon game with Ervin Santana going against Scott Richmond. ...

SATURDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Joe Saunders Makes Progress, Sean O'Sullivan Doesn't
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for the Angels: Saturday at Toronto -- latimes.com Ervin Santana vs. Scott Richmond It's another rough outing for Angels' Sean O'Sullivan -- latimes.com Rookie left-hander Marc Rzepczynski, a former Anaheim Servite High and UC Riverside standout who was a fifth-round pick of the Blue Jays in 2007, limited the Angels to one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking one for the win. LA Angels vs. Toronto - August 22, 2009 - MLB.com MLB.com Gameday ...

And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes. Angels at Jays Game Thread
Bluebird Banter — ... (6-6, 4.01) going against Ervin Santana (6-6, 6.25). It's been hard for Richmond to get into a rhythm  since coming back off the DL at the end of July. He will likely be on a more regular schedule the rest of the way as Cecil will likely be shut down pretty soon. ...

MONDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Mike Scioscia Says Angels Need 5th Starter, Notices Sky Is Blue
Halos Heaven — ... deliver for new teams - USATODAY.com St. Louis Cardinals right-hander John Smoltz, released by the Boston Red Sox last Monday, and Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Pedro Martinez, unemployed a month ago, led their teams to victories Sunday. Who else needed a 5th starter?  Oh yeah. Joe's back; is charade over? - Angels Unplugged - Los Angeles Times No big deal, they said. Just because Saunders and, earlier, Ervin Santana and Kelvim Escobar, were injured, no reason to go ...

TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Jered Weaver Can't Contain Tigers, Trevor Bell Will Ring Again
Halos Heaven — ... In 26 games through Monday's loss, Angels starting pitchers have a 6.06 ERA while averaging less than 5 2/3 innings per start. Those numbers even include two complete-game shutouts (one each by Ervin Santana and ...

Angels Shutout By A's, 2-0
Halos Heaven — ... The offense squandered a perfectly serviceable start from Ervin Santana, who began the game in dominant '08 form by flashing an unhittable 94-96 mph fastball. Then, with two outs in the first, he clocked A's catcher ...

Cahill Sparkles in Shutout Win Over Angels
Athletics Nation — ... Had his performance been any less impressive, Ervin Santana would have had a night of his own. At the very least, he probably wished ...

SATURDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Scott Kazmir Is An Angel, Kendry Morales Is A Monster
Halos Heaven — ... was my day," Morales said through a translator. "I didn't do anything special. I swung the bat like I usually do, but they just happened to fall in." Morales' career night extended the Angels' lead in the American League West to five games over the Rangers and also marked the ninth time the Halos won despite trailing by four or more runs. Angels acquire Kazmir from Tampa - CBSSports.com Kazmir would join John Lackey, Jered Weaver, Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders in a rotation that is healthier than it's ...

MONDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: #100 For John Lackey, #1 For Scott Kazmir Wednesday
Halos Heaven — ... , and a bit better than Ervin Santana. Kazmir isn’t an ace anymore, and the Angels aren’t asking him to be one. He has the capability of being a solid starter as long as he remains healthy. ...

Series Preview: Anaheim Angels @ Seattle Mariners
Lookout Landing — ... back being an issue. Even after Branyan is healthy, we might see Carp (or someone else) at 1B and Branyan at DH. Some pitchers will obviously return, none of them likely to be interesting in the least. Olson, Vargas, etc (Are they injured or just down in Tacoma? I forgot and don't really care.) Maybe Eric Hull, Gaby Hernandez and Andrew Baldwin?   GAMES Game 1: Lucas French* vs. Joe Saunders* Game 2: Doug Fister vs. Ervin Santana Game 3: Felix Hernandez vs. Scott Kazmir ...

9/1: Open Game Thread
Lookout Landing — ... Ervin Santana #54 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Angels Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Bats: R ...

FRIDAY HALOLINKS: Kendry Morales AL Player Of The Month, Chone Figgins Likes To Play
Halos Heaven — ... this month — by pushing them to the finish. Numbers are not Figgins' primary goal - angelsbaseball.com The season is heading down the stretch, with the Rangers breathing down their necks in the American League West race, but the Angels can take solace in having a lead thoroughbred atop the order, at the top of his game. Team Reports - CBSSports.com In their past five games, Angels starters Jered Weaver, John Lackey, Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana and Scott Kazmir have allowed just two earned runs ...

LABOR DAY Pregame Picks Sept. 7
Halos Heaven — ... Los Angeles Angels Halos Heaven @ Kansas City Royals Royals Review Monday, Sep 7, 2009, 11:10 AM PDT Kauffman Stadium Ervin Santana vs Kyle Davies --> Mostly sunny. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around . Complete Coverage > ...

MONDAY HALOLINKS: Erick Aybar Most Improved Angel?
Halos Heaven — ... drove in three runs and Los Angeles beat Kansas City 7-2 on Sunday. The Angels improved to 9-0 against the Royals this season and have won 33 of the last 43 games between the two clubs. Two innings enough for Angels | innings, angels, runs, hits, royals - OCRegister.com The Angels' offense woke from its summer nap, stretched and yawned – but didn't quite muster the energy to get out of the hammock yet. Angels-Royals Preview - FOX Sports on MSN Ervin Santana's resurgence has been a big part of the Los Angeles ...

Game 137 Open Thread - Angels (81-54) at Royals (51-85)
Royals Review — Ervin Santana v. Kyle Davies. Shut the world out. Nothing else matters.

Ervin Santana and Angels Doomed by 3 Errors in Kansas City
Halos Heaven — ... did it in 1998. But the ball bounced a funny way a few times early and a belabored Ervin Santana saw some bad luck push those balls inches away from perfection. The end result was a deficit to the Royals that for once this season could not be overcome and the Angels finished 9-1 against Barbecue Blue this season. They went 4-3 on this 7-Game road trip and are looking, quite frankly, exhausted. The tiredness has finally slipped to the heretofore stellar gloves just when the bats are consistently dozing and the pitching staff needs the quicker innings that ...

Saturday PREGAME THREAD
Halos Heaven — ... Chicago White Sox South Side Sox @ Los Angeles Angels Halos Heaven Saturday, Sep 12, 2009, 1:10 PM PDT Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Danks vs Ervin Santana --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > ...

SATURDAY HALOLINKS: Joe Saunders' A Winner On and Off the Field
Halos Heaven —

September Slumber
South Side Sox — ... Chicago White Sox @ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, Sep 12, 2009, 3:10 PM CDT Angel Stadium of Anaheim John Danks vs Ervin Santana --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. B-R Preview | White Sox Game Notes | Live Box Score | MLB Gameday Complete Coverage > ...

Game Thread 2
Halos Heaven — ... Well... Ervin Santana deserved better... Go Angels!

Angels Loss in Extras Sends Blame All Around
Halos Heaven — ... Final Score in Anaheim: White Sox 4, Angels 3 in 10 innings. Angels lose in Extras with tying run on 3rd, winning run at 1st, slumping catcher at the plate. Ervin Santana gets no support and terrible defense from a fading Bobby Abreu. First-Pitch Happy Vladimir Guerrero makes the second guessers cocky, then wrong, then right all in the same game. Mike Scioscia overmanages precisely enough to make sure that Mike Napoli's slump becomes a psychological albatross. Figgins is batting worse than Mathis ...

Angels Five Starters Superb Depsite Disappearing Bats
Halos Heaven — ... follows is all of the scoring that has occurred with an Angels starting pitcher on the mound in each of their past three starts (15 games, 3 starts each). John Lackey D. Barton scored on J. Lackey's throwing error B. Butler singled to second, W. Bloomquist scored Joe Saunders B. Pena singled to shallow center, D. DeJesus scored M. Olivo homered to deep left J. Nix homered to deep left Ervin Santana M. Sweeney singled to shallow left, F. ...

THURSDAY HALOLINKS: Torii Hunter Is Angry
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Thursday at Boston -- latimes.com Ervin Santana vs. Josh Beckett Too much home advantage?  - OCRegister.com "A lot of players on this team are getting it wrong. It's not more important to play this team (the Red Sox) than the Tampa Bay Rays or Seattle Mariners. You play the same game. You do what you do. You have fun. You don't change your game because it's the Red Sox or the Yankees. If you play nervous, you're going to make mistakes. Show some (guts)." ...

FRIDAY HALOLINKS: "Howard" or "Howie" Kendrick Has Big Night
Halos Heaven — ... ninth inning Kendrick scores on Beckett's wild pitch -  MLB.com 09.17.09: Howard Kendrick scores on Josh Beckett's wild pitch, tying the game at 3 in the top of the seventh inning Kendrick hits a solo home run to right field -  MLB.com 09.17.09: Howard Kendrick hits a solo home run to right field, giving the Angels a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning Santana tosses seven solid innings -  MLB.com 09.17.09: Ervin Santana pitches strong over seven innings of work, striking out ...

TUESDAY HALOLINKS: Angels Look For Home Field Advantage
Halos Heaven — ... Ervin Santana looks for first win since Aug. 22 -- latimes.com Ervin Santana vs. Chad Gaudin Angels do their best to get an edge -- latimes.com Joe Saunders (14-7) continued his remarkable return from shoulder stiffness by pitching 8 1/3 strong innings and strengthening his bid to make the Angels' playoff rotation. Angels' Saunders nearly goes distance, keeps Yanks from clinching -  CBSSports.com Saunders (14-7) gave up two runs and seven hits in 8 1/3 innings, struck out three and ...

Game 152: Counting on Gaudin
Pinstripe Alley — ... New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009, 10:05 PM EDT Angel Stadium of Anaheim Chad Gaudin vs Ervin Santana --> Clear. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-20 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > ...

Rodger Lodge Hated by Angel Fan Faithful
Halos Heaven — ... Rodger Lodge, a shill, rambled on and on about dating John Stamos while fans were left doubly suffering his pomposity as Angels pitcher Ervin Santana struggled to regain the movement that makes his fastball such a difficult pitch to hit. ...

MONDAY HALOLINKS: Kendry Morales Tops 100
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Monday vs. Texas -- latimes.com A victory by the Angels in the first game of a four-game series will clinch the AL West title. Ervin Santana vs. Tommy Hunter Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels - Recap - September 27, 2009 Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Angels snapped their first four-game losing streak of the season with a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Morales had three hits and Mike Napoli also homered for the Angels (91-64), ...

Angels Shut Out the Rangers; Clinch AL West!
Halos Heaven — That's right, we fly flags here in Anaheim. Final Score: AL West Champions Angels 11, Rangers 0 There's certainly a lot of players to highlight in this clinching game to talk about... First, we have the amazing performance by Ervin Santana, pitching a CGSO! And then Bobby Abreu, who was just a HR shy from hitting for the cycle. Or Kendry Morales, with a 3/3 day and belting a HR in the 1st to make a strong statement early. Then again, we can also highlight the fact that 7 different players ...

TUESDAY HALOLINKS: A.L. West Championship Edition
Halos Heaven — ... Up next for Angels: Tuesday vs. Texas -- latimes.com Scott Kazmir vs. Scott Feldman AL West title is sweet, and bittersweet, for Angels -- latimes.com They clinch fifth division championship in six years with 11-0 rout of Texas, then start the celebration -- but only after an emotional remembrance of the late Nick Adenhart. Santana's seven-hit shutout gives Angels another AL West title -  CBSSports.com Ervin Santana pitched a seven-hitter for his fourth career shutout, while ...

Jason Bulger Stiff Shoulder Scrambles Angels Bullpen Roster
Halos Heaven — ... And then the ambiguities form: Ervin Santana will be called in if a starting pitcher falters, traditionally the role of ...

Joe Saunders Wins Sweet 16, Mike Scioscia Wins 900th
Halos Heaven — ... Perhaps more important than Saunders 2 ER and 6 Hits surrendered in 5 smooth innings was Ervin Santana appearing out of the bullpen to toss 2 innings of 3 hit, no-run ball, striking out 3 in the process. ...

ALDS Preview: Breaking down the Los Angeles Angels' key players
Over the Monster — ... Ervin Santana #54 / Pitcher / Los Angeles Angels Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Dec 12, ...

Dream Weaver Makes It 2 - 0: Saturday Halolinks
Halos Heaven — ... earlier this year that looked at the added average gate revenue clubs make when making the postseason. October 10 - BR Bullpen Events, births and deaths that occurred on October 10. 1982 - The Milwaukee Brewers complete their comeback from a 2-0 ALCS deficit by edging the California Angels 4 - 3 to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series. Angels outfielder Fred Lynn bats .611 for the Series and is named MVP in a losing cause. 2005 - Rookie Ervin Santana pitched 5 1/3 strong innings in his postseason debut, Garret ...

The (real) Angels/Yankees Series Breakdown
Halos Heaven — ... have that can perform on the big stage? The Angels have John Lackey, who is coming off of a 7.2 IP shutout effort against the tough Red Sox offense and is pitching better than his already good 11-8, 3.83ERA, 139K injury-shortened season would indicate. Next is Jered Weaver, who has something to prove, and you’re seeing it on the mound now from the 16 game winner. Scott Kazmir is, indeed, a wild-card, but he can be. Given the Angels have Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders, Darren Oliver, and Matt ...

Yankees Batters vs. Angels Pitchers
Halos Heaven — ... to closely examine before they face the Yankees on Friday night for game 1 of the ALCS. As my Yankee-loving friend Roy Grillo said the other day on Facebook: We guarantee that Alfonso Soriano doesn't take the field in this series. Hideki Matsui versus: Joe Saunders: 1 for 1, 1 HR Jason Bulger: 1 for 2, 1 HR Godzilla can bang Lefties and Righties. Derek Jeter versus: Ervin Santana: 10 for 23, 2 HR Joe Saunders: 7 for 15, 1 HR ...

Lackey And Saunders are Angels ALCS Yankee Stadium Starters
Halos Heaven — ... Lefties pace good at the billion-dollar-Bronx-bandbox and Angel Righty Weaver dominates on his home turf, where Games 3 and 4 are scheduled to take place. While the Angels have many choices in great pitchers, the Yankees are hindered in a laughable dropoff in starting pitcher strength after their "Initial" two starters. The Bronx Bust may have to gas-out the obese Sabathia while the Halos have a luxury of four able-bodied starters in reserve in Matt Palmer, Ervin Santana, Scott Kazmir and Jered Weaver. ...

Your 2009 Detroit Tigers: Magglio Ordoñez
Bless You Boys — ... June was an eventful month for Ordoñez however, it was not in the fashion the Tigers would have liked. His bat fell off once again, hitting just .232 this month and slugging .297. One of his 5 RBI came on June 5th against the Angels, hitting a line drive off Ervin Santana to push in the Tigers' only run in the bottom of the 9th for a 2-1 loss. On June 12th, ...

AFL/ALCS/NLCS GameThread: Monday Oct. 19...
Federal Baseball — ... WP: David Robertson (2 - 0) LP: Ervin Santana (0 - 1) ...

Sherman's Second Plan To Top Atlanta
Amazin' Avenue — ... His third idea, Ervin Santana, is like Gil Meche in that he did have some bad luck with homers last year, but has the larger red flag of arm issues and a big contract. Unlike Meche, however, Santana is a year removed from a great 6 WAR season and could be worth the risk. For that same reason, though, he'd likely cost more in trade.  ...

Wet Weather in the Bronx Tonight
Halos Heaven — ... WP: David Robertson (2 - 0) LP: Ervin Santana (0 - 1) ...

ALCS GameThread: For DC Fans Who Don't Despise The Evil Empire.
Federal Baseball — ... WP: David Robertson (2 - 0) LP: Ervin Santana (0 - 1) ...

No "Manifest Destiny" In La-La Land: Yankees Eliminate Angels
Athletics Nation — ... Final Score: Rich Team That Buys Victories 5, Angels 2. There were times when it seemed nothing could slow down an Angels team brought together by the death of Nick Adenhart in a season that had already begun with John Lackey, Ervin Santana, and Kelvim Escobar on the DL. Joe Saunders would pitch through pain, Scot Shields would be lost for the season, and Vlad the Impaler would look more and more each day like Vlad the Former Impaler. No matter. The Angels just kept winning. And winning. ...

ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #54
Halos Heaven — Angels Uniform #54 1995: Erik Bennett 2000, 03, 04: Derrick Turnbow 2005 - 09: Ervin Santana

Thursday Bullet Points
Lookout Landing — ... stuff that doesn't get as many strikeouts as you'd expect, and when you put it all together, he's (maybe) a #3 with upside. Ignore anyone that focuses on his first half while ignoring his second. That isn't how these things work. Nor is it reasonable to focus on Jackson's 2009 while ignoring his prior track record. Pitchers develop differently than hitters, to be sure, but they're still prone to regression from presumed breakthroughs, as we saw from guys like Edinson Volquez, Ervin Santana, and John Danks. So just because Jackson improved in ...

Hidden Gems in the Angels Minor League System
Halos Heaven — ... 2. Fabio Martinez.  His stuff is electric.  Scouts are already calling him the next Ervin Santana.  He's 20 years old and will blow through our minors.  he's set for Cedar Rapids next year, but don't be surprised if he ends up in Rancho.  He could be in AAA by the end of next year. ...