José Soriano comes up to take the bullpen spot of Silseth, who will become a starter in Triple-A after the Angels feel trying him as a reliever hasn’t worked
HOUSTON — The Angels are changing course with Chase Silseth again.“With Chase, you just kind of watched the process of coming out of the ‘pen the last few times and I’m not sure he just looked the part, comfortable,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said.
The Angels brought up right-hander José Soriano from Double-A to go into the bullpen, replacing Silseth. Silseth had a 5.30 ERA in 18 2/3 big-league innings, including a 4.11 mark in 15 1/3 innings as a reliever.He reached the big leagues last year – the first player from the 2021 draft to make it – and showed some promise as a starter. He was a candidate to start this spring before going to Triple-A. The Angels brought him to the big leagues in late April when they had a bullpen crunch and simply needed innings, and he immediatelyThat changed days later when José Suarez got hurt, and the Angels. In his only start, on May 16, he lasted just 3 1/3 innings, again showing the durability issues he had as a starter last year. So the Angels moved him again, believing he could be valuable working in high-leverage relief spots. After pitching, he allowed runs in each of the next three, with his velocity at times dipping.Now, all of that seems to be over.Ben Joyce emerge as a weapon out of the bullpen“I just think is best suited in the starting rotation,” Nevin said. “It was something we tried. With the arms we’ve added down there, not sure the innings were going to quite be what the we thought they were at the beginning. So I think this is best for him. As an organization, we feel like it’s best for Chase to go back down and start. I’m sure we’ll see him again.”Soriano made his first appearance on a big-league roster after a journey that included two Tommy John surgeries and a trip to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Soriano was the Angels’ top pitching prospect when he had his first surgery in February 2020. The Angels then left him unprotected in the Rule 5 draft that December, and the Pirates took him with the first pick. But Soriano had a setback, required another surgery, and the Angels got him back. This season at Double-A, he had a 4.24 ERA with 31 strikeouts and 16 walks in 23 1/3 innings. Over his final eight games in the minors, he allowed two runs in 8 1/3 innings, with 12 strikeouts. “I’ve watched the video of his last several appearances down in Rocket City and it’s just electric,” Nevin said. “He’s in the upper 90s, the slider is good. A lot of swing and miss.”Nevin said the Angels are considering making some changes with their rotation after Monday’s off day, which could include pushing Shohei Ohtani back a day. The Angels have kept Ohtani pitching every sixth day, regardless of off days. Under that schedule, his turn would have been Thursday, the final game of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs. Jaime Barría has allowed one run in 10 innings in his two starts, so the Angels also may want to get him back onto the mound sooner than waiting until the next time they would need a sixth starter.Related Articles
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