The Los Angeles Angels called up former Royal Johnny Cueto to start Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals, raising questions about why top pitching prospect Caden Dana wasn't chosen.
The Los Angeles Angels needed to call up a starting pitcher from the farm to start Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals. They opted for a former Royal, Johnny Cueto, to face the team with whom he won a World Series.Through 21 starts in Double-A, Dana has a 2.74 earned run average.. “We want him to be successful. As far as him getting here, I’m not going to say he might not get here, but we’re not having a conversation about it.
"One thing we don’t want to do is destroy minds, and this game, at the major league level, can destroy minds. He’s on the radar, but I don’t know what’s going to happen because it’s beyond my decision-making.”He threw a nine-inning complete game with 10 strikeouts against Birmingham and followed it up with another scoreless start on Aug. 8. This time he struck out five over 6.2 innings.. "I'm throwing pitches with conviction instead of just throwing them to throw them.
The Angels have rarely been conservative when identifying major-league ready prospects but, in Dana's case, it isn't worth bringing him up this season with the team out of playoff contention.
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