LA Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had such a brutal Spring Training (13 earned runs in just 11 innings), there was talk that he would not have made the team coming out of Arizona had Andrew Heaney not gotten hurt. However, in his first start of 2018, he goes 6.1 innings, allowing just three hits and struck out five. His curveball dotted the outside black of the strike zone all night, effectively setting up a fastball that got into the mid-90s. Skaggs’ outing gives us the most important takeaway from Game 2:
A big rotation won’t slow the quick hook
Mike Scioscia may be planning on giving starters an extra day of rest between outings, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to push the starters on their game days.