Last week in Cleveland, Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs allowed the Indians to steal seven bases in a five-inning start, a nearly unprecedented performance he termed embarrassing and vowed to fix.
It was a matter of importance to the organization. Manager Mike Scioscia promised it would be immediately addressed, and declined to divulge details about how that would happen. Asked if it had been fixed Wednesday afternoon, before Skaggs’ follow-up start against Seattle, Scioscia described the solution as simple and himself as confident the 25-year-old would “do a better job of it.”
“It’s just experience,” Scioscia said. “Sometimes a blessing comes out of when you have a day like he did in Cleveland.