Well, we saw some of my suggestions put into action this weekend with mixed results.
Speier pitched a few important innings. He looked good in 1.2 innings on Friday and looked bad again on Sunday when he entered in a tie game. Although the run he gave up scored on a bloop single, Sal Fasano (!!) hit one off the top of the wall to the opposite field. I'm going to go ahead and say he's not past the homerun problems.
Arredondo finally had that bad game on Friday and boy was it bad. Speier actually bailed him out so he only gave up one run, but one hit and 3 walks without getting an out isn't pretty. K-Rod got a save on Saturday, but looked shaky doing it.
The Angels went 1-2 over the weekend and are now only...15.5 games up. So they could throw Gary Matthews Jr. out in the bullpen and not really be risking much. Keep giving Speier tough innings and keep testing Arredondo. Give K-Rod and Shields more time off. Hopefully it pays dividends in October.
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