or is it the Anaheim media or the Los Angeles of Anaheim media.
Ervin Santana blew up yesterday at reporters after he was shellacked in his latest road start. He didn’t like it when a reporter asked him what he expects if he get’s demoted to Triple-A Salt Lake City.
“No,” he snapped. “What kind of question is that?”
Santana hasn’t been exactly good on the road this season or for that matter in his career. When the LAAofA are on the road this season, Santana is 0-5 in 6 starts and sports a 9.30 road ERA. On the contrary, when he plays at his own ballpark, he is 3-1 in 4 starts and has a 2.33 home ERA.
Manager Mike Scioscia said the Angels’ goal remains “to fix him.” Scioscia did not directly answer the question of whether that might be better accomplished in triple A, but he indicated Santana would not have all summer to work through his struggles.
“This isn’t going to be an instructional league for Ervin,” he said.
Santana’s next two starts are scheduled at home, and the Angels could take advantage of off days to limit him to one road start in the next 30 days. Scioscia said it would not be practical to constantly juggle the rotation so Santana would not start on the road.
“That’s dysfunctional,” Scioscia said. “You’re going to pitch him once every three weeks? You guys are making this a home-road issue.”
Scioscia agreed that Santana’s home and road stats are “like night and day” but argued the issue is consistency, in locating pitches and getting ahead of hitters.
It’s probably not a good idea to piss off the media in your home market because more than likely one of them will probably find fault with anything you do (CHB).
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