The Angels introduced tonight that they’ve optioned struggling left-hander Reid Detmers to Triple-A Salt Lake following tonight’s loss to the Mariners. No corresponding transfer to interchange Detmers on the energetic roster was introduced.
The transfer comes on the heels of a troublesome begin for Detmers towards Seattle this night, the place he surrendered 5 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks whereas placing out three in 3 2/3 innings of labor. Tonight’s blowup begin is the eighth consecutive troublesome begin for Detmers, who entered tonight with a brutal 8.59 ERA throughout 36 2/3 innings of labor in his final seven appearances. Throughout that point, the lefty has struck out simply 21.5% of batters confronted, a major step down from the 26.1% determine he posted throughout his 2023 marketing campaign. Maybe extra disconcertingly, Detmers allowed a whopping 9 dwelling runs over these seven begins, lifting his dwelling run/fly ball fee this yr to a hefty 13.2%.
Given the lefty’s deep struggles over the course of practically two months of labor, it’s hardly a shock that the Halos would choice him to the minors in hopes he can proper the ship. In any case, the lefty is simply in his age-24 season and has flashed the upside of a possible front-end starter at factors in his profession, together with when he punched out a whopping 34.9% of batters confronted in his first 4 begins this season whereas posting a 1.19 ERA and 1.54 FIP in 22 2/3 innings of labor. That inconsistency has been an indicator of Detmers’s performances for the reason that Angels chosen him tenth total within the 2020 draft. Of the lefty’s 70 profession begins within the majors, he’s posted a recreation rating of 60 or greater in 23 of them whereas posting a recreation rating beneath 40 in 20 of them. That irritating mixture of clunkers and gems has left Detmers with the profession numbers of a barely below-average main league pitcher (4.60 ERA, 93 ERA+, 4.13 FIP) for his profession regardless of his apparent expertise.
Detmers’ demotion may have implications on the lefty’s service time if he spends a lot of the the rest of the 2024 marketing campaign within the minor leagues. The lefty entered the 2024 season with two years and 64 days value of service time and has at present accrued 65 days value of service time up to now within the season. Gamers accrue 172 days value of service time throughout a full season within the majors, which means Detmers might want to spend not less than 43 extra days on the main league roster or injured listing this season as a way to end the yr with three years of service time. If he spends lower than 43 days within the massive leagues all through the remainder of the 2024 season, the lefty’s first alternative to succeed in free company will probably be pushed again from after the 2027 marketing campaign till after the 2028 marketing campaign. Fortuitously for Detmers, supervisor Ron Washington informed reporters (together with Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register) after the sport that his transfer to the minors isn’t anticipated to be a “everlasting one.”
“The entire thought is we simply wish to get him in an surroundings the place it’s not outcomes that you just’re going to be worrying about, and discover your stuff,” Washington stated, as relayed by Fletcher. “This isn’t one thing that’s going to be everlasting… We simply really feel like he must be in an surroundings the place he can refind who he’s.”
Whereas the lefty makes an attempt to work his approach again onto the massive league roster in Anaheim, the Angels might want to discover a fifth starter to enhance their present rotation mixture of Tyler Anderson, Patrick Sandoval, Griffin Canning, and Jose Soriano. Proper-hander Zach Plesac is the hurler with probably the most massive league expertise the Angels have accessible within the minors, however he’s not on the membership’s 40-man roster and has struggled to a 6.52 ERA in eleven begins on the Triple-A stage this yr. That might go away the Angels to show to lefty Kenny Rosenberg, who sports activities a 3.92 ERA and 4.16 FIP in 43 2/3 innings of labor on the massive league stage since he made his debut in 2022 and sports activities a 3.86 ERA in eleven begins at Triple-A this season.
Another choice, as famous by Fletcher, could possibly be injured right-hander Chase Silseth. Silseth posted a 3.96 ERA in sixteen appearances swinging between the rotation and bullpen for the Angels final yr however was shelved after simply two begins this season as a result of a bout of elbow irritation. Since then, nevertheless, he’s begun a rehab project that noticed him throw three innings throughout his first rehab begin yesterday. Whereas Silseth will certainly want extra time rehabbing within the minors earlier than he’s prepared to begin within the majors, Fletcher factors out that the Angels may postpone their fifth starter resolution for practically two weeks thanks to imminent days off on June 6 and June 10.
