While the Anaheim Angels they lost Tyler Skaggs, they spent a lot of money on Noah Syndergaard and Michael Lorenze, that’s when you think what happened to the pitching prospects?
Did the Cleveland Indians sign Clevinger?
No. The Anaheim Angels selected Mike in the fourth round of the 2011 draft.
However, they made a serious mistake by trading him to the Indians for a reliever named Vinnie Pestano, who today does not belong to any organization as a player and his name stopped being in the Major Leagues in 2015.
What happened to Pestan?
Pestano only served 21 innings over two seasons with the Angels, where he had just 26 strikeouts and a 3.38 ERA. On June 15, 2015, he was placed on assignment by the team and no other team signed him.
The following year he signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, but failed to make the team there, much less with the San Diego Padres in 2017, who gave him a third chance to restore his career.
By then Clevinger was the Angels’ No. 12 prospect, nearly ready for the Majors while Pestano was a 28-year-old regular reliever.
Today is when the lack of pitchers like Clevinger in their rotation by the Anaheim Angels is reflected, due to poor decisions by then general manager Jerry Dipoto.
Mike Clevinger numbers for life.
- 44 wins, 23 losses.
- 3.19 ERA.
- 105 games-92 started.
- 2 complete games, 2 shutouts.
- 542.1 entries
- 207 BB
- 603 strikeouts
Although he did not play last season while recovering from a Tommy John, Mike Clevinger He is without a doubt one of the 50 best pitchers in the Big leagues.
Most know that Mike Clevinger began his career with the Cleveland Indians in 2016, since then he had not returned to the Minor Leagues thanks to his good performance.
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