Grading the 2015 LA Angels’ Starting Pitchers

The Angels’ starting rotation was very impressive at points in the 2015 regular season, less impressive during others. While they excelled in some statistical categories like walks (2nd in AL) and average (3rd in AL), they fell at about league average in the vast majority of the standard statistical categories and their combined WAR of 8.4 was good for just 13th in the American League.

To get a better idea of what worked and what didn’t, let’s examine and grade each of the prominent members of the 2015 Angel rotation.

Garrett Richards: B-

After a breakout 2014 season in which he seemed to establish himself as the Angels’ ace of the future, Richards regressed recovering from injury in 2015.…