When Mickey Callaway was fired following a sexual misconduct investigation that is banning Callaway from baseball through at least the end of 2022, the LA Angels pitching staff was left out to dry.
Callaway’s actions really cost the team. We knew they would, and the pitching staff has indeed struggled mightily this year. The team is in the bottom third of the league with a 4.70 ERA, and number six in the MLB in most walks per nine innings.
We’ve had to say goodbye to some of the underperforming arms at the deadline or through cuts, and I can’t help but wonder how this season would have gone if Callaway didn’t have to be disgusting and we could just have a normal season with a normal, permanent pitching coach.