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Tyler Skaggs: Remember Him?

Thomas Lynch — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:16:51 +0000

July 8, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; USA pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws a pitch during the fifth inning of the 2012 All Star Futures Game at Kauffman Stadium. Image: H. Darr Beiser-USA TODAY Sports via US PRESSWIRE

There has been a wave of young pitchers that have spent significant amounts of time with the Diamondbacks this season. Trevor Bauer and Patrick Corbin have made their big league debuts in 2012 and All Star Wade Miley who spent a little time in Arizona in 2011 is now up for good. Even former D-Back prospect Jarrod Parker has gotten into the act, becoming a mainstay in the Oakland rotation. One name that has not been mentioned much since Spring Traning but we could hear from in September is Tyler Skaggs.

You remember Skaggs, don’t you? He is the guy that came to Arizona in the Dan Haren deal. A 6 foot 4 lefty, he was the Angels’ first round pick in 2009 after graduating from Santa Monica High School. He has been an All Star in both Single A and Double A. Until Monday’s Futures Game, Skaggs had been quietly putting up impressive numbers at AA Mobile before being promoted to Triple A Reno making two starts there. In fact, Monday represented the second time Skaggs had appeared in the Futures Game. He was the starting pitcher for the United States in the 2011 edition and pitched a scoreless inning and saw action the other night, pitching a scoreless fifth frame.

Right now, Skaggs has pitched just a shade under 80 innings between Mobile and Reno. He pitched a total of 158.1 innings in 2011. Since he will be turning just 21 this week, a September call up to the big club is not a guarantee. The team may elect to save him for the Arizona Fall League. The rotation to start 2014 could be a dandy featuring Bauer, Skaggs, Miley and Corbin. For now, here is hoping Skaggs can avoid serious injury and work his way up the pitching food chain.

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Patrick Corbin shines in Double-A debut, Josh Collmenter struggles for D-Backs

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:20 +0000

While I’ll maintain that Kirk Gibson has to stick with fifth starter Josh Collmenter for at least a little while due to the relative inexperience of his main competitors, Collmenter didn’t help his case at all on Sunday.

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Dbacks Disappoint Gibson

Scott Allen — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:15:13 +0000

After last night’s game, interim manager Kirk Gibson was disappointed in the Arizona Diamondbacks play in their 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. This was a game in which starter Daniel Hudson deserved a better fate. He had another good outing. he struck out 8 of the first 9 batters he faced.

Gibson, in post-game conference, said that the Dbacks played hard but not well. As far as I am concerned Gibby, if the Dbacks don’t play well, then they aren’t playing hard. If you are focused and not making consistent mistakes, then you are playing hard. You can play hard and still lose. I just don’t think last night was one of those instances. Certain individuals played hard, but not the team. How do you commit two errors, make two base running mistakes, and fail to move runners and consider it hard play?

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