Angels Place Cody Allen On 10-Day IL
By
Jeff Todd | April 26, 2019 at 4:56pm CDT
The Angels have placed reliever
Cody Allen on the 10-day injured list, Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register was among those to cover
on Twitter. He’s said to be dealing with a lumbar spine strain, though details remain scant.
It’s one of several Halos pitching moves.
Matt Ramsey was sent down on optional assignment, leaving two openings to accommodate the return of starter
Tyler Skaggs and activation of
Luke Bard.
Allen’s health trouble comes amidst an exceedingly rough stretch on the mound. He has issued ten walks and three home runs in nine innings thus far. In light of those figures, his 6.00 ERA actually represents a merciful series of outcomes to date.
The risks were well known to the Halos when they signed Allen to a $8.5MM contract over the winter. Long a quality closer for the Indians, Allen exhibited newfound walk and long ball issues in his final season of arbitration eligibility.
Allen will take a step back and try to sort things out. His average fastball velocity is down to 93.1 mph thus far, the fifth-straight season of year-over-year decline. He has responded by going to his curve more than ever before (48.0%), but is out of the zone more than ever before (34.9% zone%) and generating only a 10.1% swinging-strike rate (his lowest level since his debut campaign).