Jered Weaver Comes Through for the Angels

Weaver's been fighting the hate on social media and has been reassuring critics his stuff's back up to 100 percent.

So, he sure proved himself healthy and capable in yesterday's 3-1 victory over Texas.

It was nice.

At the O.C Register, "Weaver and his 84 mph fastball help Angels split series with Rangers":

Weaver threw 84 pitches and used his fastball 19 times. Average velocity was 82 mph. Hit 84 mph four times.

— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) April 10, 2016

Jered Weaver on his start: "It makes me look forward to the future in baseball as opposed to maybe it’s going to be about shutting it down."

— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) April 10, 2016

ANAHEIM – Jered Weaver heard the same question from the same chorus for most of spring training.

Can a big-league starting pitcher still get outs, even with a fastball that fails to move much past 80 mph?

At least on Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium, the answered appeared to be yes.

Weaver delivered a gutsy performance in his season debut, giving up six hits and one run over six innings, in the Angels’ 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers to split a four-game series.

“I can pitch like that for the rest of the season,” Weaver said, “but I only know it’s going to get better.”

The Angels improved to 2-4 and avoided what would have equaled their worst start through six games in franchise history...

Thank goodness, sheesh.

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