Angels News: Pitching Coordinator Announces Departure from Halos

Pitching remained an issue for the 2023 Angels through another losing season to continue MLB's longest active streak in that category. 

The team already announced manager Phil Nevin's departure from the organization but another name joined him among those that won't return to Anaheim in 2024. 

During Dylan Alexrod's tenure as the Halos' pitching coordinator, the team finished in the bottom half of team ERA rankings in three of his four seasons in that position. 

This year felt particularly painful due to injuries across the starting rotation and failure throughout the bullpen dooming the team's postseason chances by mid-August. 

Shohei Ohtani tried his hardest to carry the staff until he couldn't anymore and paid the price through a torn elbow ligament that will sideline him from pitching until 2025. 

Carlos Estevez dominated in the first half on his way to an All-Star nod, but his perfect start to the 2023 season came crashing down through multiple blown saves and a bloated second-half ERA. 

Reid Detmers, Patrick Sandoval and Griffin Canning all struggled for the rotation in the summer and continued the trend of poor pitching throughout the organization. 

Even trade additions Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and Dominic Leone couldn't save the Halos' cast of arms this season and all three went from exciting trade deadline acquisitions to waiver adds for new teams in just four weeks with the team. 

Changes needed to be made and owner Arte Moreno agreed with such an assessment in the move to let Axelrod go from his coaching staff. 

Chase Silseth appears promising enough as a starter, but he suffered the dreaded injury bug that seemed to plague everyone in an Angels jersey across the team. 

Debates continue to swirl over who's truly at fault for the team's continued poor pitching but the Halos evidently viewed Axelrod as part of the issue with this most recent move.