The big news for the Angels was the trade for Tommy Hanson. Hanson has had his ups and downs over the past year, regressing a little bit from the hot start his career got off to. Nonetheless, he has still posted some pretty good peripherals over the past two seasons. Looking at his numbers over the past two years, while giving more weight to the most recent season, Hanson has still put up some pretty decent numbers. Hanson's tendancy is to be more of a fly ball pitcher, which makes his higher than normal walk rate a little troubling... hopefully Angels Stadium can help suppress that. Overall, I think the trade was a good one for the Angels. They need starting pitching and Hanson is better than he is given credit for. His closest comparable pitchers "skill-wise" are strike-out machines who are a little on the wild side.
Top 20 Most Similar Starting Pitchers
| Rank | Name | K/9 | BB/9 | GB/FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Tommy Hanson | 8.79 | 3.52 | 1.00 |
| 1 | Matt Moore | 9.07 | 4.08 | 0.87 |
| 2 | Erik Bedard | 8.57 | 3.77 | 1.23 |
| 3 | Brandon Beachy | 9.20 | 3.07 | 0.87 |
| 4 | Michael Pineda | 9.11 | 2.89 | 0.81 |
| 5 | Bud Norris | 8.71 | 3.48 | 1.00 |
| 6 | James McDonald | 7.77 | 3.78 | 0.96 |
| 7 | Felipe Paulino | 8.95 | 3.61 | 1.23 |
| 8 | Brandon Morrow | 8.93 | 3.20 | 0.95 |
| 9 | Ryan Dempster | 8.18 | 3.10 | 1.23 |
| 10 | Lance Lynn | 9.19 | 3.28 | 1.39 |
| 11 | J.A. Happ | 8.48 | 3.93 | 0.97 |
| 12 | Felix Doubront | 9.34 | 3.97 | 1.32 |
| 13 | Jarrod Parker | 6.87 | 3.11 | 1.44 |
| 14 | Josh Johnson | 7.87 | 3.05 | 1.52 |
| 15 | Clayton Kershaw | 9.26 | 2.34 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Justin Verlander | 9.01 | 2.18 | 1.09 |
| 17 | Tim Lincecum | 9.17 | 4.03 | 1.49 |
| 18 | Cole Hamels | 8.71 | 2.06 | 1.36 |
| 19 | Ryan Vogelsong | 7.33 | 3.02 | 1.21 |
| 20 | James Shields | 8.55 | 2.32 | 1.59 |
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