TYLER SKAGGS RUMORS & GOSSIP
30 Prospects in 30 Days: Tyler Skaggs – SP – Arizona Diamondbacks
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Tyler Skaggs was drafted out of high school in the first round of the 2009 draft (#40 overall) by the Los Angeles Angels. He got to Arizona by way of trade when he was part of the package that the Diamondbacks got in return for Dan Haren. Skaggs is a lefty with a good size (6’3”, 195 lbs) who offers a fastball that sits 91...
Arizona options LHP Skaggs to Triple-A Reno
The Arizona Diamondbacks have optioned left-hander Tyler Skaggs to Triple-A Reno, narrowing the list of candidates for the team's fifth starting spot.
Skaggs, fellow lefty Patrick Corbin and right-hander Randall Delgado had been vying for the final spot in the Arizona rotation. But Skaggs had struggled in outings this spring.
Corbin helped his status with a solid outing this...
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March 18, 2013
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D-backs send struggling Skaggs to Triple-A
The three-man competition for the fifth spot in the Diamondbacks' starting rotation was trimmed to two Monday when Tyler Skaggs was optioned to Triple-A Reno.
Skaggs, a left-hander who's considered one of the team's top prospects, had struggled for much of camp, making five starts and getting hit hard in all but one. In his last appearance on Saturday, he went 2 23 innings...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
March 18, 2013
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D-backs see relaxed Skaggs hitting his stride
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When Diamondbacks rookie left-hander Tyler Skaggs took the mound for his third start of spring training, it was evident pretty quickly something was different. He was more in command and more himself.
After a chat with manager Kirk Gibson, Skaggs has relaxed and begun focusing less on winning the fifth spot in the starting rotation, and in doing so, he has begun...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
March 09, 2013
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D-backs notes: Too much pressure on Skaggs?
PHOENIX -- At FanFest last month, Diamondbacks left-hander Tyler Skaggs said he planned to treat every chance to pitch this spring, while competing for the final spot in the starting rotation, as if it were the seventh game of the World Series.
Manager Kirk Gibson said recently that he believed that self-imposed pressure has had something to do with Skaggs early spring struggles...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
March 01, 2013
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Skaggs does his part, but D-backs' bats don't
LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Skaggs had a pretty good quiniela working a few years ago, pairing a half-day at Santa Monica High with a half-day at Dodger Stadium. Skaggs was more of an Angels fan, but this park was a lot closer.
Unfortunately, didnt have the greatest seats, Skaggs said.
That changed Saturday.
Skaggs stood in the circle of legends -- Koufax, Drysdale, Hershiser, just...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
September 02, 2012
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Skaggs to stay; D-backs unfazed by rumors
PHOENIX -- Tyler Skaggs pitched so well in his major league debut Wednesday that he forced himself into the Diamondbacks' starting rotation, now standing at six. Whether that move will be enough to offset the big-money moves that the Los Angeles Dodgers were contemplating Friday remains to be seen.
By the time the D-backs and Dodgers open a four-game series in Los Angeles next...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
August 24, 2012
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D-backs' Skaggs looks sharp in winning MLB debut
Left-hander Tyler Skaggs' first day in the major leagues indicated he was capable of many more. Skaggs won his major league debut Wednesday with a 3-2 victory over Miami in the first game of a the Diamondbacks' doubleheader sweep, giving up a two-run home run to Justin Ruggiano and not much else. Skaggs gave up three hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking...
Tyler Skaggs delivers in major league debut
PHOENIX If first starts mean anything, Tyler Skaggs deserves an immediate second. He was that poised and that effective in his major league debut Wednesday afternoon.
On his first day in the major leagues, Skaggs was almost exactly the pitcher the Diamondbacks projected him to be when they acquired him in the Dan Haren trade in July 2010. Skaggs gave up three hits, the only damage...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
August 22, 2012
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D-backs turn to Skaggs for Wednesday start
PHOENIX The Diamondbacks' future is now. Again. Left-hander Tyler Skaggs will become the third Diamondbacks' top pitching prospect to arrive in the present Wednesday.
Skaggs, who has posted strong numbers at two minor league stops this year, is to make his major league debut in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday against Miami, the D-backs announced Tuesday.
He...
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August 21, 2012
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