This isn’t a huge surprise, but Bartolo Colon won’t be ready for opening day. The right hander is looking at a May return after his shoulder surgery last year. I’d rather have a better Colon for four months then what we got last year so it’s imperative that the Angels hold Colon back until he’s fully ready. With that said, a healthy and effective Colon wouuld be a huge boon down the stretch.
PECOTA isn’t looking for too much from Colon. His weighted mean average has him at an effective but unspectacular 97 innings over 14 starts. It’d be nice if we got somewhere between 23-28 starts from Colon but at this point, I think anything over 20 is gravy. It’s also no major surprise that Colon got a red light from Will Carroll.
