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Weaver struggling to find answers for diminished velocity, effectiveness

Published May. 4, 2015 9:47 a.m. ET

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Los Angeles Angels ace Jered Weaver has had a tough go of things so far in 2015. Through six starts, he has yet to pick up a victory, currently sitting at 0-4 with a 6.29 ERA. 

After a 2014 campaign that found him post an 18-9 record atop the Halos' rotation, this is a rather unexpected situation for the usually effective right-hander.

His new string of iffy outings comes at a time some have raised questions about his diminished pitch velocity, something he and the Angels have yet to really consider an 'issue'. 

However, after Weaver's latest defeat, a 5-0 blanking by the San Francisco Giants on Sunday that resulted in the Angels being swept out of the Bay Area, the veteran admitted he's having a hard time finding answers. As he told Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register:

Though his stats may not show it, Weaver has had a few strong performances thus far in 2015 - they just haven't resulted in victories. Manager Mike Scioscia expanded on that a bit:

Unless an injury situation emerges from Weaver's situation, the Angels will just have to wait it out and hope he gets better. Said Scioscia to that effect:

Weaver admitted he has to just figure it out himself and return to the staff ace he's become in Anaheim, while dealing with a pretty frustrating situation:

Whatever's going on with him, the Angels no doubt have their collective fingers crossed that he'll find the answers soon.

(h/t Orange County Register)

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