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Angels Bullpen Woes The Los Angeles Angels sit at the bottom of the AL West with a 9-20 record. With the pre-season speculation that the Angels could be a playoff contender, what went wrong? The batting lineup consists of big offensive names like Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon. Thus, pitching (mainly relief pitching since no […] READ MORE
This past week Major League Baseball had the most home runs hit in this shortened season. We saw two different streaks of four homers. There were multiple grand slams and game-winning homers with one being an inside the park homer. Two more players hit their first career home runs and one player is slowly carving […] READ MORE
Rough Weekend The Los Angeles Angels had an extremely rough weekend as they got swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers are the real deal and the only team in the majors to not lose a series this year. It is never good to get swept, especially at home. The Angels struggled all around […] READ MORE
An elbow injury may be limiting Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani from stepping up to the mound, but he looks to be a key contributor offensively. So far, Ohtani’s bat is off to a hot August start. So far, he has hit for a 0.318 BA and a 1.105 OPS. While we will […] READ MORE
Angels Lineup Set to Be at Full Strength Anthony Rendon is finally in the lineup consistently after battling an oblique injury. He was the biggest offseason acquisition for the Los Angele Angels after they struck out on Gerrit Cole. With Rendon back in action, they can finally have their team firing on all cylinders. That […] READ MORE
Rendon Sidelined; Angels to Step Up With Anthony Rendon sidelined due to an oblique injury, the Los Angeles Angels will look to others on the roster to step up and contribute. Five players look to capitalize on the opportunity for more playing time in the series opener against the Oakland Athletics. David Fletcher, Tommy La […] READ MORE
The Los Angeles Angels have finalized their opening day roster for the 2020 season. While there were a few surprises the majority of the roster has been set for a while now. The only question is who will still be on the roster after the two cuts to 28 players and ultimately 26 players. Let’s […] READ MORE
The American League West is one of the most competitive divisions in baseball. The amount of talent up and down the rosters is why the level of play is so great. This era of talent on the left side of the infield, can be classified as a golden age. Specifically, some of the top third-basemen […] READ MORE
This past decade, the Washington Nationals transformed their identity from an up and coming team with hopes of reaching the next tier, to a perennial contender who are the World Series Champions. Entering the 2010s, the Nationals were coming off of two 103 loss seasons. However, there was a reason for optimism in the Nation’s […] READ MORE
The annual winter meetings, as The New York Times correctly notes, became the Scott Boras show. In just three days the super agent negotiated $814 million worth of contracts for three players: pitchers Stephen Strasburg ($245 million, 7 years), Gerrit Cole ($324 million, 9 years), and third baseman Anthony Rendon ($245 million, 7 years). With Boras’s […] READ MORE
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