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Alden Gonzalez is the Angels beat writer and a columnist for MLB.com. He's been with the company since 2008.
We don’t have the depth for a big trade come July. What, if anything, is going to save this team? – @angelfan91 Performing to expectations and staying healthy. That simple. For as star-laden and expensive a team as this is, it’s not a club that can really absorb an inordinate amount of injuries. Their farm system […]
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Royals (19-17) Jarrod Dyson, CF Alcides Escobar, SS Alex Gordon, LF Billy Butler, DH Eric Hosmer, 1B Lorenzo Cain, RF Mike Moustakas, 3B Salvador Perez, C Elliot Johnson, 2B SP: RH Wade Davis (2-3, 5.86 ERA) Angels (15-24) Erick Aybar, SS Mike Trout, CF Albert Pujols, DH Mark Trumbo, 1B Josh Hamilton, RF Howie Kendrick, […]
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Well, there you have it. FOXSports.com’s Jon Paul Morosi caught Arte Moreno at the Owners Meetings in New York and asked him about Mike Scioscia‘s oft-speculated-upon status as manager of the Angels. Moreno’s response: “Mike has zero problems, OK? This is his 14th year. Mike goes beyond what he does on the field. Heâs a […]
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Joe Blanton perpetually gets hit around and Tommy Hanson continues to be away from the team because of a family issue, but the other rotation newcomer, Jason Vargas, has pretty much provided what the Angels would’ve expected lately. On Tuesday night, he bounced back from a dud against the Astros, limiting a pretty dangerous Royals […]
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The best way Josh Hamilton can describe whatever it is heâs going through right now is to simply say heâs âoff upstairs.â On Monday night, the Angelsâ high-priced right fielder was pulled after six innings because of what manager Mike Scioscia originally deemed light-headedness. In a sense, thatâs true. But Hamilton will simply tell you […]
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Angels (12-22) J.B. Shuck, LF Mike Trout, CF Albert Pujols, DH Mark Trumbo, 1B Josh Hamilton, RF Howie Kendrick, 2B Alberto Callaspo, 3B Hank Conger, C Brendan Harris, SS SP: RH Barry Enright (0-1, 9.00 ERA) White Sox (14-18) Alejandro De Aza, CF Jeff Keppinger, 2B Alex Rios, RF Adam Dunn, 1B Paul Konerko, DH […]
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The Angels can’t get swept by the Astros, can they? We shall see … Angels (11-22) Erick Aybar, SS Mike Trout, CF Albert Pujols, DH Mark Trumbo, 1B Josh Hamilton, RF Howie Kendrick, 2B Alberto Callaspo, 3B Chris Iannetta, C J.B. Shuck, LF SP: LH Jason Vargas (1-3, 3.72 ERA) Astros (10-24) Robbie Grossman, LF […]
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At what point do you expect the Angels to turn their season around? — @keaton_choi If I knew that, I’d move to Vegas. Who knows. For some reason, nothing seems to be clicking right now. When they hit, like Tuesday, they don’t pitch. When they pitch, like Wednesday, they don’t hit. This is the time […]
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Angels (11-21) Erick Aybar, SS Mike Trout, CF Albert Pujols, DH Mark Trumbo, 1B Josh Hamilton, RF Howie Kendrick, 2B Alberto Callaspo, 3B Chris Iannetta, C J.B. Shuck, LF SP: RH Joe Blanton (0-5, 5.97 ERA) Astros (9-24) Robbie Grossman, CF Jimmy Paredes, RF Jose Altuve, 2B Jason Castro, C J.D. Martinez, DH Carlos Pena, […]
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Only four other times in their 53-year history have the Angels gone 11-21 or worse through the first 32 games of their season — 1961 (the expansion year), ’69, ’72 and ’76. Here’s a look at how those seasons turned out … 1961: 77-84, 38 1/2 GB in the AL 1969: 71-91, 26 GB in […]
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