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How Will the Angels Use Shohei Ohtani in the Playoffs?

May 17, 2018

Los Angeles Angels, Opinions & Predictions

Shohei Ohtani is a certified freak of nature. Doing things nobody has done in generations, the 23-year-old rookie is thriving as a pitcher and a batter in 2018's specialized major league landscape. If he stays ...

Angels’ Trade of C.J. Cron Opens the Door For Shohei Ohtani

Tom Dorsa

Feb 19, 2018

Headlines, Los Angeles Angels

On Saturday evening, the Los Angeles Angels traded first baseman C.J. Cron to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later. Cron suffered an off year in 2017, hitting a career low .248 and striking out 96 ...

Is Mike Scioscia’s Job Too Safe?

Kyle O'Neill

Sep 30, 2016

Features, Los Angeles Angels, Opinions & Predictions

After being eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the regular season in 2015, the Los Angeles Angels have had a horrendous 2016 campaign. Expectations were high, and the Angels had playoff aspir...

Lefty Greg Mahle Gunning for Spot in Angels ‘Pen

Charles Gattin

Mar 15, 2016

Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Minor League Baseball, Spring Training

Greg Mahle's first full season of professional baseball could not have gone much better. The left-hander was a 15th round draft pick out of the University of California, Santa Barbara and made it to Double-A Ar...

Weaver’s Slow-Pitch Fastball: How Concerned Should the Angels Be?

Adrian Garro

Mar 10, 2016

Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball

Some say spring training performance is irrelevant, and that getting in work is more important or meaningful than actual on-field results. For Los Angeles Angels veteran Jered Weaver, though, his outing on W...

Should the Angels Bring Back Howie Kendrick?

Diego White

Jan 6, 2016

American League, American League West, Features, Headlines, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It’s no secret that the main goal of the Los Angeles Angels’ offseason has been, and continues to be, adding offense. They have been tied to names like Yoenis Cespedes, Justin Upton, and Alex Gordon, yet at the...

Position Battles: Los Angeles Angels Fifth Starter

Shaun P Kernahan

Mar 14, 2015

American League, American League West, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball

With Garrett Richards still working on coming back from his gruesome knee injury at the end of the 2014 season, there is a battle in Angels camp for the fifth starter’s job. That battle is between a pair of roo...

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