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AngelsWin.com Top 30 Prospects

It’s the time of year again folks! The leaves are turning colors, the winter rains begin to fall, and top prospect lists will begin rolling out of every website. “Arm-chair GM’s” do their best with the information provided to give you a list they feel is worth looking at. “Experts” will do the same thing, except they’ll make you pay a monthly fee for it. At the end of the day, the information can look downright copy and pasted. We here at AngelsWin have our top prospect list too, but the di

November 21, 2017

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Angels 40 Man Roster Transactions

Many roster crunches have taken place across baseball today in anticipation of the 5 PM deadline for teams to add players to their 40 man rosters. Most moves are minor transactions or obvious moves but a few big ones have stood out, including former #1 pick Mark Appel being designated for assignment by the Philadelphia Phillies. For the Angels, their moves were rather straight forward. They added 4 key prospects to their 40 man roster, deeming them unattainable for other teams. Jaime Bar

November 21, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Corner Infield

#HugWatch2018 By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) As the season crept to a merciful end, Billy Eppler and his team officially kicked into high gear for the off-season where they will have to make a decision regarding the future of 3B, with the exit of Yunel Escobar, and 1B, where it was a tale of two halves for both C.J. Cron and Luis Valbuena. Both positions are not high priorities to fill when compared to findin

November 20, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Middle Infield

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) The Angels enter the 2017-2018 off-season with a surefire superstar at one up-the-middle position and a potential black hole at the other. In regards to the former Billy Eppler took care of that need nearly two years ago and it has quite possibly been the best decision in his brief tenure as General Manager of the Angels. However a good fix to the latter has proven elusive an

November 16, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Bullpen

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) If there was one thing that went really right in 2017 it was the Angels bullpen, sporting a 3.92 ERA (11th), 6.6 WAR (5th), 18.5% K%-BB% (5th), 1.20 WHIP (5th), and .238 BAA (12th), spread out over 569 IP (8th most). Leading that charge was Yusmeiro Petit, whom Eppler signed out of free agency, followed closely by waiver-wire claim, Blake Parker. Behind them was trade pick-up D

November 13, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Rotation

A touchy subject for the last two years running, the Angels rotation appears to be heading towards a semblance of health as the team slides into the 2017-2018 off-season, but whether it stays that way is a different matter, so Billy Eppler will need to evaluate his options from a medical, seasonal, and a potential playoff point-of-view before Opening Day 2018 to determine if it is an area where the team stands pat or is in need of an upgrade. Before we go any further we need to examine which pi

November 9, 2017

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A Career Defining Off-season for Billy Eppler?

By Jason Sinner (aka, Dochalo), AngelsWin.com Contributor His name is Billy. Not William. At least everything that the google machine produces about him has his given name as such. Not sure why that’s interesting. Maybe it’s because you’d expect it to be conventional but it’s not. Just like Billy. Billy the greenhorn. At least that was my first impression. He’s not Jerry Dipoto. Not some camera kind socal surfer with easy words. And that’s a good thing as it turns out. So instead of Billy short

November 8, 2017

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It’s Baseball for the Win

As Terrance Mann said, the one constant throughout all the years has been baseball. It’s in our DNA. It’s woven into the fabric of America. It’s more than just our national pastime; it teaches us everything from our concept of fairness to what is good in life. And, with so much of America fraying in one way or another, it’s not at all by accident that baseball once again comes to our rescue. While the culture wars rage in Hollywood and the NFL, and politics threatens to rip the country apart, b

November 6, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Eppler’s Strategy Part II

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Author’s Note: If you missed the first three installments of the 2018 Angelswin.com Primer Series you can go back and read the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd posts. So how do the Angels fill one or more positional needs now, to improve the team for 2018, while handing out extensions to key players this off-season, or possibly next off-season, as well as keeping Mike Trou

November 6, 2017

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Justin Upton re-ups in Anaheim

Less than 24 hours after the Houston Astros won a decisive Game 7 of the World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim wasted no time making their blueprint on this upcoming offseason. Justin Upton, whom the Angels acquired on the last day of the waiver trade deadline on August 31st, will remain in Anaheim for 5 more years. Upton had 4 years and 88.5 million dollars remaining on his original deal that the Detroit Tigers handed him before 2016 but his opt out

November 3, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Eppler’s Strategy Part I

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) **** EDIT: Immediately prior to publication the Angels struck early again in the off-season signing Justin Upton to a 5-year, $106M deal. The article has not been altered but realize that Justin is an Angel for the next 5 seasons, solving our LF problem long-term **** We determined in the previous Introduction and Financial articles that team payroll is sign

November 2, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Finances

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Now that we have established some of the Angels primary goals, restrictions, and needs we can take a deeper dive into the teams projected finances heading into the off-season. As it currently stands, if Justin Upton elects to not opt-out and the Angels bring back all of their contractually controlled (including team options), pre-arbitration eligible, and ar

October 30, 2017

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Angelswin.com 2018 Primer Series: Introduction

By Robert Cunningham, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Edited by Angelswin.com Members Chance Hevia (Inside Pitch) and Jason Sinner (Dochalo) Author’s Note: The author does not have full access to complete team financial data so the numbers contained in this series represent either actual, published contractual details or best estimates. Great effort was made to provide factual evidence and details using reliable sources such as BaseballProspectus.com, Baseball-Reference.com, MLBTraderumors.com, Ba

October 27, 2017

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The Penultimate Edition

By Glen McKee, Something or Other When I came back from camping last Sunday the Angels still had a chance at the second wild card spot in the AL. Technically speaking, they still do, but yeah, I know. It’s over. Last week was the equivalent of driving down the road at 55 mph and then suddenly and simultaneously getting four flat tires. We shouldn’t be surprised, though. The Angels jalopy has been driving all year behind a truck with a bed full of nails and for some strange reason, a fan blo

September 25, 2017

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Blake Parker’s superb 2017 season

In a year of the unexpected for the Angels, maybe no player has provided a more unexpected season than reliever Blake Parker. Prior to this season, Parker endured a transactional history that many players never go through. A quick look at his Fox Sports profile gives you an idea of what he’s been through just since the year 2015. It seems as if Major League Baseball teams either really valued Blake Parker or barely valued him, allowing him to swap teams like it was nothing. Just this past of

September 20, 2017

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “It Sure Doesn’t Feel Like It, Though” Edition

By Glen McKee, Wearing Reading Glasses as I Type This Ya know, last week wasn’t horrible when you look at it as a whole, but it sure doesn’t feel like it, after another lousy weekend in Arlington. What do I mean? I’m glad you asked. Here are a few examples. – The “red-hot” Twins seem destined to upset us (I won’t get into remaining schedules), and they’re on a tear. However, we’re only 1.5 games behind them for the second wild card spot, and in the last ten games the Twins are 6-4, the Ang

September 4, 2017

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Up-ton here, Up-ton here: Angels acquire Justin Upton

The Angels have been unlikely contenders for an American League Wild Card spot in a season where Mike Trout has missed significant time and a barrage of injuries have hit the starting rotation yet again. After a 3 game sweep of the Oakland Athletics to start the week, the Angels were sitting one game behind the Minnesota Twins for the 2nd Wild Card spot. With the August trade deadline approaching, Angels general manager Billy Eppler decided to make a big splash to bolster the roster. He acquired

August 31, 2017

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Andrew Heaney’s encouraging start to 2017

Andrew Heaney has a 5.63 ERA and 7.81 FIP in his first 3 starts of 2017. That may make you question the title of this piece but a deeper look into his numbers bring up some cause for optimism. On Monday night, Andrew Heaney toed the rubber for his 3rd MLB start of the 2017 season. His previous 2 starts were not good strictly from a run prevention stand point. In those first 2 starts since returning from Tommy John surgery, Heaney allowed 15 hits and 9 runs in 10 innings, including 7 home runs.

August 30, 2017

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “And the Bottom Drops Out” Edition

By Glen McKee, Assistant Nostalgiac to AO Wow, what a lousy week it was, and what the heck is 90s Charlize Theron doing at the top of the article, not that anyone is complaining? Glad you asked, voice in my head as I’m writing this. Last week for the Angels the bottom dropped out (although not completely out, as will be discussed shortly), and that reminded me of the Angels teams from the 90s, and this song from the 90s in particular: I’ve seen better days With that in mind, this misery-fil

August 28, 2017

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “So You’re Telling Me…There’s a Chance” Edition

By Glen McKee, Dumber Every week with this team is a roller coaster. Sometimes, it’s one of those crappy old roller coasters the theme park keeps around until they can find a way to replace it, like the Gold Rush at Magic Mountain: old, rickety, rough, and at the end, you swear you’ll never ride it again. Other times, it’s like the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Disneyland: new, smooth, fun, and as soon as you’re done you want to get back in line and ride it again. Last week was a Guardians

August 21, 2017

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Exploring an Angels-Giancarlo Stanton trade

GIancarlo Stanton has taken the baseball world by storm the past few weeks by putting on one of the most impressive power displays in baseball history. Power has always been the 27 year old’s main calling card but even this recent stretch has been impressive for his standards. In a stretch of 35 games, Stanton pounded out 23 long balls, claiming the attention as the game’s premier slugger that Yankees rookie Aaron Judge tried to take away earlier this year. Stanton slugged a healthy .731 in the

August 18, 2017

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Parker Bridwell on MLB Network’s “MLB Central”

Leading up to yesterday’s day game, Parker Bridwell joined MLB Network via Ballpark Cam to discuss the following items with MLB Central’s Mark DeRosa, Matt Vasgersian and Hall of Famer John Smoltz: Here’s some highlights of the segment with Parker Didwell. On what works for him, Bridwell responded, “Primarily I’d say executing fastball command, being down in the zone early, and when guys are hacking it really works in your favor and helps you be more efficient. If I can get an out in two pitch

August 17, 2017

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Last Week in Angels Baseball: The “!!!” Edition

By Glen McKee, Staff Writer Believe it not, there isn’t a whole lot of preparation for writing this column. I give it a bit of thought during the games throughout the week. Then, on Monday morning when I take my dogs for a walk I try to solidify it and see what sticks in my head, in between finding dead bodies, loose cash, tools, and golf balls. Usually, that Monday morning walk is long because I’m trying to pick nuggets of silver out of a week filled with mediocrity. Today, however…sorry,

August 14, 2017

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Mike Trout’s 2017 MVP Case

By @Brent Maguire, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer Mike Trout missed 39 games in the middle of this season due to a torn ligament in his thumb from sliding into 2nd base. At the time of the injury, it presumably knocked him out of the American League MVP picture, which seemed fair given the precedent set by previous MVP winners. Fangraphs very own Craig Edwards examined this exact precedent earlier this week and, based on his data, Trout would end up receiving the 2nd lowest amount of plate appe

August 11, 2017

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AngelsWin.com Covers The Mike Trout Big Brothers-Big Sister Event

By Ellen Bell, AngelsWin.com Staff Reporter Today, I attended an event for the Boys and Girls Club of Orange County in Anaheim. Matched pairs of kids and mentors came to spend some time in the batting cages and get to meet an Angel superstar. In my opinion, heroes were everywhere in the room. The following is my take on what happened when the baseball hero arrived. We are waiting. Big kids. Little Kids. All baseball fans. Soon it will be ShowTime. But first, it’s time for batting practice I

August 4, 2017

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