JustATroutFan

Norris dodged a few bullets. He likes to cause drama. Too many bud light he has been drinking.

Wow, the Phillies are horrible. Only have like 2 or 3 good players.

Bud Norris was never a good pitcher except when it came to pitching against the Angels. Never thought at any point during this season that Norris was going to have a sub-3 ERA once it was all said and done.

Probably not but I hope 2014 is his most "disappointing" season for another decade. This place would be panicking if Trout has a season like McCutchen did last year.

Him and Altuve will not know what hit them when Trout wins the MVP.

First walk ever drawn by Cron, lol.

I am going to laugh so hard if Trout wins the MVP this season.

Altherr is a nice player for the Phillies. Kind of reminds me of #27. Terrific speed and defense to go along with good hitting.

MS is in love with Pujols and Valbuena. Neither should be batting ahead of Simmons right now and Cron needs to be a regular player, not a guy who is soaking out there on the bench!

Still got to play the game. It's not like MLB is handing the Angels w's over the Phillies without having to play them this series. I'm not an Angels fan (used to be both an Angels and Dodgers fan) but still have to give the Halos credit for not taking the Phillies for granted, even though they do have some nice players.

Trout makes everyone better? Well, Pujols is benefiting from Trout, no doubt about it. His OPS for the season is under .700. MVP numbers, for sure!

It is a miracle that Skaggs is healthy enough to pitch!

Last time I checked Angels need to keep winning

Taking a guess.........the 2014 Padres.

Only time Cron will be in the lineup against a right handed starting pitcher is someone is placed on the DL or is considered day to day at this point. He hits better against righties than lefties in his career!

I don't know why but I can sense you wanting Martinez this offseason. I think he would be great for the Angels. They do need some protection for Trout and Martinez can be that guy. Yes, Angels Stadium is not exactly a fun place to hit at but Martinez put up big home run totals despite playing at pitcher friendly Comerica. Although their outfield defense will take a hit if you replace Martinez with Maybin.

Well, sort of because they both are power hitters but I think Martinez is a better player than Stanton though. They are both not exactly good defenders but they do have good arms. But where I think Stanton is not better than Martinez is the ability to hit for average. Martinez has hit over .300 twice prior to this season while Stanton has never even batted .300 in a season yet. Martinez won't get the same amount of money because, like you stated, he is not young.

I never thought Stanton was worth that contract that he got in 2014. They overpaid to keep him for the long haul.

Marlins are probably going to ask the Angels to include Trout in the deal. Trout for Stanton? Heck no, Stanton can't do anything but hit for power and draw walks. Basically Trumbo but with a good walk rate.

Brandon Wood deserves to be the poster child for great prospects who failed. In regards to Trout, assuming he doesn't get injured or struggle, I am saying over.

Damn, cannot believe that we are in August already. Anyways, I feel like this month is going to make or break the Angels season. This team has been playing .500 baseball for the whole year but they will really need everyone to step up starting this month. A bad month of August, like in 2015, will end the Angels hopes of making the postseason, as a WC. A decent month that results in about a .500 record will give them slim hopes of making the postseason but this team has not been able to put a long winning streak together so odds are not in their favors. However, a good August will no doubt keep them in the chase. Obviously, Trout is going to need to keep on playing like a star this month and in September but guys like Pujols and Calhoun need to rediscover their productive forms. And the starting rotation in particular. Should get a boost if their best starters be able to pitch at some point. So far so good for Pujols in August, even if it is only one game. Pujols' best month of his career has been August, a month in which he has posted the highest batting average, OBP, and slugging percentage in his career.

Looking at his career numbers, August has been Pujols' favorite month in his career. It is the month where he has the highest average, OBP, and slugging. Better hope last night was a foreshadow of good things to come in the last couple of months of the season. Trout can't do it all by himself. No superstar baseball player can for that matter.

Wonder if he will retire after next year if his career batting average dips close to under .300.

Street hasn't been able to recover since the Astros blasted him in that 9th inning two seasons ago to complete their late inning magic.

In other unrelated Angels news, Howie with a 5 hit performance tonight.