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Albert Pujols RISP .310/.375/.448/.823 - bases loaded .400/.400/.600/1.000
He seems to be at his best when it counts the most.

Damn it feels good! 
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If 2012 Hernandez, 2016 Bedrosian, 2014 Street, 2014 Morin, and 2009 Bailey were all on this Angels team right now, they might have the best bullpen that I have ever seen. And the starters would only need to go 6 innings per start.

My bad.  No worrIes.  This team has had some great relievers throught the years.
 

If 2012 Hernandez, 2016 Bedrosian, 2014 Street, 2014 Morin, and 2009 Bailey were all on this Angels team right now, they might have the best bullpen that I have ever seen. And the starters would only need to go 6 innings per start.

In regards to Cron, he is very streaky. If you remember, in 2015, he was horrible and got send down like in May and once he came back, he started to kill the baseball. Then last year, he started off slow as well, looking at his numbers in April. Then, starting in May, he was really good and ended the year putting up solid overall numbers. I would wait until like May before I would start worrying about Cron.

Or 2006....

Or 2015 missing the WC by a game or 2 

Watching Trout put up MVP seasons over and over is a silver lining.

Watching Trout put up MVP seasons over and over is a silver lining.

I don't think anyone doubts Meyer's potential as a reliever. We'd like to see him work out as a starter, but certainly there's a possible future in relief. Meyer, Ramirez,Norris and Petit would all be multi-inning options.
Honestly, I think Eppler did a pretty solid job building a pen.

I don't know if he can stop their funk (probably not since he's too wild) but if being a starter doesn't work out, the Angels can always try to make him a reliever. Just throw it as hard as you can and with control would help as well. And there have been many great relievers who were terrible as starters. Look at Andrew Miller, Zach Britton, and Wade Davis, for example. Both flamed out as starters but their respected teams turned them into relievers and both have been great for years in that role.

Alex "Wild Thing" Meyer

You must believe it. It's possible that the Angels might have one of those years where they shock everyone like in 2002. All they need is a few players to put up surprise performances and have their best players (or stars) play like the way they are capable of.

Slump, Chuck? Remember, the great Mike Trout went 6 for 43 with 14 K's to start May of 2014.

Slump, Chuck? Remember, the great Mike Trout went 6 for 43 with 14 K's to start May of 2014.

Thoughts?
Pitching C
Hitting C
Defense B-
 
Second place 

To make you happy, tell the teams that passed up on drafting Trout in 2009 MLB Draft on how they feel about not having him on their team.
Santana is the only guy who I feel kind of feel confident in putting up a good season. Santiago is a mediocre pitcher at best who is riding his usual one hot streak per year. Same with Vargas. Vargas and Santiago both have never had a good season in their careers.

Pujols has had very slow starts in April most of the time with the Angels.Slash lines in April from 2012-2016
2012: .217/.265/.304
2013: .252/.344/.417
2014: .280/.345/.589
2015: .208/.291/364
2016: .176/.242/.385
I actually forgot that he had a cold bat in April 2015 because his numbers at the ASB that year were phenominal and he made his first All Star team as a Halo but nope, also started in April. I'm going to say he heats up as the year goes on though. At least he has hit a home run this month, unlike in April of 2012.
But one of these seasons though, he might not heat up as the year goes on. Age is a big reason for that. Eventually, he might put up a .220/.300/.380 slash line in a season and bring back the ugly memories of the Hamilton era.

He could be the Angels' new Adam Kennedy. No big numbers but gets clutch hits when it counts. 

He could be the Angels' new Adam Kennedy. No big numbers but gets clutch hits when it counts. 

He could be the Angels' new Adam Kennedy. No big numbers but gets clutch hits when it counts. 

If he hits 20+ HR's, is clutch and continues to play great defense, we'll be good! 

Actually you can look at it this way.
If both Trout and Espinosa hit 30 HR and drive in 115 runs each, that's a good thing, no?

I laughed so hard at that Trout's smile. Anyways, that's Trout, he makes pitchers work.