JustATroutFan

Angels 
Lineup 3/3
12:10 PST
Brewers Junior Guerra (R)   Angels Matt Shoemaker (R)     1. Keon Broxton (R) CF 2. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B 3. Domingo Santana (R) RF 4. Travis Shaw (L) DH 5. Hernan Perez (R) 3B 6. Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L) LF 7. Jett Bandy (R) C 8. Ivan De Jesus Jr. (R) 1B 9. Orlando Arcia (R) SS   1. Cameron Maybin (R) DH 2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF 3. Mike Trout (R) CF 4. C.J. Cron (R) 1B 5. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B 6. Ben Revere (L) LF 7. Carlos Perez (R) C 8. Cliff Pennington (S) SS 9. Kaleb Cowart (S) 3B   The Shoe returns to the Mound!

The Price Ain't Right. What a big disappointment that Price has been with the Red Sox so far.

Since ML teams, on average, issue less than 30 IBB's in a whole season, it's entirely possible that only 1 IBB will be issued on opening day.  

GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
Hahahahahaha

I wonder what the odds are that he becomes the first batter to go to 1st base without having to stand and take 4 wide ones.
 

One of the best players ever to NOT make an All Star team after the All Star Game existed. Dude could hit for power, average, and draw a ton of walks.

The Fish Boys!

Still my favorite Angels' player of all time. Trout is a close second though. 

One of the best players ever to NOT make an All Star team after the All Star Game existed. Dude could hit for power, average, and draw a ton of walks.

I'm not an Angels fan by any means but Weaver was one of my favorite players to watch back in the day. Dude was good for many seasons with the Angels and although he had a good fastball back in the day, he was a guy who was good at mixing in a lot of his pitches. Which was why he was so good for many seasons despite never being a hard thrower. Best pitcher in Angels history, IMO.

I'm not an Angels fan but I'm a big fan of Trout and the game of baseball in general. So don't confuse me with being an Angels fan just because I'm a Trout fan.

Dude hit 47 homers that same year despite playing half his games in a very tough place to hit. I know that is was during the height of the "Steroids Era" where it felt like everybody was hitting 30+ homers or so but still, 47 home runs in a pitchers' park is still impressive and so was his .284/.404/.604 slash line. I know his defense wasn't good, so that could have been the reason why he didn't receive a single MVP vote.

Yeah, I have always thought that Pedro's 2000 season was the best individual season ever for a pitcher. Pitching in the toughest time for a pitcher and doing it at a hitters park like Fenway was impressive. His Adjusted ERA was 291, so he was about 191 points better than the league average for pitchers. Crazy.

Don't see the Angels finishing 3rd. Seattle still has better pitching to me because of King Felix and Iwakuma are better than Richards and Shoemaker. They also have a nice #3 starter in Paxton, something I don't see the Angels having. Offense won't be the problem for the Angels, it's their pitching. I guess it's still possible that the Angels prove doubters wrong like in 2014 but that's only if both Richards and Shoemaker puts up ERA's in the 3.00-3.50 range or something like that and have another pitcher coming out of nowhere to put up good numbers.

To be a little fair, Wells was coming off of a good season with the Jays. Although there were was a big red flag though: his home/road splits. He looked like Miggy at home playing at the Rogers Centre but on the flip side, he looked like 2013 Hamilton playing on the road. And Angels Stadium is not a good place to hit. Seen many guys get frustrated playing at the Big A because of the ball not carrying well, especially at night. But I didn't expect Wells to do as bad as he did though.

I'm not an Angels fan but I'm a big fan of Trout and the game of baseball in general. So don't confuse me with being an Angels fan just because I'm a Trout fan.