Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 12

RANK	PLAYER	CHANGE	COMMENTS
1		— 0 Last Week: 1	Mike Trout – With the week he just had, the Angels should see to it that his entire extended family attends every single one of his games. I imagine giving him a fat contract extension would allow for him to pay for that himself. Sounds like a win-win.
2		— 0 Last Week: 2	Howie Kendrick – It is official, Kendrick is in the conversation for a batting title now. I never thought this day would come. I can't wait to see how he screws it up.
3		+2 Last Week: 5	Jason Vargas – It was good to see him have a strong bounceback start in a bandbox stadium against potent lineup.
4		-1 Last Week: 3	Jered Weaver – That's weird. It is almost like him recovering a few ticks of velocity didn't fix everything.
5		-1 Last Week: 4	Mark Trumbo – Trumbo seems to be starting his second half swoon a little bit early this year.
6		+1 Last Week: 7	Albert Pujols – A great week for The Machine marred by him ending it with a strikeout to abort what would've been an epic comeback victory for the Halos.
7		+1 Last Week: 8	Kevin Jepsen – He allowed his first run since coming back from injury, but it was unearned. He is making this not believing in him thing really difficult.
8		+4 Last Week: 12	Ernesto Frieri – Three innings, no hits, no walks and six strikeouts. Now this is the Ernasty we've been looking for.
9		+1 Last Week: 10	Chris Iannetta – He can't throw out base stealers, but at least he can pick guys off now.
10		+1 Last Week: 11	Michael Kohn – Two appearances, two batters faced, two strikeouts. Talk about making the most of limited opportunities.
11		-5 Last Week: 6	Erick Aybar – How has nobody mentioned that Aybar has ONE stolen base this season?!
12		+2 Last Week: 14	C.J. Wilson – Wilson had one of his best starts of the year but did it without Conger catching. Maybe Scioscia should see if that can become a trend.
13		+3 Last Week: 16	Tommy Hanson – Hanson looked fantastic this week, but was it because he was facing a lame Yankees lineup or because he is finally rounded into form after his long layoff?
14		-5 Last Week: 9	Jerome Williams – Solid start against a good team? Still not good enough to replace Joe Blanton.
15		— 0 Last Week: n/a	Peter Bourjos – After his home run robbing catch against J.J. Hardly, I think we can all put the "Trout belong in center" debate to bed.
16		-3 Last Week: 13	Scott Downs – Downs has one job, getting lefties out and now he can't even do that right.
17		+4 Last Week: 21	Garrett Richards – It has got to be the lack of nasty, crunchy long hair.
18		+4 Last Week: 19	Hank Conger – The whirly, over-the-head follow through on Hank's home run swings give me a great deal enjoyment.
19		-4 Last Week: 15	Alberto Callaspo – Callaspo has a .541 OPS this month. In completely unrelated news, Luis Jimenez has a .908 OPS this month. If you try and tie those two facts together to form a roster move suggestion, that's on you.
20		-2 Last Week: 18	Josh Hamilton – The power came out a bit, but thus far it doesn't look like the two-hole experiment is going to work out.
21		-1 Last Week: 20	J.B. Shuck – As a guy who comes off the bench to try and draw a walk, Shuck is pretty useful. Let's try and keep him in that role.
22		-5 Last Week: 17	Dane De La Rosa – Back already? I didn't even get a chance to drop him from the rankings so I could re-add him.
23		— 0 Last Week: 23	Joe Blanton – Best week ever! Blanton didn't pitch once. Let's do it again some time.
24		— 0 Last Week: 24	Brendan Harris – We live in a world where having Brendan Harris play first base with Josh Hamilton on the bench and it doesn't really raise any eyebrows.
25		— 0 Last Week: n/a	Brad Hawpe – I'm still confused about the fact that Brad Hawpe even still exists.