The May 7th, 2015 edition of Los Angeles Angels news including Angels set sombrero world record, Weaver perplexed by struggles and much more…
The Story: The Angels set the world record for largest gathering of people in sombreros.
The Monkey Says: Good work, Angels marketing. You set the world record but in the process drew attention to the fact that the Angels had one of their smallest crowds of the year. Good work all around!
The Story: Jered Weaver is perplexed by his struggles but still confident.
The Monkey Says: Cognitive dissonance. It’s FAAAAAAAAANTASTIC!
The Story: Joe Smith’s struggles have raised questions about Scioscia’s bullpen usage.
The Monkey Says: To be fair, the questions were raised before Smith started to struggle. Look, the Angels don’t have much choice but to ride it out with Smith, but yes, it would make sense to be a little more careful about exposing him to lefties.
The Story: A look at Mike Trout and how the Angels are really a one-man team.
The Monkey Says: To worry about how good the second-best player is can be something of a red herring. If Kole Calhoun is only a four-win player, yes, that’s a big gap. But if there are eight four-win players on the roster, that isn’t an issue. The real issue is if the gap between Trout and the third-best player is even larger. That might be the case this year, unfortunately.
The Story: What’s wrong with the AL West?
The Monkey Says: I still think the Angels can be fixed. Iannetta, Joyce and Pujols will hit. The bullpen will improve a bit and something will give with Weaver one way or the other. I certainly am not going to stick to my 92-win prediction, but with everyone but the Astros struggling, it sure looks like a sub-90 wins team could win the division.
The Story: Is Chris Heston the this year’s Matt Shoemaker?
The Monkey Says: I have no comment on the content of this post. I just thought it was interesting to see that “this year’s Matt Shoemaker” is a thing.
The Story: Victor Alcantara and Roberto Baldoquin have both landed on the disabled list.
The Monkey Says: More top Angels prospects go down to injury. Neither appears serious, fortunately, but Baldoquin is looking like a potential massive bust due to both his inability to stay healthy and inability to hit.
The Story: The Angels have the worst uniforms in the American League.
The Monkey Says: They aren’t that great, but they aren’t the worst and I happen to like the red alternates. Then again, I’m writing this and having a hard time coming up with a convincing argument that the Rays and Rangers actually have worse uniforms. Crap, I might be wrong on this.
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