The August 10th, 2015 edition of Los Angeles Angels news including Freese suffers setback, Trout on pace to be an all-time great and much more…
The Story: David Freese’s return might be delayed.
The Monkey Says: He can’t throw a baseball yet, so he’s been setback as a result. The team might send him out on rehab to DH so that he can have his bat ready once he’s able to throw, but because of the roster crunch, they can’t afford to carry him on the big league roster if he can’t play the field. Well, that and he’s not really a good enough hitter to carry as a strict DH either.
The Story: At 24, Mike Trout is on pace to be an all-time great.
The Monkey Says: There was so much Trout porn in the last few days that I could’ve run a Halo Headlines edition just of those links, so instead, I pared it down to just this article. I have nothing against Trout porn, but we get it, he’s amazing. No need to beat it to death.
The Story: Mike Trout has added yet another skill.
The Monkey Says: Not quite the standard Trout porn so much as an interesting development, so I consider this separate. But maybe it is Trout porn because I don’t know any other way to describe the ability to inside-out a pitch out of the ballpark other than as “pornographic.”
The Story: C.J. Wilson talks about how it is hard to watch his team struggle while he is on the sideline.
The Monkey Says: Said the pitcher who is doing damage control with teammates who allegedly claim to not believe his injury is as severe as he is saying.
The Story: Garrett Richards believes his home run problems are related to him hanging too many sliders.
The Monkey Says: He’s not wrong. He surrendered 7 of his 13 homers against his slider after not allowing a single homer on the pitch in 2014 and just one in 2013. The good news is that sounds like the kind of mechanical issue he should be able to fix.
The Story: The new Angels outfield platoons aren’t a force as of yet.
The Monkey Says: They were never supposed to be a “force.” The only job the DeJesus-Victorino and Murphy-Cron platoons was upgrade the left field and DH slots from garbage to average. They’ve ended up being garbage so far, at least up until Murphy’s heroics yesterday, but they’ve also only been on the team for less than two weeks. No need to panic just yet, folks.
The Story: Is 2015 the year the projection systems failed?
The Monkey Says: The Royals and Astros would certainly seem to say so.
The Story: It has been 20 years since the Angels’ biggest collapse.
The Monkey Says: Just in case you weren’t yet suicidal on this Monday morning.
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