The August 20th, 2015 edition of Los Angeles Angels news including Tropeano to start today, Freese resumes throwing and much more…
The Story: Nick Tropeano will start for the Angels tomorrow.
The Monkey Says: As expected. If he impresses and Shoemaker fails to do so in his Triple-A start this weekend, expect Tropeano to stick around for a bit. With an off day on Monday, the Angels can skip the fifth starter and bring Shoemaker back for the next turn if they want. That might even be the preference since it would allow the team to carry an additional reliever for a week.
The Story: David Freese began throwing again yesterday.
The Monkey Says: It’s progress, but who knows how fast it will continue. It seems unlikely that Freese will return within the next week, maybe not even until rosters expand in September.
The Story: Boston’s hiring of Dave Dombrowski kick starts the GM musical chairs.
The Monkey Says: Yup, no Dombrowski for the Angels, which isn’t entirely unexpected. What wouldn’t surprise me is if the Angels kick the tires on Cherington. This article makes more reference to the Angels promoting from within. If that does happen, it will be Matt Klentak or Hal Morris. There is no way in the world it will be Scott Servais. He is more likely to depart the team than he is to take over as GM given his own rocky relationship with Mike Scisocia.
The Story: The Los Angeles/Anaheim teams rank 11th in ESPN’s city uniform rankings.
The Monkey Says: I think it is wrong for them to lump Anaheim in with LA, but I’m sure Arte Moreno views that all as his master plan working out perfectly. The Angel uniform got a bit overrated, but not as overrated as the hideous Ducks uniforms.
The Story: Kaleb Cowart still feels like his big league call-up is a dream.
The Monkey Says: After a nightmarish two-plus seasons in Double-A, I think a lot of us thought the only way that Cowart would ever put on an Angels uniform was in his dreams. It is a great redemption story (so far) and one of the few cases I can think of where a top prospect flamed out for an extended period of time and resurrected a significant portion of his potential.
The Story: How is Kaleb Cowart a thing again?
The Monkey Says: Interesting info on his batted ball profile and mechanical changes. There is still plenty of reason to think that Cowart might not pan out, but at least there is a chance that he might pan out now.
The Story: Josh Donaldson has justified his MVP case.
The Monkey Says: Get used to these kind of articles, only they probably won’t be as measured and deferential to Trout, especially if the Angels start falling out of the playoff picture.
The Story: Sizing up the AL Wild Card contenders.
The Monkey Says: For the second straight day we feature an article of this sort and in both cases the Angels are considered to have a poor chance at the Wild Card with zero thought given towards them potentially overtaking the Astros in the division. Read into that what you will.
The Story: The Angels are showing no signs of panic, unlike their fans.
The Monkey Says: First off, yes they are. What do you think all the shuffling at the bottom of the roster has been about? I also don’t think the fans are wrong to panic considering that their playoff odds have been cut in half in less than a month. Finally, I apologize for posting a Jeff Miller article, especially one that has 24 paragraphs, 20 of which are just one sentence long.
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