Halo Headlines: Angels are overrated by experts, Halos like their team chemistry

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The March 28th, 2014 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels including Angels are overrated by experts, Halos like their team chemistry and much more…

The Story: The Angels are overrated by experts, according to ZiPS.

The Monkey Says: Yeah, we know, ZiPS kind of hates the Angels this year. Fortunately, other projection systems like PECOTA like the Angels. Of course, I don’t know that the Angels actually are overrated by experts, as you will see in later links, not a lot of experts are predicting the Angels to do much of anything.


The Story: Good team chemistry vibes are permeating the Angels roster.

The Monkey Says: The Angels invested in that chemistry this offseason, so it is nice to see that it is working. Then again, I think most teams feel like they have good chemistry at the start of the season. When the losing starts, now that’s when the true chemistry gets revealed. Let’s hope we don’t get to that part of the Angels’ season for a long, long time.


The Story: SI.com’s panel of experts predict not very much success for the Angels.

The Monkey Says: They all think Trout will win the AL MVP, but only one expert thought the Angels would make the playoffs.


The Story: CBS Sports’ panel of experts predict not very much success for the Angels.

The Monkey Says: hey all think Trout will win the AL MVP, but only one expert thought the Angels would make the playoffs. Wait, didn’t I just write that? Oh, I did. Weird, I keep waiting for the experts to overrate the Angels and I’m not finding it. Oh well.


The Story: A look at park factors related to strike zones.

The Monkey Says: This is interesting, but I honestly have no idea what to make of it.


The Story: Searching for a new whipping boy after the departure of Joe Blanton.

The Monkey Says: I think we all know who I vote for. HINT: his name rhymes with fu- oh, sorry, this is a family blog. I can’t say that word, but I think you know where I’m going with it.


The Story: The Double-A Arkansas Travelers announced their Opening Day roster.

The Monkey Says: Kaleb Cowart, Michael Roth, Mark Sappington and Mike Morin return to the Travs. They’ll be joined by notable promotions Alex Yarbrough, Eric Stamets, R.J. Alvarez and Zach Borenstein. In other words, this is the team to watch this year if you are interested in what the 2016 Angels are going to look like.

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