Angels Player Power Rankings - Week 7

The Angels finally have, well, something going. I'm not sure what it is, but the lukewarm-to-hot streak is mostly being led by one man with some help from some unlikely sources….

RANK	PLAYER	CHANGE	COMMENTS
1		+1 Last Week: 2	Mike Trout – Does he earn extra MVP votes at season's end for saving his team from being the victim of a perfect game?
2		-1 Last Week: 1	Mark Trumbo – After ascending to number one and earning praise from many media outlets, Trumbo went and posted a .591 OPS last week. Welp.
3		+1 Last Week: 4	Howie Kendrick – Kendrick had another fine week, but once again that fine week was sullied by an untimely and back-breaking GIDP.
4		+7 Last Week: 11	Ernesto Frieri – Picking up three saves on three consecutive days, one of which was a five-out save, was absolutely heroic for the Angels.
5		+4 Last Week: 9	C.J. Wilson – Maybe I am just being naive, but he seems like he is inching closer and closer to breaking through. Or maybe he is just facing some really pathetic lineups right now.
6		-3 Last Week: 3	Albert Pujols – This is getting really depressing. There just doesn' look to be any real sign that Pujols will snap out of this any time soon. At least not without a leg transplant or two.
7		-1 Last Week: 6	Jason Vargas – It is never a good sign that your personal hot streak got interrupted by the Astros.
8		— 0 Last Week: 8	Erick Aybar – Hooray! Aybar is back… aaaaaaand he's hurt again.
9		+9 Last Week: 18	Dane De La Rosa – A strong week for DDLR, but the best part was that he was only used twice. Seriously, I was about to report Scioscia to social services for his physical abuse of Dane's arm.
10		-3 Last Week: 7	Alberto Callaspo – I thought there might be some kind of controversy at the hot corner between Beto and Lucho, but it looks like it is more a controversy of picking from the lesser of two evils.
11		+2 Last Week: 13	Scott Downs – Let me just put it this way: I'm running out of jokes for how often Downs gets hurt on a routine fielding play.
12		+3 Last Week: 15	Michael Kohn – Kohn appeared in 4 games this week but for only 2.1 innings. Is he now a ROOGY?
13		+1 Last Week: 14	Garrett Richards – Maybe I am just reading into it too much, but Richards doesn't look like he is all that into this relief pitching thing right now.
14		+2 Last Week: 16	Joe Blanton – Blanton has been not terrible lately yet the Angels have been completely unable to take advantage.
15		+6 Last Week: 21	Josh Hamilton – For him, he had a great week, but he still only managed a .174 average and .762 OPS in two series against terrible teams. Really can't wait for him to keep on being more aggressive.
16		+1 Last Week: 17	Jerome Williams – A nice bounceback start for Williams as he continues to buy time for the Halos until Weaver returns from his broken non-throwing elbow and whatever injury to his throwing arm the Halos are pretending he doesn't have.
17		-5 Last Week: 12	Chris Iannetta – He is still drawing walks, but it feels like forever since Iannetta got a hit.
18		+1 Last Week: 19	Hank Conger – Not to make this all about me, but maybe you could've waited a week for that three-error game instead of doing it the same day I post something on how your defense should earn you more playing time.
19		+4 Last Week: 23	Brendan Harris – Two homers in a week? I love Brendan Harris all over again!
20		— 0 Last Week: n/a	Mark Lowe – Hey, everyone! Mark Lowe is back!!! …. …. (crickets)
21		+1 Last Week: 22	Luis Jimenez – I like the idea of Lucho becoming a utilityman. I'd like it a lot better if he'd start hitting again.
22		-2 Last Week: 20	J.B. Shuck – He had a 1.071 OPS before Bourjos got hurt and owns a .523 OPS since the injury. Way to make the most of an opportunity.
23		— 0 Last Week: n/a	Robert Coello – I like to think I know just about everything about the Angels but I have no freaking idea what a Robert Coello is.
24		— 0 Last Week: 24	Barry Enright – Some year the Angels will have good rotation depth. This is not that year.
25		— 0 Last Week: n/a	Scott Cousins – Yet another reason why the Angels are hating that Kole Calhoun broke his hand at the absolute wrong time.