{"id":118877,"date":"2012-07-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2012\/07\/30\/la-angels-player-power-rankings-week-17\/"},"modified":"2012-07-30T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T18:00:00","slug":"la-angels-player-power-rankings-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/la-angels-player-power-rankings-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Player Power Rankings – Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
As always, the rankings are based on a player’s overall season performance with a weight on recent performance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
\n RANK<\/strong><\/td>\n PLAYER<\/strong><\/td>\n CHANGE<\/strong><\/td>\n COMMENTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>— 0<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 1<\/td>\nMike Trout<\/strong> – <\/strong>This was arguably a week-long slump for Trout. He still posted a .768 OPS over that span.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>— 0<\/strong>
Last Week: 2<\/td>\nJered Weaver<\/strong> –<\/strong> For only the second time this season (not including the start he left with his back injury) Weaver failed to go six or more innings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>+1<\/strong>
Last Week: 4<\/td>\nMark Trumbo – <\/strong>Yet another reason for the Halos’ poor offensive production, we went a whole week without a Trumbomb. At eight games (and counting) it is his second-longest homer drought of the season, which is actually pretty damn impressive when you think about it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-1<\/strong>
Last Week: 3<\/td>\n<\/strong>Albert Pujols<\/strong> – <\/strong><\/em>Want to know why the Angel lineup is slumping? First look at Trout’s comment, then look at Pujols reverting to April form with his .578 OPS this week. One can’t help but wonder how much his array of injuries are affecting him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>— 0<\/strong>
Last Week: 5<\/td>\nC.J. Wilson – <\/strong>Wilson just can’t win in July, but he also hasn’t been real great about following his own advice and throwing strikes, though he did much better this week only four walks over 13 innings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>— 0<\/strong>
Last Week: n\/a<\/td>\nZack Greinke<\/strong> –<\/strong> Welcome aboard, Zack! Uh, sorry about that whole home winning-streak thing. Try not to hold it against the Angels when they come calling about a contract extension.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>— 0<\/strong>
Last Week: 7<\/td>\nDan Haren<\/strong> –<\/strong> I want to make fun of his Amish beard more, but it seems to be working for him, so instead, I am going to celebrate Rumspringa!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-2<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 6<\/td>\n<\/strong>Ernesto Frieri – <\/strong><\/strong><\/em>Another run allowed this week, but I prefer to think of that more as regression to the mean than any actual reason for concern. Statistic-based cognitive dissonance is the best kind of cognitive dissonance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-1<\/strong>
Last Week: 8<\/td>\nTorii Hunter – <\/strong><\/strong><\/em>The old man of the club might be the only hitter pulling his weight right now, which probably means he is due for a re-aggravation of his groin injury in 3… 2… 1…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-1<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 9<\/td>\nScott Downs –<\/strong> With Downs still a mess and Taka demoted, trading for another left-handed reliever is an absolute must, right?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-1<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 10<\/td>\n<\/strong>Alberto Callaspo – <\/strong>Every time Callaspo slumps, I start wondering if the Trumbo-at-third experiment needs to be re-instantiated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>+4<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 16<\/td>\nLaTroy Hawkins –<\/strong> <\/strong><\/em>A flawless week seems to have gotten Hawk back into the late-inning mix after he inexplicably fell down the depth chart after the break.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-2<\/strong>
<\/strong>Last Week: 11<\/td>\n<\/strong>Kendrys Morales –<\/strong> Now that the Angels got their starting pitcher upgrade, can we start talking about trading for an upgrade at DH?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/strong><\/td>\n