Additions: DH Hideki Matsui, SP Joel Pineiro, RP Fernando Rodney, RP Brian Stokes
Departures: SP John Lackey, 3B Chone Figgins, OF Vlad Guerrero, SP Kelvim Escobar, RP Darren Oliver, OF Gary Matthews Jr.
Offense:
Aybar SS
Abreu RF
Hunter CF
Morales 1B
Rivera LF
Matsui DH
Kendrick 2B
Napoli C
Wood 3B
They pretty much lost everyone last year and didn't get much in return, but they still have a decent line up even with losing Vlad and Figgins. The players that are going to need to step up are Eric Aybar and Howie Kendrick. It seems like every year people are talking about Howie Kendrick breaking out, well, this is the year he needs too. I'm expecting Kendry Morales and Juan Rivera to take a step back this year, just because of the losses of Figgins and Vlad. But they can certainly be a good offense when it comes to the AL West.
Pitching:
Jered Weaver
Scott Kazmir
Ervin Santana
Joe Saunders
Joel Pineiro
CL Brian Fuentes
This is one of the most difficult rotations to gauge, because it seems at 1 point of all these guys careers, someone was going to be considered an ace. No one has really panned out though. They kind of substituted John lackey for Joel Pineiro and that is a pretty obvious downgrade. I just don't see any of these guys taking the reigns of an Ace any time soon.
Prediction:
No team got raped out of free agents more than the Angels and this year it will be damn near impossible for them to keep the AL West crown. I like the team, but i think they will hover around .500.
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