LA Angels Monday News Crash: Inflammation

I’ve always been more along these lines of thinking but I never thought I’d hear this from you. It saddens me to see things get to this. Not sure what’s happening to Neto but I have always thought he was a good player with some specific weaknesses. none the less, a 5 WAR hitter. And Turks pointed out that he was one of only 18 5 WAR players in MLB last year. He will return to form at some point. Adel’s performance this year is actually very consistent with his career. Last year, at least so far, is the outlier which along with the fact that he only had 2 years of control left was why I wanted to trade him over the winter. Schanuel is off to a slow start, but he kind of is who he is, high floor low ceiling. I would not be surprised to see O’Hoppe figure things out and string together a few consecutive years of decent production. His problem though is that he is so bad defensively, he has to hit to play. I do not see either Adell or Schanuel ever being significantly better than last year, although either one is capable of having an outlier season, just not year after year.

What I am hoping for right now, is that Peraza and Grissom are real and can be our 2nd and 3rd basemen for years to come. Along with Neto, that’s 3/4 of a solid infield. If Rada can be our CF and leadoff hitter, then we need a 1B, corner OFs, and a catcher. Trout will DH or play LF for the next 3-4 years. That’s a lot closer than I ever thought we were anytime recently, but it’s still a ways to go. Trading Soriano and Neto may be the only path forward to acquire some of the players you need. The starting pitching may have a decent future.