Our Angels wrapped up a 13 game homestand by dropping the finale of a 3 game series against Tampa Bay by a score of 5 to 4. On the good side, Mike Trout crushed a hanging breaking ball for a 3 run homer.
On the bad side:
On the day, the Angels struck out 16 times. Logan and Moore each had 3 while Neto, Trout, and Bryce chipped in 2 apiece. Every Angel except Jo Adell managed to K, even pinch hitter Travis d’Arnaud.
The K’s were going around like baby oil at a Diddy party.
On the season, the Angels have struck out more than any other team in baseball. Yes, that includes the Rockies.
Fun with math: 1117 K’s in 115 games = 9.71 K’s per game x 162 games = 1573.51 K’s in a season. Rounding that to 1574, would put the 2025 Angels just outside the Top 10 of All time. That’s an interesting page if you’re a stats nerd.
To get to the Top 10 of all time, the Angels need to kick their average up to 9.81 K’s per game the rest of the way. And I think we have the talent to do so. Next up is 3 in Detroit followed by 3 against the Dodgers. That should help.
Perry Minasian should be on the phone with Zach Neto’s agent about an extension. The Red Sox locked up Roman Anthony for at least 8 years yesterday at a very reasonable $16 million per year base salary. Neto is more proven, closer to free agency, and only going to get more expensive.
I could go on, but I have Weekend Links to write tomorrow. Can’t have you getting sick of me, ha ha.
