Team Strengths: With Mike Trout since the backbone flanked by Kole Calhoun and Justin Upton, the Angels had the fourth-best outfield in MLB last year as measured by Baseball-Reference’s runs above average.
That unit has a chance to get even more of an increase with the potential callup of top prospect Jo Adell, the next in line of amazing Angels homegrown outfielders that began with Tim Salmon, Jim Edmonds, Garrett Anderson and Darin Erstad from the 1990s.
Team Weaknesses: The Angels were long one of the top organizations at drafting and developing pitchers, but they traded off most of their latest draft strikes (Patrick Corbin, Sean Newcomb, Mike Clevinger) as prospects. Together with their remaining starters injured as well as their depth lacking due to such transactions, the Angels finished 19th at ERA (4.15) final season.
What They Were About It: The Angels signed Matt Harvey and Trevor Cahill to strengthen the back of their rotation, but more importantly the homegrown pitching pipeline is flowing . Jaime Barria debuted last season and directed the Angels in wins (10) and ERA (3.41) as a rookie, and Griffin Canning and Jose Suarez are poised to rise to Anaheim this season.
Final Outlook: With much more depth than any time in recent memory, the Angels are in position to snap their slide of three consecutive losing seasons at Brad Ausmus’ first year as manager.
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