Team Strengths: With Mike Trout as the backbone flanked by Kole Calhoun and Justin Upton, the Angels had the fourth-best outfield in MLB last year as Quantified by Baseball-Reference’s runs above average.
This unit has a chance to get more of an increase with the potential callup of high prospect Jo Adell, the next in line of amazing Angels homegrown outfielders that started 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. With their remaining starters perpetually injured and their depth lacking because of these trades, the Angels finished 19th in ERA (4.15) last season.
What They Did About It: The Angels signed Matt Harvey and Trevor Cahill to bolster the back of their rotation, but more importantly the homegrown pitching pipeline is flowing again. Jaime Barria debuted last year and led 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 skid of three consecutive losing seasons at Brad Ausmus’ first year as manager.
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