It seems like almost every year in recent history, the Los Angeles Angels have went into the MLB season with high expectations for that year. To be honest, when you have the 2 best players in baseball, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, you should have high expectations. Yet, the Angels continue to disappoint year after year.
Coming into this year with the addition of Noah Syndergaard to the pitching staff, and some new bullpen arms, the Angels finally obtained some good, reliable arms that they could rely on. They finally upgraded the position that they needed to upgrade in past years. They had the bats with Trout, Ohtani, Rendon, Walsh, etc. So what could possibly go wrong this year?
Well surprise surprise, Anthony Rendon got hurt and still has not been able to complete a season with the Angels now in his 3rd year. The Angels signed him to a huge contract and now it sucks to know as an Angel fan that Rendon is never going to be able to stay healthy consistently. One of the best third basemen in the league cannot stay healthy and help his team out either.
Since a 27-18 start through May 25th, which looked promising, the Angels have gone 11-30 since. Everything has quickly fallen apart. No matter how good Ohtani and Trout play, the rest of the team just cannot piece it together and add to the same support that those two superstars give. On June 21 Shohei Ohtani racked up 2 homers and 8 RBI’s in a game against the Royals which they still lost 12-11!
We all know Shohei can do it all as he is a dominant hitter and pitcher, but he can’t pitch everyday for the Halos, he can every 5 days. The Angels need to find another answer that can provide for them between those 5 days. Noah Syndergaard has not looked like his past self and the rest of the rotation has been not far behind him as well. Ohtani can do it all, but he can’t be Superman and save the Angels everyday, multiple others have to step up behind him and Mike Trout.
It looked like such a promising start and possibly the year the Angels cracked the playoffs for the first time in numerous years, but yet again the Angels have found a way to play bad baseball. It’s crazy to think that one of the best baseball players we have ever seen, Mike Trout, has yet to win a playoff game yet in his 11 year career. The Angels need to find an answer and soon as they sit now 10 games below .500 and are about to get swept by the Baltimore Orioles.
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