Los Angeles Angels Analysis

The Angels further depleted their farm system by dealing for Zack Greinke, but a World Series victory will justify the cost. Read more »

The Los Angeles Angels were one of the most talked about teams this spring, but have gotten off to a 6-10 start with Albert Pujols still being homerless. What is the forecast for the Angels going forward and how long can Baltimore stay in the race? Read more »

Albert Pujols chased money in Los Angeles rather than ensure his legacy in St. Louis. Read more »

Dan Haren continues fast start, Bobby Abreu's patience and what the Angels need from Vernon Wells. Read more »

Regardless of how legitimate their chances are to make the playoffs, the Angels completed two aggressive trades. Read more »

After a painful start to the Angels season, a season highlighted by an accumulation of injuries and players struggling offensively, the Angels were dealt their biggest blow in the form of a broken ankle to their best player. Read more »

With 20 games already in the books, the Angels are stuck around the .500 mark trying to find a sense of consistency. Read more »

The Mariners and Rangers are popular picks to win the AL West, but the Angels did enough in the offseason to make that a road that still goes through Anaheim. Read more »

A rollercoaster of deadline deals, crafty offseason moves, inspired prospect play, free agent departures, bad contracts, injuries and even death of loved ones has made the Angels one of the more intriguing yet enigmatic baseball teams today. Read more »

Similar to the Bobby Abreu signing last winter, the Angels have landed Hideki Matsui at a very reasonable price. Read more »

The Angels and Bobby Abreu wasted little time in coming to terms on a new contract that benefits both sides equally. Read more »

If the Angels get back to the World Series for the first time since 2002, they will need to get key performances from John Lackey, Vladimir Guerrero and Mike Scioscia. Read more »

The Angels started 6-14 in 2002 before shocking the world and beating the Giants in seven games in the Fall Classic. Between Nick Adenhart's tragic death and injuries to Vlad, Lackey and Santana, the club is lucky to be in the weak AL West. Read more »

Bobby Abreu didn't get the $16M annually he was looking for, but he has an excellent change of playing playoff baseball in 2009. Read more »

In the offseason, the Angels upgraded their roster both offensively and on the mound, but why are they not a vogue World Series pick? Read more »

Many prognosticators have the Angels coming out on top in the AL West. That will become a daunting task if they can?t keep their star players, and many of their role players, out of sickbay. The Angels will start the year with five regulars, including former Cy-Young Winner Bartolo Colon, and last year?s rookie stud Jered Weaver, on the DL. Read more »

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim certainly didn?t live up to their moniker on Wednesday night (and by that I mean the Angels, not the ridiculous Anaheim-Los Angeles dual citizenship). After being baited by the Texas Rangers for several games, the Angels finally snapped and retaliated in a not-so-angelic fashion. Read more »

Fans desperately want to believe that their team has just uncovered the next Alex Rodriguez, when in reality, most of the time the rookie is a lot closer to John Rodriguez, but every once in a while, the rookie actually lives up to the hype. Already this year there seems to have been a plethora of new superstars making their debut: Francisco Liriano, Justin Verlander, Ryan Zimmerman, Andre Ethier and John Papelbon. Well, it looks like the Los Angeles Angels are going to get to add a name to that list, Howard ?Howie? Kendrick III. Read more »

It?s dej? vu all over again. Another trade deadline has passed and once again the Angels failed to add a significant piece to their roster. In fact, they failed to even add an insignificant piece. In the process, Angels? GM Bill Stoneman has virtually guaranteed that his team will be making an abbreviated appearance in the post-season should they even manage to qualify. Read more »

He?s probably been the Angels best pitcher the last two years, nearly threw a perfect game, won Game Seven of the 2002 World Series, and most people have never heard of him. John Lackey is quickly developing into one of the best pitchers in baseball, and just about nobody has bothered to notice. Most fans probably wouldn?t even consider him the best pitcher on his own team. Read more »