PT TOMORROW: AL West—Season on the brink
Jul 5 2018
Now behind both SEA and OAK in the NL West, and 12 games behind in the wild card standings as of July 4, LAA and a once-promising season are at a crossroads. The good news is that both Garrett Richards and Shohei Ohtani (DH, LAA)—the hitter—returned this week. But with an MLB-leading disabled list, ongoing lineup and rotation holes, and an unreliable pen, the Angels' final two months could very well be determined by their July results
Management's outlook may be discerned by moves (or lack thereof) over the next few weeks, with Ohtani's return to what looks like (at least) full-time DH AB vs. righties complicating the outlook. If a torn UCL in his right elbow has no impact on his bat, Ohtani should give the lineup a...
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