The Angel’s offense continues to struggle aside from one great game in the opener against Boston. Also, somehow, Chris Iannetta remembered how to hit and led the paltry offense in batting average.
My rankings include the entire 40 man roster. These rankings were compiled with the help of MLB stats, FanGraphs, misc. data, personal opinion, and some fairy dust I found hidden in Shoemaker’s beard.
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Changes: None
Rank | Player | Last Week | Change | High | Low | Comments |
1 | Mike Trout | 3 | +2 | 1 | 3 | This is one slippery fish. I had to didn’t I?? if you missed Trout’s steal of 3rd base last week again Boston, you need to check it out. The king fish is back on top. |
2 | Erick Aybar | 1 | -1 | 1 | 8 | Aybar just got bumped down because Trout is awesome. Sorry kid. He did get is first HR of the season last week though! |
3 | Kole Calhoun | 2 | -1 | 2 | 12 | Had highest strike out total last week with 7 and only hit .214. |
4 | Albert Pujols | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | A solo home run over the green monster! Also hit another home run. Unfortunately both were solo dingers. |
5 | David Freese | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | Led the team with 7 RBIs |
6 | Chris Iannetta | 20 | +14 | 6 | 20 | It pains me to move Iannetta up so far in one week but he absolutely crushed it with 2 home runs and a ridiculous 1.349 OPS. |
7 | Matt Joyce | 19 | +12 | 7 | 19 | Another painful moving up on the power ranking. I don’t think he’ll be in the top 10 for long but he led the team with a .478 OBP and only struck out three times. |
8 | Grant Green*** | 8 | – | 8 | 16 | Still raking in AAA and had 3 multi hit games last week. |
9 | Efren Navarro | 10 | +1 | 4 | 11 | Zero strikeouts last week and hit safely in all but one game. |
10 | Carlos Perez*** | 7 | -3 | 5 | 14 | Just 1 for 7 last week. Iannetta stole all his playing time. For good reason apparently. |
11 | Jett Bandy*** | 11 | – | 11 | 19 | 4 for 16 and threw out 2 out of 3 stolen base attempts. |
12 | Johnny Giavotella | 6 | -6 | 2 | 9 | Enter slump: Week #2. |
13 | Collin Cowgill | 9 | -4 | 5 | 9 | Still can’t hit the ball well and only had one hit in 8 at bats last week. |
14 | Kyle Kubitza*** | 12 | -2 | 10 | 14 | 6RBIs last week which is good. His 47Ks for the season is NOT good. |
15 | Josh Rutledge*** | 13 | -1 | 1 | 19 | Blah. |
16 | Daniel Robertson*** | 14 | -2 | 11 | 19 | 4 for 11 with a stolen base. |
17 | Matt Krauss | 17 | – | – | – | ZERO for 10. |
18 | Taylor Featherston | 16 | -2 | 15 | 18 | Only here because he has no where else to go. Poor Taylor. |
19 | C.J. Cron |
18 | -1 | 2 | 19 | Horrible is an under statement. |
20 | Gary Brown*** | 15 | -5 | 14 | 20 | .195 on the season. Ouch. |