Angels in the Outfield- LA Angels Franchise

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So I had a Brewers franchise going and then for some reason my save disappeared. So sadly i’m just gonna do another team i find very intriguing to use and rebuild. So welcome to the Angels franchise, this is a team who has a young Superstar who at times is the best player in baseball. Though will how long does he wanna stay on a team that's not winning rings? So my goal is to give Trout support and show him that he is our guys and he is what we need to win our rings. For the first season i’m gonna post monthly recaps of how the team did. Transactions and stats of the team. Then i’ll slowly start to post series I find interesting and finally i’ll post every series once we’ve become a solid winning team. As well as i will be using the most recent OSFM roster and now you know why I got certain players and my Angels will not start with the injuries they have in real life. So let's get this going!!!

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Team Transactions

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My season expectations for this team is to offload a couple guys that aren't in my future plans and try to build our minor league teams and construct some prospects. The club as of now isn’t full of players who have MVP potential but we do have Trout. For our record i hope for the club to stay above .500 and possibly finish around 3rd. My hopes are to get a couple guys around him to protect him in the lineup.

Team Goals:
Record: Finish above .500
Team MVP: Mike Trout
Dark Horse: Kole Calhoun
Best Pitcher: Garret Richards

Some topics we must deal with this season are the following:
•Albert Pujols and his contract: I don't mind holding onto him for a year if he’s struggling and end up DFA him. Though if he is hitting i’m definitely going to try to offload him to a team even if we aren’t getting what his value was when we signed him.

•The Starting pitching: As of now we have a lot of decent starters such as Weaver, Skaggs, Nolasco, Shoemaker, Chacin, Wilson and Richards. So we may try to trade a few off for a ace or another bat.

•This season we also need to look to build through the 2016 MLB draft and try to get depth in the organization. Positions we are gonna look for are: C, 1B, 2B, LF and relief pitching.

•Finally, a first baseman: Pujols was our 1B but he’s now our DH. Guys who may get a shoot at 1B are Choi, Cron and possibly Marte. During Spring Training we will find that man.

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Spring Training Recap
The Angels would finish Spring Training 13-16 and 10th place in the Cactus League. One major event that happened was DH Albert Pujols went down in the second game with a herniated disc and will be out 1-2 months. Though some positive did come out this month. Ji-Man Choi earned the starting 1B position to start the season, Daniel Nava had an excellent Spring and earns the LF job. Finally, Trout had a very solid spring with a .309 avg, 4 homers and 9 RBI.

Stat Leaders Hitting:
At Bats: 92 - Andrelton Simmons (SS) & Johnny Giaovtella (2B)
Runs: 14- Mike Trout (CF)
Hits: 36- Daniel Nava (LF)
HR: 4- Mike Trout (CF)
RBI: 11- Ji-Min Chao (1B/LF)
AVG: .433- Daniel Nava (LF)

Stats Leading Pitching:
Wins: 3- CJ Wilson
Loses: 3- Matt Shoemaker
Saves: 4- Cam Bedrosian
IP: 30.0- Garret Richards
SO: 23- Garret Richards
ERA: 0.56- Huston Street

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After much discussion the Angels have submitted their opening day roster. Players such as Ricky Nolasco was optioned down and put on waivers and even though Nava had a great spring he was optioned down in favor of 31 year old center fielder Quintin Berry. As well as it was announced that the Garret Richards will be the #1 pitcher and pitch opening day.

The official opening day roster is the following:

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Los Angeles Angels Opening Day Roster
#	PITCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
16	Huston Street	P	R/R	32	6'0	195	9.0M
28	Andrew Heaney	P	L/L	24	6'2	185	960K
33	C.J. Wilson	P	L/L	35	6'1	210	15.6M
36	Jared Weaver	P	R/R	33	6'7	210	17.1M
43	Garret Richards	P	R/R	27	6'3	210	4.2M
45	Tyler Skaggs	P	L/L	24	6'4	215	960K
48	Jose Alvarez	P	L/L	26	5'11	180	590K
52	Matt Shoemaker	P	R/R	29	6'2	225	700K
59	Fernando Salas	P	R/R	30	6'1	200	1.5M
62	Al Alburquerque	P	R/R	29	6'0	195	930K
64	Mike Morin	P	R/R	24	6'4	220	620K
68	Cam Bedrosian	P	R/R	24	6'0	230	590K
#	CATCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
18	Geovany Soto	C	R/R	33	6'1	235	4.4M
59	Carlos Perez	C	R/R	25	6'0	210	590K
#	INFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
2	Andrelton Simmons	SS	R/R	26	6'2	195	7.5M
6	Yunel Escobar	3B	R/R	33	6'2	215	5.1M
7	Cliff Pennington	IF	S/R	31	5'10	195	2.4M
12	Johnny Giavotella	2B	R/R	28	5'8	185	590K
20	Rey Nevaro	SS	S/R	26	5'10	185	590K
24	CJ Cron	1B	R/R	26	6'4	235	630K
51	Ji-Man Choi	1B	L/R	24	6'1	230	590K
#	OUTFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
19	Quintin Berry	OF	L/L	31	6'1	190	590K
27	Mike Trout	CF	R/R	24	6'2	235	21.7M
38	Rafael Ortega	LF	L/R	25	5'11	160	530K
56	Kole Calhoun	RF	L/L	28	5'10	200	870K

Depth Chart:

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Depth Chart -

• Catcher
• Geovany Soto (80)
• Carlos Perez (74)

• First Base
• Ji-Man Choi (70)
• CJ Cron (75)

• Second Base
• Johnny Giavotella (78)
• Cliff Pennington (73)
• Rey Navaro (72)

• Third Base
• Yunel Escobar (83)
• Cliff Pennington (73)

• Shortstop
• Adrelton Simmons (86)
• Rey Navaro (72)
• Cliff Pennington (73)

• Left Field
• Rafael Ortega (73)
• Ji-Man Choi (70)
• Quintinn Berry (76)

• Center Field
• Mike Trout (99)
• Quintin Berry (76)

• Right Field
• Kole Calhoun (82)
• Quintinn Berry (76)

• Starting Pitcher
• Garret Richards (86)
• Matt Shoemaker (81)
• Andrew Heaney (80)
• CJ Wilson (81)
• Jared Weaver (80)

• Relief Pitcher
• Tyler Skaggs (79)
• Huston Street (75)
• Al Alburquerque (75)
• Jose Alvarez (72)
• Fernando Salas (81)
• Mike Morin (81)

• Closer
• Cam Bedrosian (76)

• Disabled List
• 60-Day Albert Pujols

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