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MLB Power Rankings Week 6: Who passed the Los Angeles Dodgers for our No. 1 spot?
For the first time during the 2021 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are not atop our MLB Power Rankings. The defending world champions fell from No. 1 after a prolonged slump in which L.A. has gone just 7-15 and dropped five consecutive series since starting the season with an MLB-best 13-2 mark. Now the big […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels sign OF Juan Lagares, utilityman Phil Gosselin to minor league deals
Lagares spent most of the past eight seasons with the New York Mets, batting .254 with 25 homers and 179 RBI. He appeared in just 165 games over the past three seasons in New York, and he didn’t record a plate appearance in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season before being designated for assignment in August. Lagares […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Angels get Dexter Fowler in trade with St. Louis Cardinals
Fowler batted .233 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 23 games last season, his fourth with St. Louis. The switch-hitting former Rockies and Cubs slugger is a career .259 hitter with 127 homers and 561 RBIs. Fowler, who turns 35 next month, can play all three outfield positions. Although Fowler’s production has declined in […]
Continue readingAngels’ Shohei Ohtani has 6 K’s over 5 equivalent innings in last tune-up
The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way sensation faced 22 batters and struck out six of them over the equivalent of five innings in an intrasquad game Sunday afternoon. Ohtani allowed just five singles, one of which was a high pop-up that should have been caught. He threw 72 pitches, 45 of them for strikes, and faced […]
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