Today we round out the AL by taking a look at the West. This appeared to be the division that everyone agreed on. The Angels were going to run away with it as the A’s had given up, Texas can’t pitch and the M’s can’t hit. Then Lackey went down (yikes.) Then Escobar went down (not a shock, but double yikes.) There aren’t too many teams in the majors that could withstand the loss of their top two starters. Imagine the Sox without Beckett and Dice. Imagine the Yanks without Wang and Pettitte. Or the D-Backs without Webb/Haren. Or the Nats without Odalis Perez and Jason Bergmann!!! You get the point. That is not a playoff team if those two miss a considerable amount of time. That said, let’s take a look.
1. Los Angeles Angels.