The 2016 MLB Season is upon us, and the Angels have some new faces this year! Let's get to know them a little better in my quick (read: two sentences or less) new player bios! Sorry, Art Donovan, player weights are not included, but I can assure you that all these guys are one of the players.
Catchers:
Geovany Soto - Catcher: Long-Time Cubs catcher who has spent the last few seasons tormenting Angels fans in Texas and Oakland. Will be alright defensively, mostly there to mentor and develop Carlos Perez. (Related: I miss Chris Iannetta already.)
Infield:
Andrelton Simmons - Shortstop: The Best Defensive Shortstop in Baseball right now who is improving offensively and is only 27-years-old. Easily the Angels' most important new player.
Yunel Escobar - Third Base: Okay with a glove and a Bat, although he has a knack for getting on base. Can't possibly be worse than David Freese, probably.
Ji-Man Choi - First Base: 24-Year-Old who is getting his first taste in the majors after years in the Marlins and Mariners organizations. Probably will only stick around at this level until Pujols is 100%.
Outfield:
Daniel Nava - Left Field: Had that one good season in Boston. Has hit a ton in spring training but will likely continue to split time in Left Field.
Craig Gentry - Left Field: Had that one good season in Texas. Has great speed, but will be splitting time with Nava.
Pitchers:
Al Alburquerque - Reliever: Spent a number of seasons as an inconsistent reliever for Detroit, will now be an inconsistent reliever for Salt Lake City.
I was only going to include players on the opening day roster until I realized that NO new pitchers are on the 25-man roster... so I threw Alburquerque in there since he was the biggest name the Angels added to the bullpen this offseason.
I was going to go into this huge outlook on the season, but decided this was more fun than over-analyzing every little thing trying to figure out if the Angels would win 78 games or 83 games.
If things go well, maybe semi-regular updates will continue, but I'm certainly not promising anything (because then we'd start 5-14 with Trout hitting .178).
Enjoy the 2016 Angels Baseball season!
I want to be bummed about Ianetta because I think he was a good element for the team and he always seemed like a great guy but unfortunately he just blew it last year. Perez hitting that walk-off homer for his debut last year was an omen of things to come.
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