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Monday, July 25, 2005Week in Review: July 18 – July 24Overall Record: 59-40
Pythagorean Record 57-42
Games Ahead 5.5
Week Record: 4-3
Pace: 97-65
Record after 99 games: 2002: 59-40 2003: 50-49 2004: 52-47 Opponents: vs. Oakland (1-2) July 18-20, vs. New York (3-1) July 21-24 Hot: Bengie and Chone went on batting tears this week, with Bengie going 9-23 and Figgy going 10-23 with 6 walks and 7 steals. Vlad should get some sort of special mention here for his two home runs, each turning games around (literally, from deficits to 1 run leads) and charging the Angels to wins. Shields, Donnelly and Frankie K were absolutely brilliant, giving up no runs (and just 9 baserunners) in 11.2 innings. The day off today is a bigger help to them than just about anyone else on the team. Not: Vlad other than his home runs was pretty bad, Erstad is striking out too much and not getting on base enough, while OC and AK did not bat very well. The only starter that pitched worse than average was Colon, by giving up 4 home runs (thankfully all solo) and he still got the win (thanks to Vlad’s granny). Coming up: The Angels’ offense is still struggling, probably due in large part to Vlad’s slump. There has got to be something wrong with him right now, he should have bounced back by now. The team has been helped by adequate to good starts and great bullpen work by a revitalized bullpen. If the team’s offense could get back off the ground (not necessarily to the level it had in June, but certainly better than April, May or July) it should wreak havoc on the lesser teams and perform better against teams like Oakland. Opponents coming up: at Toronto (49-49) July 26-28, at New York (52-45) July 29-31 Probable Starters: Byrd vs. Chacin, Colon vs. Towers, Lackey vs. Walker, Santana vs. Brown, Washburn vs. Pavano, Byrd vs. Mussina Comments:My guess is Vlad's shoulder his hurting him. OTOH, he's had some screamers end up in mitts, so maybe I'm full of it. Oh, and you can chalk up a lot of that slump to having faced superior A's pitching. Harden has always owned the Angels. It's unknown whether the A's rotation will hold up over the rest of the season, though. |
