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AL West Notes: Trout, Rangers, Mariners, A’s

By Steve Adams | July 10, 2017 at 3:14pm CDT

After 39 games away from the team, Mike Trout is set to rejoin the Angels on Friday, per Tim Mead of the Angels’ public relations department (Twitter link). Via C.J. Daft of the Orange County Register, Trout proclaimed himself “ready to play” in the Majors following a fifth rehab game on Sunday. The Angels, incredibly, went 19-20 without Trout in the lineup, maintaining virtually the same pace at which they played when he was healthy. (Anaheim was 26-27 when Trout upon completion of the last game in which Trout played.) His return will be a boon to an Angels club that remains in the thick of the race for one of two American League Wild Card slots, though the division is effectively out of reach. Houston entered the break with a 60-29 record and is 16.5 games up over the second-place Angels.

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  • The lack of even an average bullpen is the primary obstacle standing between the Rangers and a Wild Card spot, opines Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Texas finally has Adrian Beltre, Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish all healthy at the same time, but no team in the league has blown more saves than Texas’ 17. Grant suggests that the closer’s role is there for the taking for right-hander Keone Kela, and notes that healthy returns and some rest could allow Jeremy Jeffress and Tony Barnette to return to form. However, even if all of that pans out, the Rangers still likely need to bolster the relief corps via trade. Grant suggests that GM Jon Daniels connect with former colleague A.J. Preller to discuss a trade involving Brad Hand, noting that the shortstop-needy Padres could be intrigued with Jurickson Profar as a starting point. Of course, considering Profar’s durability issues and lack of production in the Majors, it’s worth emphasizing that Grant suggests Profar as a mere starting point. Hand unquestionably has more value than the former top prospect at this point. In fact, because Profar spent two seasons on the MLB 60-day disabled list and accrued service time, he comes with the same amount of team control as Hand. Both are free agents following the 2019 season, so the Friars would undoubtedly look to get some more controllable assets added into a deal.
  • Mariners bullpen coach Mike Hampton has tendered his resignation to the team, according to a press release from the club. Hampton’s resignation is effective immediately. The M’s didn’t announce a replacement for the former big league left-hander, though the release indicates that they’ll do so prior to Friday’s game. Hampton spent a season and a half as Seattle’s bullpen coach and had previously been coaching in the Angels’ minor league system before being named to the Mariners’ Major League staff.
  • Improving the team’s defense will be a focus for the Athletics in the second half and beyond, manager Bob Melvin tells reporters (link via MLB.com’s Josh Horton). The A’s have already begun to move on that front, bringing up slick-fielding third baseman Matt Chapman and moving on from some other veterans as a means of getting younger, more athletic players like Jaycob Brugman and Bruce Maxwell in the lineup. “We’re starting to get some athletic guys, whether it’s Chapman or Marcus [Semien] back in here,” says Melvin. “We were very one dimensional last year and at the beginning of this season, too. Those are areas [fielding and baserunning] that we need to improve in. And I think we can.” With Oakland looking to potentially move multiple veterans this summer, that emphasis is worth keeping in mind, and it will be once again this offseason as Oakland looks to augment its roster with some veteran players on affordable deals.
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  1. A'sfaninUK

    8 years ago

    A’s need to sign Dyson and Cain to round out the OF. Brugman is AAAA and not good at CF and not good enough to hit for a corner.

    They’re almost there, throwing all the money they’ve been saving at Cain & Dyson, along with turning over the horrible bullpen too (with the exceptions of Madson & Doolittle) will turn them into contenders. They’re closing in on it, 2018 is their year. Should have maybe been this year if injuries to Graveman, Doolittle, Gray & Semien didn’t slow them down.

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    • thegreatcerealfamine

      8 years ago

      Lol

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    • bastros88

      8 years ago

      hahahahahaha!!!!!

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    • TheThrill18

      8 years ago

      Cain is on the wrong side of 30. Dyson is over rated. Brugman was their minor league player of the year last year he just needs time. The infield is set for the next 4-6 years at least. They need to focus on starting pitching and in the outfield. Won’t be surprised if the A’s flip Gray and Lowrie for those positions this year with young talent.

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      • arc89

        8 years ago

        Brugman is solid but needs to prove himself. A’s have no other outfield defense. They need a CF badly so wouldn’t be surprised if they signed 1 of the 2 but not both.

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    • AidanVega123

      8 years ago

      Bruh

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      • AidanVega123

        8 years ago

        Don’t know what’s up with the double comment

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    • Katherine.Orlando

      8 years ago

      kkkhjkkhj

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    • bsteady7

      8 years ago

      You MUST BE an A’s fan. “2017 should have been their year ” ha ha ha lay of the hallucinogens

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  2. ReverieDays

    8 years ago

    Proof that one player won’t make or break a baseball team.

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    • alexgordonbeckham

      8 years ago

      Who knows how they would have done during that stretch with him though. All you can really do is compare how the guy who replaced him did in that time.

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      • bastros88

        8 years ago

        Mike Trout can’t carry a team by himself, for example, last season

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        • notagain27

          8 years ago

          Proof that Mike Trout doesn’t pitch.

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        • angels fan 3

          8 years ago

          The pitching last year didn’t go well at all aside from a few names. Weaver was the only starter pitching the whole season and that tells you something. The angels bullpen this year has been one of the best in baseball. The starters not so much as their top 5 guys are on the dl.

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        • MahatmaGagne

          8 years ago

          They should trade Trout……SMH…….horrible management in Anaheim

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  3. nailz#4life

    8 years ago

    Trout to Yanks at deadline. Yanks never needed a farm anyways. Now Picture an OF of Trout Harper and Judge in just a few years.

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    • vtadave

      8 years ago

      Pretty sure Judge would be involved in a Trout to NYY deal.

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      • ScruffyTheJanitor

        8 years ago

        Frazier, Sanchez, Mateo, Torres, Scheffield….

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        • vtadave

          8 years ago

          It’s Mike Trout, not Joe Schmo.

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        • biasisrelitive

          8 years ago

          it would be Sánchez or judge and a bunch of minor leaguers

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    • terry g

      8 years ago

      This is a joke, Right?

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    • HaloBoltman

      8 years ago

      With out Trout Anaheim stadium is empty. They will never trade him.

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    • greatdaysport

      8 years ago

      B. S. Trout to Yankees starts with Judge….then Frazier, Sanchez etc. that’s what a generational player costs.

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      • saavedra

        8 years ago

        Miguel Cabrera cost Maybin and Miller.

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        • trolofson

          8 years ago

          lol completely different

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  4. Breezy

    8 years ago

    I don’t expect Kela to be given full reign to the closers role til towards the end of this year, if not next season because of his shoulder issue that hasn’t fully healed.

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  5. jdgoat

    8 years ago

    So we can all agree that Trout is a 0 WAR player now right

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    • jackt

      8 years ago

      Well if you think about it, him not being with the team has negatively affected them not only because he’s not on the field, but also their morale/mindset. His BSWAR has got to be around -2.0 if you factor that it, though I am no sabremetrician!

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  6. Herc33

    8 years ago

    Profar to the Padres doesn’t make much sense to me anymore. I think the earliest the Padres could field a competitive team would be 2020 so his service time really drains all of his value to them.

    Even if he’s the stating point and they send a longer term asset, I just don’t see the point of acquiring him when he’ll be a FA before the team will be any good. I’d rather see Preller go for low level prospects with upside.

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    • RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame

      8 years ago

      I used to really like the Profar to the Padres idea, but that was 3 years ago. Now it’s a hard pass. The Padres need to leverage Hand and Solarte into their SS of the future, and the Rangers don’t have anyone good enough that fits that mold.

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  7. saavedra

    8 years ago

    Yeah, Profar is exactly what the Padres need. A no-hit, no-glove, 0.0 career WAR shortstop with 2 years left of team control. That’s how you start negotiations…

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    • madmanTX

      8 years ago

      Profar and a case of expired Boomstick hot dogs. Maybe throw in a Josh Hamilton autographed bat for cash back.

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      • 0428April

        8 years ago

        The Hamilton autographed bat line made me laugh out loud 😉

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      • 0428April

        8 years ago

        Dontrelle Willis was the big draw in that trade. Wow, did he fall fast

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  8. JoeJacksonforHOF

    8 years ago

    Yohander Mendez intrigues me. I’d be thrilled with a package based around Hand (+ Solarte? + Perdomo?) going to Texas for Profar and Mendez. Though, in reality, I doubt the Rangers are particularly keen on moving Mendez.

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  9. thump

    8 years ago

    Turner would look pretty good in San Diego..

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    • Priggs89

      8 years ago

      I REALLY hope you aren’t referring to Trea Turner

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      • saavedra

        8 years ago

        jacob turner.

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      • dudeness88

        8 years ago

        Well..he could’ve meant to say.. he WOULD’VE looked pretty good in San Diego

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  10. mchaney317 2

    8 years ago

    What’s the hype about Profar anymore? I get that he’s still young and he can turn it around, but he’s looking dangerously like a bust, and his lack of significant team control knocks his value down a lot too. I know that it’s been emphasized that he’d only be a starting point in a deal for Hand, but to me he wouldn’t really move the needle at all.

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    • biasisrelitive

      8 years ago

      yeah the team control is what kills it for me he would be on the team as long as hand

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  11. swordfish88

    8 years ago

    You just wouldn’t trade trout…ever!

    Miami traded Cabrera because he would have never signed long term there. Trout is playing in a baseball city, for a team that wants to win. As soon as they get out from hamilton’s contract they will be able to make some moves. Pair that with some healthy pitchers and trout can carry that side to the promised land

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    • cmancoley

      8 years ago

      true true true. 2019 and on the Angels would be competitive again

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