January 23, 2008
Team Offense, Los Angeles Angels
We continue to look at team offenses for 2008 with the LAnaheim Angels.
Garret Anderson
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In 2007, the Angels scored 5.07 runs per game.
I plugged in a likely lineup to the Lineup Analysis Tool, using the Marcel the Monkey predictions from Tom Tango. The lineups rate as follows:
- Best: 5.30 runs per game
- Given: 5.20 runs per game
- Worst: 4.99 runs per game
The small difference between the worst and best lineups shows this is a very balanced team. Outside of Guerrero, no one is great, but there's not many bad players either. I could see the Angels doing better than these number if Aybar lives up to his minor league numbers. The other thing that would improve the Angels is giving up on Garret Anderson. A designated hitter should be able to hit better than a .320 OBA. The bottom line, however, is that the moves the Angels made are likely to improve the offense in 2008.
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