In case you missed it, Angels pitcher Ervin Santana placed the blame for the Angels 14-19 record on a lack of clutch hitting yesterday. The more I thought about Santana's comments, the more preposterous they became.
Angels pitchers have walked more batters (141) than any team in the majors. They have given up more home runs (41) than any team in the American League. Only the Kansas City Royals have a worse ERA. If not for Jered Weaver, the Angels would be like one of those old Texas Rangers teams. He has four of the 10 wins by Angels starters.
I know Santana was frustrated by the lack of run support, but if I'm an Angels pitcher right now, I think I'd stay quiet for a while. Especially if I'd just walked 41-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. and Ryan Langerhans before giving up home runs to Josh Wilson and Michael Saunders.
Angels pitchers have walked more batters (141) than any team in the majors. They have given up more home runs (41) than any team in the American League. Only the Kansas City Royals have a worse ERA. If not for Jered Weaver, the Angels would be like one of those old Texas Rangers teams. He has four of the 10 wins by Angels starters.
I know Santana was frustrated by the lack of run support, but if I'm an Angels pitcher right now, I think I'd stay quiet for a while. Especially if I'd just walked 41-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. and Ryan Langerhans before giving up home runs to Josh Wilson and Michael Saunders.
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TEAM LEADERS
| BA LEADER | ||||||||||||
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Mark Trumbo
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | M. Trumbo | 6 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Pujols | 22 | ||||||||||
| R | H. Kendrick | 19 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Trumbo | .916 | ||||||||||
| W | J. Weaver | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | J. Weaver | 2.61 | ||||||||||
| SO | D. Haren | 59 | ||||||||||
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