The Angels loss on Sunday was the only one in their four game series with the Rangers over the weekend and it was another dominating win. While the Angels are tied in the loss column with the A’s, they’re three games up in the win column so they have a game and a half lead.
Vlad Guerrero continues to get it done. He’s reached safely in nine of his last ten games and while he hasn’t homered since May 3, his OBP continues to hover about .460 and he leads the American League with a 1.131 OPS. When (let’s be optimistic) the Angels make the playoffs, you’re probably looking at the American League MVP if Vlad can come any where close to keeping up this clip.
Oddly, Vlad has been simply awesome against right handed pitching. He’s hitting .374/.473/.692 against right handed pitching while he’s just .290/.450/.581 against left handed pitching. He’s also been lights out at home where he’s hitting .394/.477/.746.
Next up is three against the Mariners, who are sitting right behind the Athletics. Felix Hernandez makes his return tomorrow and it’d be nice if the Angels could give him a proper welcome back.
