In a recent Hardball Times column, Jeff Sackman examined the best benches in the MLB. At the head of the class were the Los Angeles Angels. He talks about how super-utility man Chone Figgins gives the team a ton of flexibility despite the fact that he has a starting job and that while the Angels have no “great” option as the starter at first, they do have two guys with some promise and one of them will be on the bench while the other is playing. And then of course you have the youth movement with Brandon Wood and Erick Aybar. Good stuff here.
