we got Albert he will save us

Bourjos (bunt single)
Howie (fastball fastball double)
Pujols (9 pitch walk)
Torii (frustrated pitcher throws a meatball = grand slam)
Abreu (5 pitch walk)
Wells (popout)
Callaspo (single, Abreu goes to 3B)
Aybar (productive out RBI grounder to 1B)
Iannetta (who cares at this point)

I’d bat Abreu lead off.

…..the team would be foolish to expect anything from Morales in 2012. I do believe the team as currently constructed will still be manufacturing runs in 2012 to win games. Pitching remains the differentiator for the Halos.

Wells, Hunter, Trumbo really don’t do it for me. Morales might, but he’’s an unknown for now. We need a #4 hitter who will strike legitimate fear into opposing pitchers.

His D at 3rd is no longer above-average, but I don’t think it’s as atrocious as some would make it.

Three way trade with Houston and Boston — send Wandy to Boston, and Trumbo and others to Houston. Houston saves money, Boston gets the SP they’re hunting for. Callaspo could even be a chip here.

Youkilis is an injury risk, but a 3-4 of Youk-Pujols for the next two years would score a lot of runs.

Probably just a pipe dream.

Is he serious? Apparently this guy hasn’t been reading Vernon’s tweets this offseason.

We aren’t in a position like Boston where we HAVE to hit in order to win. Rather, our offense just needs to do good enough. When all is said and done, all we will need from our offense to get into the postseason is league average production. Our pitching is so good, we don’t need to score 8 runs a game. With the staff we have, 4 should do it on most nights.

What stats can’t account for is the intangible effect that Albert will have on our lineup. Sure, it’s great to add a perennial 30+ HR, 100+ RBI guy into your lineup, but with Albert you get more than good offensive production. He is one of the few guys in baseball who can change an entire lineup. His presence makes everyone better, and his production alone takes the burden off our aging veterans to be “the guy”.

Not only do I expect better seasons out of guys like Hunter and Wells, I also expect our young players like Trumbo and Bourjos to take their game to the next level. We already know the absolute bottom for Wells, and nothing he can do can be better than last season. Given the trends with Scioscia the last couple seasons, if Wells doesn’t perform significantly better in the first month he is going to be replaced by Mike Trout. That’s a win-win. If Vernon produces like he did several years ago, we get good production from a position we got almost nothing from the previous season. If not, we begin the Mike Trout era.

Trumbo can hit 35 HR and drive in over 100 if he is given the opportunity. Bourjos has the potential to steal 40 bases, and I think in a year or two he’ll be doing it regularly. I thought even if we didn’t add any superstars this offseason, with a few teaks to our bullpen, we could win 90 games next year. Now, I expect somewhere around 95. When I look at this roster compared to our 100 win roster a couple years ago, I think this team is better.

but that lineup won 86 games in ’11,
… without Pujols
… without Iannetta instead of Mathis
… without CJ instead of Piniero.

Should be good for 96+ wins in ‘12.
Don’t worry about the rest of the lineup. They’re good enough to win it.

Doesn’t ever feel like the Angels have an OK year offensively. Either everyone is on fire or everyone is awful and we scratch and claw for 2-1 wins

This Angel Offense has been great improved. But with the exception of first base, isn’t pretty much everyone else in the Rangers batting line up more of a threat?

Someone who loves the stats compare:

2B Kendrick – Kinsler
SS Aybar – Elvis
3B Callaspo – Beltre
RF Hunter – Cruz
CF Borjous – Hamilton
LF Wells – Murphy
C Iannetta – Napoli
DH Abreu – Young

Not bad off of memory and sorry if I didn’t have the exact roster for the Rangers…