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Weekly Projections Update: As of June 30th

An offensive explosion A sudden increase in singles and home runs have positively altered overall team batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage--although something about this team's collective speed (and its relation to the team's collective power) may surprise you. Take a look for yourself.

Projected Final AL West Standings:
Texas: 85-77
Los Angeles: 83-79
Seattle: 78-84
Oakland: 75-87

INDIVIDUAL HITTING STATISTICS (frequent starters only)

Bobby Abreu: .289/.404/.382, 160 H, 33 2B, 0 3B, 6 HR, 63 RBI, 26 SB
Erick Aybar: .283/.319/.430, 159 H, 31 2B, 10 3B, 10 HR, 68 RBI, 33 SB
Peter Bourjos: .263/.314/.391, 139 H, 26 2B, 12 3B, 6 HR, 32 RBI, 16 SB
Alberto Callaspo: .280/.355/.358, 142 H, 22 2B, 0 3B, 6 HR, 61 RBI, 6 SB
Hank Conger: .230/.311/.370, 79 H, 13 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 0 SB
Torii Hunter: .239/.310/.369, 140 H, 25 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 76 RBI, 4 SB
Maicer Izturis: .295/.354/.414, 161 H, 40 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 42 RBI, 13 SB
Howie Kendrick: .305/.362/.477, 172 H, 38 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 55 RBI, 17 SB
Jeff Mathis: .187/.233/.281, 51 H, 14 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 2 SB
Mark Trumbo: .258/.300/.462, 134 H, 30 2B, 0 3B, 26 HR, 69 RBI, 14 SB
Vernon Wells: .216/.248/.381, 107 H, 9 2B, 2 3B, 23 HR, 59 RBI, 5 SB

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING STATISTICS (frequent pitchers only)

Tyler Chatwood: 10-9, 3.64 ERA, 167.1 IP, 109 K, 85 BB, 1.47 WHIP, 1.28 K/BB, 5.9 K/9
Dan Haren: 15-9, 2.85 ERA, 220.2 IP, 185 K, 34 BB, 1.02 WHIP, 5.44 K/BB, 7.5 K/9
Joel Pineiro: 7-7, 4.14 ERA, 178 IP, 77 K, 44 BB, 1.45 WHIP, 1.75 K/BB, 3.9 K/9
Ervin Santana: 6-15, 4.08 ERA, 214 IP, 178 K, 66 BB, 1.28 WHIP, 2.69 K/BB, 7.5 K/9
Jered Weaver: 18-8, 1.97 ERA, 246.2 IP, 212 K, 56 BB, 0.93 WHIP, 3.78 K/BB, 7.7 K/9
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Scott Downs: 10-4, 1.65 ERA, 54 IP, 33 K, 12 BB, 0.87 WHIP, 2.75 K/BB, 5.5 K/9
Fernando Rodney: 4-6, 4.09 ERA, 43 IP, 35 K, 29 BB, 1.41 WHIP, 1.22 K/BB, 7.3 K/9, 5 SV
Hisanori Takahashi: 4-2, 3.41 ERA, 67.2 IP, 57 K, 24 BB, 1.28 WHIP, 2.38 K/BB, 7.6 K/9
Rich Thompson: 2-4, 3.16 ERA, 61.1 IP, 69 K, 24 BB, 1.28 WHIP, 2.88 K/BB, 10.1 K/9
Jordan Walden: 2-4, 3.03 ERA, 70.1 IP, 77 K, 33 BB, 1.26 WHIP, 2.33 K/BB, 9.8 K/9, 35 SV

TEAM HITTING STATISTICS (listed hitters only)
Batting average:
.259
Hits: 1,444 (average Angel: 131)
Doubles: 230 (average Angel: 21)
Triples: 30 (average Angel: 3; amongst Angels with triples: 6)
Home runs: 130 (average Angel: 12)
Runs batted in: 576 (average Angel: 52)
On-base percentage: .319
Slugging percentage: .392
Stolen bases: 136 (average Angel: 12)

TEAM PITCHING STATISTICS (listed pitchers only)
Wins:
78 (average starter: 11; average reliever: 4)
Losses: 68 (average starter: 10; average reliever: 4)
Earned run average: 3.20 (average starter: 3.37; average reliever: 2.67)
Innings pitched: 1323 (average starter: 205.1; average reliever: 59.1)
Strikeouts: 1032 (average starter: 152; average reliever: 54)
Walks: 408 (average starter: 57; average reliever: 25)
Walks/hits per innings pitched: 1.23 (average starter: 1.23; average reliever: 1.22)

(NOTE: Michael Kohn was removed from the projections due to absurdly low season totals that remove any consideration of him as a frequent Angels pitcher. He joins Matt Palmer, Francisco Rodriguez, Bobby Cassevah and Jason Bulger as infrequent Angels relievers.)

So...what do we have here...oh yeah, Vernon Wells starting to become a ballplayer once again (becoming less of a Jeff Mathis and more of a GMJ--good player, still never worth the money). Also, Howie Kendrick emerges as a dark-horse MVP candidate, Weaver tightens his grip on the Cy Young (although Haren and even Downs can make their cases for it), and our Angels wind up just two games back of a division championship.

Any thoughts? (Next projections will be up around 7/8.)

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