If everyone is healthy for the start of next season, the Angels are going to have an overwhelming glut of starting pitchers. Hopefully, the team next year will be able to utilize a healthy Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney, Nick Tropeano, Tyler Skaggs, and Matt Shoemaker. Then, of course, they will also have the promising Alex Meyer, Parker Bridwell, and JC Ramirez, who are soaking up valuable major league starting pitching experience this season. And you can throw into the mix minor leaguers Grayson Long, who is proving that he deserves to be considered for the starting rotation next year, and Jaime Barria, who could very well be ready to be an impact player on a major league team by the second half of next season.

That gives the Angels an incredible ten quality starting pitchers to choose from for next year's rotation. Ten!

What do you do with that?

Right off the top, I would move Ramirez to the bullpen so he could be the long relief man in addition to his regular duties as a reliever. (What a pen that would be: Bedrosian, Middleton, Parker, Paredes, Ramirez, and a selection of Sean Isaac/Eric Karch/Conor Lillis-White/Adam Hofacket down on the farm.)

With the idea that everyone is healthy and ready for the 2018 campaign, the Angels could construct a rotation of Richards, Heaney, Tropeano, Bridwell, and Long. But, with the horrible luck the Angels have had with the health of their starting pitching combined with their unusual bounty of high upside starters, here's a bold idea for you -- why not institute a six man rotation? And this is how crazy good the Angels' 2018 starting pitching could be -- their sixth man, be it Skaggs, Shoemaker, Meyer, or Barria, could very well be better than most every other teams' number three starting pitcher.

For those starting pitchers who don't make the team, the Angels could either stash them away at AAA where they can join Alex Klonowski and Jake Jewell, or they could be trade them. Although the Angels currently have a strong core of position players, they will need a first baseman, a second baseman, a third baseman, and a left fielder next year.

But instead of trades, hopefully Nolan Fontana and Kaleb Cowart could step up from AAA and fill in the holes at second and third (when you have above average pitching, you only need to be average at each spot in the lineup in order to have a team that can not only make the playoffs but also do some damage in the post season, although Fontana and Cowart definitely have the potential to be more than just league average).

If Fontana and Cowart could handle second and third, that would leave holes in only left field and first base, which is where, if the Angels finally are committed to having a great off-season, they could hopefully sign two high quality free agents. In my dreams, the Halos would pick up JD Martinez and Yonder Alonso. If the Angels could get so fortunate, here's what next year's lineup could look like:

C Maldinado

1B Alonso

2B Fontana

3B Cowart

SS Simmons

LF Martinez

CF Trout

RF Calhoun

DH Pujols

Add to that lineup a strong starting rotation (Richards, Heaney, Tropeano, Bridwell, Long, and Skaggs), a strong bullpen (Bedrosian, Middleton, Parker, Paredes, Issac, and Ramirez), and a strong bench (Carlos Perez, CJ Cron, Eric Young Jr., and Matt Williams), and the 2018 Angels have the potential to be a beast of a baseball team next year.