If you are an Angels fan I’m sure when you heard about the recent transactions the team has made, you didn’t quite jump out of your seat and do cartwheels. However, let’s look at these moves individually and as a collective group.
Shane Victorino for Josh Rutledge
If this was the Victorino of three years ago or more this would move would have been a huge deal. Victorino is now 34 years old and has definitely lost a step due to a series of injuries that have limited Victorino to 64 games over the past two seasons.