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Justin Upton and Kole Calhoun stepping up in Mike Trout’s absence

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There have been so many injuries in 2018 and now that Mike Trout is on the DL most thought the Angels would slip below .500 never to return again, but this has not happened. Justin Upton and Kole Calhoun with help from the catching platoon of Francisco Arcia and Jose Briceno the Angels have gone 7-5 in Trout’s absence.

While this is nothing to write home about or get the Angels back into the playoff picture, but it still has made them entertaining to watch. In the last 15 games Calhoun is hitting .321 with four home runs and 12 runs driven in with a .