Baseball Prospectus unveiled its projected 2021 standings using their PECOTA system, which usually brings with it a rendering of garments and teeth gnashing over how much BP hates your team. But with the Angels, it seems Baseball Prospectus has high hopes in 2021.
PECOTA projects the Angels to win 87 games (86.8, to be exact) this season, which is the best record of non-division winners in the American League. No matter the playoff format, the Angels per these projections would be a wild card team, fighting it out with the Rays (86.4 wins), Indians (85.