Could moving Trumbo to third base save the Angels money?

Earlier this week, Fangraphs posted this article wondering why it is first basemen are paid so much more relative to WAR than other positions.  There’s a lot of interesting discussion in the piece on the causality of all that, but what really got me thinking is...

Game Preview 6/27/12: Weaver Wednesday – Angels @ Orioles

@  Los Angeles of Anaheim (41-33) @ Baltimore Orioles (41-32) Pitching Probables: LAA  – Jered Weaver (7-1, 2.40 ERA) BAL – Jason Hammel (8-2, 2.61 ERA) Game Info: 4:05 PM PT; TV – FSW ; Radio – KLAA 830   The Angels have seen their fair share of ups and...

Game Recap 6/26/12: Mr.Overrated – Angels 7 Orioles 3

Looks like “Mr. Overrated” C.J Wilson is making it his personal mission to decimate every single player who voted him as most overrated starting pitcher, and since we can’t really know who voted for him since these things are “anonymous”...

Game Preview 6/26/12: Settling for less – Angels @ Orioles

@Los Angeles of Anaheim (40-33) @ Baltimore Orioles (41-31) Pitching Probables: LAA  –  C.J Wilson (8-2, 2.44 ERA)  BAL – Brian Matusz (5-8, 5.00 ERA) Game Info: 4:05 PM PT; TV – FSW ; Radio – KLAA 830 The Angels are a perfectly manageable 4.5 games back...

As goes the Angels bullpen, so goes the Angels

Much has been made of late of the resurgent Angel bullpen.  The acquisition of Ernesto Frieri has turned what was once considered the Achilles heel of the Halo roster into a real strength. Obviously, that is a good thing for the Angels.  Less obviously, this is a...