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Originally Posted by Goose
I seen this on another Angels board, and I gotta say, I don't see how ESPN seems to think the Angels have the best outfield.
Heck, if Guillen is healthy, I'd say the Mariners outfield is better than the Angels. And I wouldn't put the Mariners near the top either.
In left you have Anderson and Ibanez. Obviously Ibanez is not going to recreate the career year he had last year, but even if he regresses back to his normal levels, he's still a better hitter than Anderson and they are about a wash defensivly.
Ichiro is obviously superior to Matthews Jr., both on offense and defense in center even if Matthews recreates his career year, which isn't likely at all.
Vlad is obviously better than Guillen on offense, even if Guillen is healthy. But Vlad's defense has slipped alot and if I were the Angels, I would actually think about making him the DH, if not full time, then most of the time. Guillen's pretty good on defense and has a great arm.
A case could be made that the Mariners have a better outfield than the Angels. An easy case could be made that there are a few teams in the AL with a better outfield than the Angels, and we haven't even touched the NL yet.
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Goose. I think the basis for ESPN's analysis is as simple as HR's and RBI's. Based on the that the Angels get the edge.
As far as Guillen's great arm you do realize he had TJ surgery last year correct? It will probably take awhile for him to return to throwing form. His bat is most likely very rusty as well.
Downing5, The Vlad errors are mainly attributable to this throws in the PAST. Recently he has been making some tracking errors and catching errors. Your assertion he should become a DH is a good one.