Trout in the Streets

(Music Pun #4, going with some vintage Who just to spice things up)

Mike Trout is still the best player in baseball. Were you honestly expecting that fact to change???

Not only is Trout still capable of all those things that won him 2 MVPs and a ROY award, but...the other day, against the Yankees, he had one of the best days a batter can have, going 5-for-5 with 4 extra base hits. He's also leading the American League in home runs and On Base Percentage, and he's part of an Angels squad that's slightly less reliant on his sole achievements.

Now that the Angels have Shohei Ohtani, Justin Upton and Andrelton Simmons all playing well, they have a more varied, and more powerful roster, that's been doing well in the offensive category as well as in the pitching category, with a number of powerful starters all doing well at once. Yes, the bullpen is a little messier than they'd like, and may be giving some games away, but the team as a whole is stronger than it's been in years.

The only problem is that this team is in third place. Behind the Mariners. A team that's not as well put together, but have won 9 of their last 10 games and have some killer, Cano-less momentum. The Angels, who just dropped a few to the Yankees, have slightly less momentum, and are 5 games behind the opposition. So if they'd like to keep being a presence in the league as a consistent, strong, team, it'd help if they won some more games. Easier said than done, I know, but this stretch is saying more about the Mariners than it is the Angels, a team that spent a ton more money this offseason.

Trout, however, can pull the team back into the race. After all, he's done it before.

Coming Tonight: His team's doing...rather okay right now. And he's having another nice season.