“Can a Fresh Start Ignite Corbin’s Hidden Potential in a New Team Environment?”

The AL West is quickly becoming one of the more interesting divisions in all of baseball. It is almost like a soap opera. The Astros were the cheaters and villains. The Mariners were the new kids that you had a ton of hope for and a bit of the rocky past. The Athletics are the forgotten group that once was great. The Angels are the screw ups and the Rangers were the heroes, having won the World Series just two years ago. 

I really do hate beating up the Angels. I actually enjoy the club and feel badly for them. They are one of the few franchises that have done virtually everything that they could to try and field a winning team. They just couldn’t make it happen no matter who they rolled out there. Albert Pujols, Anthony Rendon, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, and I’m sure there are others, all have been given big contracts. Trout’s injuries are slightly to blame, but let’s be realistic, they weren’t winning even with him out there. They remind me of the Mariners from the 90’s who had generational talent, but couldn’t ever win anything. One of their investments this year was to add Yusei Kikuchi. Kikuchi’s numbers look rough right now, but he’s actually had pretty good games. He has two quality starts under his belt in three outings. In his most recent game, he allowed four earned runs in six innings. The problem doesn’t seem to be him, it seems that the bullpen can’t help him at all. Rangers hitters are decent against him, but not great with 21 hits in 95 at-bats. Corey Seager has been surprisingly bad, so maybe leave him off of your daily fantasy card. 

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