Texas Set to Dethrone Angels in Shocking Showdown—What This Means for the Season

The Angels have been a bit of a surprise this season as they currently sit in third place in the division, just above the Rangers. I’m not saying they have been great, they have a losing record, but they’ve been better than expected. This is a team that has had multiple megastars on the team in recent years and nothing to show for it. Perhaps the balance of players is working better for them, and the fact that they are getting very good performances out of some of their starters for a change is a major contribution. One of the starters who has worked out for them this season is today’s starter, Jose Soriano. For the season, Soriano is 6-5 with a 3.72 ERA, but the problem is he has a 1.42 WHIP which is rather high, to me. He has given up 101 hits in 104 innings. That much traffic on basepaths inevitably leads to runs. Soriano has been much worse at home this season than on the road, having an ERA that is three runs higher at home. He hasn’t been terrible in every home start, two of his past three saw him produce quality outings, but he also allowed eight earned runs on nine hits in four innings in his most recent home outing. Against the Rangers, Soriano has allowed 13 hits in 33 at-bats. 

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