Tigers and Angels Face Off in High-Stakes Multi-Unit Duel—Who Will Seize Ultimate Victory?
The Angels are a team that I’ve discussed multiple times in this way: They are both the best and worst type of team to be a fan of. They actually try to spend on players, but the results are always a disaster. It is rare that a team would have not one, but two, generational talents and not be able to at least contend for the postseason. Every time they spend money on a player it seems like they instantly decline (Albert Pujols and Anthony Rendon). The pitching has never been all that great for the team despite having the aforementioned generational talent Shohei Ohtani in their rotation. Mike Trout is kind of a shell of himself. A tip of the cap to the organization for trying, but the reality is this team just can’t win. They tried to add some decent arms to their rotation in the offseason, including tonight’s starter, Yusei Kikuchi. Kikuchi is 0-4 with a 4.31 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP. He hasn’t been terrible despite those numbers. He’s making his seventh start tonight and he has a quality outing in three of his six starts. He hasn’t been good against the Tigers hitters that he’s faced, though. Detroit’s batters are hitting .349 against him over 43 at-bats (Gleyber Torres has 28 of those at-bats).
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