The Angels have called up 20-year old righty swinging outfielder Mike Trout. He is likely going to be the starting CF for the Angels. Trout played in 20 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 31 of 77 (.403 avg, 1.091 OPS) with 21 runs scored, 1 homer, 13 RBIs and 6 stolen bases. Trout struggled last season in his first shot at the show, when he played in 40 games for the Angels in which he was 27 of 123 (.220 avg, .672 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 5 homers, 16 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. His P.T. was sporadic last year, but the Angels are planning on playing him every day this time around to see if he can give the offense a boost. 25-year old righty swinging Peter Bourjos will likely be the #4 outfielder now that he won’t be starting in CF. He has played in 16 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 8 for 45 (.178 avg, .512 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 1 homer, 7 RBIs and 1 stolen base. I think Bourjos will do a good job in his new role.

The Los Angeles Angels have released 38-year old lefty swinging DH/OF Bobby Abreu. Abreu played in 8 games for the Angels this year and he was 5 for 24 (.208 avg, .593 OPS) with 1 run scored, 0 homers and 5 RBIs. He played in 456 games in his four years with the Angels and he was 443 of 1,662 (.267 avg, .776 OPS) with 239 runs scored, 43 homers, 246 RBIs and 75 stolen bases. The Angels aren’t going to miss Abreu too much as they were having problems finding him ABs. He has also started to slide production wise. I have a feeling that some team is going to pick him up in 2012.