It feels like it von xingwangs Blog

Is it too late for the Angels to mount any kind of run? It feels like it. There's the simple matter of the vast ground they have to make up on Seattle. Even if the Mariners collapse, there are the A's to contend with. Oakland beat San Diego 6-2, and the A's have won 13 of their past 16 to  Cheap MLB18 Stubs climb eight games over .500. The Angels still have too many holes in the lineup, and the rotation continues to dig deep for healthy arms. The Angels have started 12 pitchers, five of those guys are currently on the DL, and that doesn't include Ohtani.

Ohtani remains a fascinating story, and his return indicates the urgency of the Angels to win now. It seems that they've basically decided to postpone surgery to let him hit -- which makes sense, since either way he might not return to pitching until 2020 -- and there was some criticism of how they handled him. That doesn't seem fair; heck, he averaged less than a start per week until he landed on the DL, and they gave him plenty of days off around his pitching assignments. For now, he'll hit. The Angels have five more games against Seattle before the All-Star break. They pretty much need to win all five.