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00:03 >> So as we look at the Angels,
00:05 what can be expected in Anaheim post Shohei Otani?
00:09 Craig, you are great at looking at win totals for
00:11 teams entering a new MLB campaign.
00:14 And unlike many, you are unafraid to take it under.
00:18 Tell us about what your evaluation is for the Halos this upcoming season.
00:23 >> Yeah, this would be one of my favorite opinions of the season.
00:26 I don't see how the Angels get to 71 wins, 71 and a half,
00:30 72 in some spots, 70 and a half.
00:33 This thing is sort of plummeting a little bit, and for good reason.
00:36 I mean, simple napkin math tells you with a team that won in the low 70s last year
00:41 with a guy who had a 10 war in Shohei Otani.
00:44 I mean, if you just subtract those 10 wins, how did the Angels get to 70?
00:48 I don't get it, who do they have exactly?
00:50 They did virtually nothing in the offseason.
00:54 A couple of nice players, Neto at shortstop, I get it.
00:58 They still have Mike Trout.
01:00 If you extrapolate 80 games, maybe he plays 130, add three,
01:03 four more wins to them, could that get them to 70?
01:06 I just don't think so.
01:07 I think they're one of the worst teams in the American League.
01:11 The owner's talking about selling the team.
01:13 And I think you have to ask yourself this fair question.
01:16 Is the story at the trade deadline going to be the possibility of Mike Trout
01:20 getting moved again?
01:21 Are we gonna go through this again?
01:22 And if so, they're gonna lose 100 games.
01:25 They have no farm system.
01:26 So that's when I look at these win totals of teams in the 70s and
01:30 say to myself, which teams are willing to just shed salary like the Angels did last
01:34 year, I think the Angels are right there again without Otani.
01:37 I don't get this win total.
01:38 I think the Angels could lose 100 games this year.
01:40 I don't think they get close to that number.
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