Los Angeles Angels 2020: Scouting, Projected Lineup, Season Prediction

Joe Maddon was hired as manager of the Los Angeles Angels. He replaces Brad Ausmus, who was in charge for one year. Maddons spent 30 years in the Angels organization. The team is short on talent, but has some good additions. Mike Trout won his third American League MVP last year and is expected to get better.

Mike Trout is a great player. The team has a lot of good players around him. Albert Pujols is still a threat. Their pitching is not very good. They will keep playing at Angel Stadium until at least 2050. The city of Anaheim will sell Angel stadium and 133 acres of land around it to a business partnership including owner Arte Moreno for $325 million. It will allow Moreno and the Angels to profit from development around the stadium.

Shohei Ohtani is recovering from Tommy John surgery. He is expected to play a two-way game in 2020. Tony La Russa is hired as a special advisor to baseball operations. Mickey Callaway is the new pitching coach. Mike Gallego will move from third base coach to bench coach, Brian Butterfield follows Joe Maddon from Chicago and will be the third-base coach and John Mallee will become assistant hitting coach; Tim Buss will work as quality assurance coach for the hitting and hitting coaches.