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Back on July 22, the Los Angeles Angels were leading the AL West with a
record of 54-40. They were two games up on the Houston Astros, and according
to MLB.com's Postseason Probabilities chart, they had an 89 percent chance of
winning the division. Since then, the Angels have gone 11-23 and are now 5.5
games out of the AL West with a 28 percent chance of winning the division. In
addition, FanGraphs has their chances of making the Divisional Series at only
18.6 percent. So, what happened to the Angels in just a month's time?
天使队到7/22为止以54-40的战绩领先全美联
官方根据当时的战绩预测天使将有89%的机会可以夺下分区龙头
但是在7/22后它们的战绩是11-23且与龙头太空人有5.5场胜差
根据FanGraphs,天使队仅剩28%的机率可能夺下分区龙头
For starters, it's apparent that this offense lives and dies with the bat of
Mike Trout. Back on July 26, Trout injured his wrist and he hasn't been the
same at the plate ever since (he's been hitting .216/.350/.361 since
returning on July 30). Naturally, when the best player on your team is
struggling then that won't help matters, but that's the time when your
supporting cast needs to step up. Unfortunately, that hasn't happened. Albert
Pujols has gone into a major slump (hitting .220/.262/.360 in the same span),
and the rest of the Angels' offense has cratered, as well. The pitching has
been solid, but if you can't score, you can't win
自从7/26 Mike Trout弄伤手腕后,他的表现跟受伤前简直判若两人
(.216/.350/.361 since July 30)
当队上最好的球员表现不佳时,剩下的队友就该补上他不佳的部分
但是对于天使队似乎不是这样,Albert Pujols仅有.220/.262/.360 的成绩
剩下的打者也几乎好不到哪里去。投手的表现还不错,但你不得分就不可能赢得比赛
As such, the Angels seem primed to add another season of disappointment to
their belt. Granted, there's still a month left in the season and this is
baseball, so anything can happen. Maybe today, they'll break out against
Cleveland and that'll be the start of a special run. That means that they
need Trout and Pujols to return to form almost immediately. If that happens,
then the Angels may have a shot at making it into the postseason. If those
two continue to struggle, then they'll be ruing their August woes come
October.
看起来今年对天使又会是失望的一季
赛季还有一个月,任何事情都可能发生
如果Trout或Pujols能回神的话,或许他们还有机会可以前进季后赛
但是如果两人还是持续烙赛的话...