It’s been a torrid July at the plate for Simmons, and there’s reason to believe it’s no fluke.
The acquisition of Andrelton Simmons last winter came as a surprise, but in the end he was accepted into open arms by Angels fans by and large, and that’s probably because the trade all but guaranteed one important thing: defense.
Simmons is the reigning MLB defensive player of the year, and forgetting the previous years’ highlights with the Braves and just going off of what we’ve seen him do in a Halos uniform, it’s easy to see why: he’s got an otherworldly glove and to say he has a cannon for an arm is kind of an understatement.