Los Angeles Angels players outside of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani have not won many awards in recent years. Trout and Ohtani have several MVPs between them, but other than that there's not a lot of honors Angels fans can point to since Arte Moreno became the owner of the organization. Even an award like the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger eludes many Angels players. However, there is one particularly maligned Angels player who once took home the award...although, there's a massive caveat with him.
1 Angels Silver Slugger one-hit wonder winner you won't believe once earned the honor
Then-Angels general manager Billy Eppler traded for Justin Upton from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor leaguers Grayson Long and Elvin Rodriguez (who was the player to be named later) in 2017.