Getting on base - The Angels need to be down with OBP

We all knew it and Billy Eppler discussed it in a press conference last week. The Angels need to get on base more. A LOT more. Our very own Mike Trout - the best player in baseball, hit .325 with a .504 OBP when runners were on base. The problem is that happened in only 231 of his 608 plate appearances, or 38% of the time. Trout was even better with RISP in which he hit .346 with a .574 OBP but he only had the chance to do that in 21% of his plate appearances. For comparison’s sake, JD Martinez was up with runners on base 49% of the time and RISP 31% of the time. That is a HUGE difference. If the Angels can’t get runners on base - especially in front of Mike Trout, they are going to have a hard time being competitive again in 2019.

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