How Much Have The Angels Improved Their Pitching?

Photo by John McCoy/Getty ImagesIn 2019 the Angels pitching was brutal by all metrics. ERA, ERA+, WAR, you name it and the Angels were at the bottom of the rankings. For this exercise I’m going to use some really basic ones: runs allowed and innings.

Last year the Angels allowed 868 runs, 99 more than they scored. In theory, shaving off 99 runs from that total would have netted the Angels a .500 season. But to reach the promised land, the Angels need to shave off quite a bit more.

The Tampa Bay Rays allowed 656, Oakland 680. Those were the Wild Cards. Ironically, the playoff team that gave up the most runs was Minnesota with 754, and they won what was considered to be a pretty weak AL…