HumpLinks: Angels continue to mess with PECOTA

Kim Klement-USA TODAY SportsThe Angels' offense showed back up yesterday, crushing the Rays 13 to 5 and confusing modern metrics.

Fun factoid: Over the last 8 games the Angels have outscored their opponents 53 to 47. And they have all of 2 wins to show for it. It just leaves me more confused. And I am going to be bummed to watch Billy Eppler trade away one of the few things that DO work today - Yunel Escobar - in an attempt to obtain a couple of things that might work in 2018. The guy is batting .406 in his last 7 games, .350 in his last 15, and .342 across his last 30. The guy is an On Base machine.

And then there was Tim Lincecum. Oh, Tim. You were doing so well, too. Made it deep into the…