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AL West Threat Assessment: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

The first couple targets of our offseason appraisals have been fairly straightforward. Oakland is trying to maintain their underpaid core without adding new money, as per usual. Then we had the Astros, who lost the youngest member of their ace triumvirate, remain mired in scandal, yet will open the season as the World Series favorite without any moves. Little changed for either club, and they will likely duke it out for the AL West crown again.

The (non-Mariners) back half of the division intends to change that. The Rangers were surprisingly cromulent in 2019, with a pair of hurlers helping them hang around the .