For much of his career, it's been Mike Trout and a bunch of replacement-level players. This past week for the Angels, it was much of the same.

Much of the starting rotation failed to pitch deep into games, such as Tyler Skaggs, Shohei Ohtani, and Andrew Heaney. As a result, the bullpen was forced to log heavy innings all week. Toss in a struggling offensive performance, and you have a disaster week for the Halos, losing 5 of 6 games. A week in which Luis Valbuena, Justin Upton, Zack Cozart, and Kole Calhoun combined to go 3-70 at the plate. Yikes...

Studs and Duds of the weekend also makes its Monday return before we preview a big series against the Houston Astros. All of the pitching matchups favor the defending champions very heavily, so it could be another tough week for the Angels. We'll just have to watch it unfold.

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