Going into Spring Training the LA Angels had a pretty good idea who 80 percent of the roster would be for Opening Day, but the other 20 percent are always interesting battles and with opening day less than two weeks away let’s look at who could fill the final five roster spots.
Before we start let’s look at those players who are pretty much locks to be on the Opening Day roster for the LA Angels.
1B – Albert Pujols, Luis Valbuena.
2B – Ian Kinsler
3B – Zack Cozart
SS – Andrelton Simmons
C – Martin Maldonado, Rene Rivera
OF – Justin Upton, Mike Trout, Kole Calhoun
SP – Garrett Richards, Tyler Skaggs, Andrew Heaney, Matt Shoemaker, J.C. Ramirez
RP – Cam Bedrosian, Blake Parker, Kenyan Middleton, Jim Johnson, Noe Ramirez
These players despite a few of them, mainly the pitchers, struggling will almost for sure be on the roster when the Angels play Oakland on March 29th.
So let’s look at the candidates for the final five spots in no particular order.