LA Angels: 3 encouraging signs from San Diego Padres series

The LA Angels may have gotten a bit back on track in their two-game home series vs. the San Diego Padres.

After an embarrassing series loss to the horrible Baltimore Orioles, the Halos split this series against a quality team in the Pads. The Angels are back on at home today against the Yankees, and caught a little bit of momentum as they enter that series after a dominating 10-2 win over Slam Diego on Saturday.

There were a lot of positives to take from the series, and a few that signal big things for the future of this club.

No. 3 encouraging sign for the LA Angels from the San Diego Padres series: Phil Gosselin heats back up in three hole

Phil Gosselin has overall been a solid and important utility player in his first year with the LA Angels this season. He had a rough Baltimore series, though.

He was just 3 of 13 with no extra-base hits and didn’t get on any other times. In this series, he batted in the third slot of the lineup, and hit like it.

He went three for eight and even on Saturday when he only had one hit, he drove in a couple of runs. He scored a run of his own that game as well.

Gosselin is hitting .278, which I’ll take for a player on a Minor League contract who’s also played five different positions in this season.

He proved in this series that he’s got his head on straight, and is ready to take on some good pitching from New York.

No. 2 encouraging sign for the LA Angels from the San Diego Padres series: Brandon Marsh keeps developing

Brandon Marsh has been a nice player for our LA Angels in his first season with us.

He’s batting .279 and he sports a .350 on-base percentage. The best part is, that’s not even close to what his future is going to look like. He’s going to be even better.

Marsh let us peak into the future in this Padres series. He went four for six with a double and even scored a run of his own.

There are still aspects of Marsh’s game that I want to see improve, but as of right now, he’s doing real well for being in his first year. Of course I don’t want to see him strike out in each game like he did, and I’m still waiting for him to start stealing more bases. That being said, I did really like what I saw from him in this series.

I like who he is as a defensive player, and I can’t wait until we get Mike Trout back to pair those two in the outfield.

Brandon Marsh is the future of this club, and he’s already playing good baseball.