LA Angels: 3 encouraging signs from New York Yankees series

The LA Angels just took two of three from the New York Yankees, and surprised a lot of people with their performance.

There were some incredible feats put on display, and the team has played noticeably much better in these past two series.

There are a few things that can be taken from this series that bode really well for the Halos’ series against Texas coming up. It’s a series they should win against the last place team in the AL West.

No. 3 encouraging sign from New York Yankees series: The LA Angels played up to their competition

The LA Angels typically beat up on bad teams this season. Then, they dropped two of three to the Baltimore Orioles. They started playing down to their competition.

However, in this series, the Angels played up to their competition, which was a great sight to see. It’s something they don’t do too often.

The Yankees had won 13 of their last 15, and the Angels were just one series removed from their most embarrassing series performance of the year. They weren’t intimidated, and won the series.

This is now the second straight series against a quality team that the Angels have competed in and played well. This is important going forward because 21 of the 28 games we have remaining on the schedule are against teams that are above .500.

We may not have the Yankees again, but we have teams just as tough. We proved that we can hang with those teams.

No. 1 encouraging sign from New York Yankees series: The LA Angels’ bullpen stayed hot

The LA Angels’ bullpen was excellent in the San Diego Padres series.

They kept that momentum going in this next series. I know, they gave up eight runs in 14 innings of work. That’s not bad at all, however, when considering that the pen had to go 14 innings in one series.

We had to have two bullpen games this series, and in the one game we didn’t have a bullpen game, Barria only went 4.1 innings.

Raisel Iglesias had back-to-back saves in the back-to-back wins, and Andrew Wantz threw a scoreless inning in two of the contests.

Jake Petricka pitched twice, giving up no earned runs in 2.2 IP. He didn’t allow any walks or hits, and struck out three.

It’s been tough on the bullpen this year. They’ve had to deal with a lot this season. They’re coming in for starters that haven’t been any good, they’re dealing with a pitching coach change, and that lack of stability naturally took a toll on the relievers.

This season has been tough on the players in general. It was great to see them handle it well, however, in this series. They’re doing all they can to stay in the fight.