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So just to recap the Angels’ off-season:

After their starting five pitchers carried the team to a Western Division championship without any offensive help last year, two have been discarded and two are coming off major injuries. To “bolster” the staff, Bill Stoneman acquired a reliever who was hated in Minnesota.

On the offensive side, not one power hitter has been acquired to protect Vlad. Their Gold Glove catcher and most clutch hitter is gone. Darin Erstad has no replacement if he gets hurt playing outfield.

Garret Anderson’s arthritic condition can only be getting worse and three out of their five every-day infielders this year will have never played a full season in the majors.

Stoneman has managed to turn a team that was one or two players away from a World Series championship into a rebuilding project. Is this the thanks the fans get for selling out practically every game?

STEVE KEEGAN

Oak Park