Angels: The week ahead
The Angels’ 2001 draft was supposed to anchor the club for a decade, with three can’t-miss players: first baseman Casey Kotchman, catcher Jeff Mathis and third baseman Dallas McPherson. Kotchman cracked the starting lineup in 2007, with an .840 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) that hinted at stardom. Few careers have fizzled as fast. He was traded three times in the last two years, and the Seattle Mariners reduced him to a defensive replacement by acquiring first baseman Justin Smoak in Friday’s Cliff Lee trade. Kotchman’s on-base percentage, through Friday: .292.
— Bill Shaikin
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