Los Angeles Angels: Should the team buy or sell at the deadline?

The Los Angeles Angels are in an all-too-familiar place heading into the All-Star Break: a long ways away from a spot in the postseason.

Some things never change, especially when it comes to the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Trout has been an all-star the last seven seasons, Mike Scioscia has been the manager since 2000 and the team is battling an array of injuries. For nearly the last decade, the Angels are also far out of a playoff spot in the middle of July.

That is a bit unfair, the Angels were close to snagging the second wild-card spot last season before a late-season meltdown. However, the Angels have made the postseason just once this decade (2014) and have not won a playoff game since 2009. Trout was 18 and was just drafted by the Angels.

Despite having a 49-48 record at the break this year, the Angels are still pretty far out from a playoff spot. The Angels are fourth in the AL West, 14 games back of the Houston Astros and nine games back of the Seattle Mariners for the second wild-card spot. They started 13-3.

Now, the Angels are in a weird spot. The team is talented enough to be decent and compete in ball games but is obviously falling short of being a playoff team. This leads to the question that has been surrounding the Angels for years, is it time to be sellers?

While the team won’t trade Trout, LA has been hesitant to trade away pieces in the past, well, because they have Mike Trout. It is hard to commit to selling when you want to convince Trout to be a lifetime Angel.

However, with young pieces such as Tyler Skaggs and Andrew Heaney (who have been tied to the Yankees) and role players such as Kole Calhoun, it may be hard not to sell.

With that being said, Redan Lopez and will give you the case why the Angels should be buyers and why they should be sellers.