Los Angeles Angels: Who will meet offensive expectations and who won’t?

The Los Angeles Angels seem to be relying on their offense in 2020, which raises the question, how good will the offense actually be?

The Los Angeles Angels‘ gameplan this season is not to be a pitching juggernaut that wins plenty of low-scoring games with great outings out of the starting rotation. Instead, the front office has built a team that will hopefully outslug the opposition.

After missing out on Gerrit Cole, who was the team’s primary target in the offseason, the Angels quickly pivoted to sign Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $245 million contract. Rendon is great, is only 29 and is coming off the best year of his career, but it was obvious that this was a “we need to get some sort of superstar” move by the Angels.

Still, it is a good move that has made the offense better but the biggest concern is still the pitching staff. While the front office improved the staff, it is still without a true ace and instead is filled with guys that will simply eat innings.

There is hope that they can be good enough to keep games in the winnable range, but it is going to come down to the offense, which is going to have to produce like a top 5-7 offense in the league in order to keep up.

Like every year it seems, Angel fans are hopeful that some players will meet expectations based on past performances and naturally, there will be players that fall short of expectations.

If every player were to play to the best of their ability then great, the Angels would be a top-five offense. The only problem is that it never happens, not just for the Angels, but for any team in baseball.

Here are those players that will meet 2020 offensive expectations, and those that will fall short (not counting Mike Trout, he obviously will meet expectations).