Could be an awful offseason.

The Angels decided to bring back both Scioscia and Dipoto this upcoming season after hinting that one of them were going to be dismissed of their duties. Scioscia needed to come back as he is still one of the top managers in the league. Dipoto is still yet to do something positive for the organization. A very likeable guy, he does know the game very well. However, the signings of Pujols and Hamilton have not worked out. Although he is the general manager, it has been said that those moves had been made by the owner Arte Moreno. Despite those moves, Dipoto did go out and get Joe Blanton who had one of the worst seasons one could remember, Tommy Hanson for Jordan Walden which completely backfired, and also signed two great bullpen guys when injured and they never gave us a sniff at a possible comeback. It makes a fan pinch their eyes and rub their foreheads of how a team can fall off so quickly when being preseason World Series hopefuls two years in a row. Losing Greinke to the Dodgers after not paying him didn't help in this "we need pitchers" offseason.

Things are now only to get worse as the Angels have announced that Trumbo and Bourjos will be on the trading block for hopes of starting pitching, but in the contrary, the front office did not extend qualifying offer to left handed starter Jason Vargas. Mark Trumbo is a home grown talent who tore up AAA Salt Lake just a few years ago, and is now one of the top home run hitters in the American League. His defense has improved, but his discipline has not. When watching games and at-bats, you can tell he is guessing at pitches and will flail at almost anything. Even with that being said, he can still grow and learn and can give you 30/100 offensive numbers. Bourjos was out a majority of this past year with injuries, but again has the potential to be an offensive threat by putting the ball in play and motoring around the base paths. He flies around in the outfield, running down anything that doesn't get to the wall taking hits away in all parts on the grass. Again, another guy who came from within. If the Angels lose both these guys, it will be a huge dent, missing a major power bat, and rabbit on the diamond.

If the Angels are going after pitching, do what you need to do to get rid of Hanson and Blanton. This also means keeping Jason Vargas. A left handed pitcher who still has plenty of years left missed two months due to a blood clot in his armpit. A rare "injury" but had nothing to do with his actual pitching arm. Vargas has been able to go 200+ innings twice in his last three years. This past season with the arm pit injury, Vargas had 24 starts, going 7 innings or more in 10 of them and averaging 6.5K/9.

This will be an interesting offseason for the Halos. As we sit back and cringe awaiting the fate of the Angels trades, let us remember that Weaver and Trout will still be wearing red in Orange County this season.