Angels Manager Phil Nevin Viewing Recent Struggles with Extremely Rose Tinted Glasses

The Los Angeles Angels find themselves in a weird spot. As the second half of the season is about to begin, they are a few games back of a potential playoff spot, but the team has fallen down the standings of late. After a solid start to the year, things have taken a turn for the worst and now the organization will be without some real talent due to injuries.

They enter the second half of the year under the .500 mark and the odds aren't in their favor. Excluding the shortened 2020 season, of the 238 teams to make the playoffs since 1995, only 11 made it after being under .500 at the All-Star break.

They have their work cut out for them, but they do still have two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani leading the charge. If any player could help carry a team for a few weeks while players get healthy, it could be Ohtani. But their manager Phil Nevin isn't giving up hope as he tries to rally his players.

“You talk about winning a World Series or getting to the playoffs, everyone talks about a defining moment,” the Angels manager said. “This may be ours. I don’t know. We got into the break with what looks like seven of our nine starters not in the lineup, we can look back at this point and say, ‘We weathered the storm. We got through it. We got hot at the right time and we’re playing in October.’”

Per The OC Register

Nevin is correct because anything can happen. The Angels still do have talent on the roster but it isn't looking good right now.

“Just keep going, taking it one day at a time,” outfielder Mickey Moniak said. “I’ve said it a million times, even despite the injuries that we’ve sustained, we’ve got a good group in here still. I think that we’re a team that can compete with anybody.”

Per The OC Register

There is still time to turn things around but with the trade deadline quickly approaching at the start of August, this team needs to start grabbing wins now. If they don't, it'll be another lost season for the organization.