2018 Los Angeles Angels season

The 2018 Los Angeles Angels' season was the 58th season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise and the 53rd in Anaheim (all of them at Angel Stadium). The Angels began the season on March 29 against the Oakland Athletics and ended the season on September 30 also against the A's. Manager Mike Scioscia retired at the end of the season.

2018 Los Angeles Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record80–82 (.494)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Arte Moreno
Manager(s)Mike Scioscia
Local televisionFox Sports West
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radioKLAA (AM 830)
KSPN (AM 710)
Angels Radio Network
(Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota)
Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

On December 9, 2017, the Angels signed RHP/OF Shohei Ohtani from Japan to a minor league contract with a $2.315 million signing bonus. He made the major league roster.[1][2]

On December 13, 2017, the Angels traded minor leaguers Troy Montgomery and Wilkel Hernandez to the Detroit Tigers for 2B Ian Kinsler. Two days later, the Angels signed Zack Cozart to a three-year, $38 million contract. Cozart is expected to play third base.[3]

On February 21, 2018, the Angels acquired Jabari Blash from the New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.[4]

Regular season

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10359 0.636 — 46–35 57–24
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 6 50–31 47–34
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 14 45–36 44–37
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 36 34–47 33–48

American League Leaders
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854 0.667
Houston Astros 10359 0.636
Cleveland Indians 9171 0.562


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062 0.617 +3
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 —
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 7
Seattle Mariners 8973 0.549 8
Los Angeles Angels 8082 0.494 17
Minnesota Twins 7884 0.481 19
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 24
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 30
Detroit Tigers 6498 0.395 33
Chicago White Sox 62100 0.383 35
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 39
Baltimore Orioles 47115 0.290 50

Game log
2018 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 42–39; Away: 38–43)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Record against opponents
2018 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Roster
2018 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League
AA Mobile BayBears Southern League
A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers California League
A Burlington Bees Midwest League
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League
Rookie DSL Angels Dominican Summer League

All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

See also

References
  1. Guardado, Maria. "Angels officially welcome 2-way star Ohtani".
  2. "Shohei Ohtani player profile".
  3. Clark, Dave. "Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart signs with Los Angeles Angels". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  4. Guardado, Maria. "Angels acquire Blash from Yankees".
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