Unless you consider Gary Matthews Jr. and Shea Hillenbrand some kind of offensive panacea, or the team has got something up its sleeve still, the Angels will again enter 2007 without the second impact bat they so desperately need to complement Vladimir Guerrero. Sure, the pitching remains top drawer (after all, the Halos were loath to give any of it away), but is this club any better than the one that fell four games shy in 2006? In this week’s Offseason Lowdown, we explore the situation in Anaheim, er, Los Angeles.

There are several key questions facing the club, including who will play first, how Howie Kendrick will do as a full-timer at second and how the Angels will deal with injuries to Juan Rivera and Bartolo Colon.

We’ll tackle all these issues and plenty more as we preview the Los Angeles Angels’ 2007 season in Offseason Lowdown.

Jarrett Jack runs the offense for a resurgent Trail Blazer team…for now. The Portland Trail Blazers have made tremendous progress from last season’s disaster. While they have a ways to go before they return to the post-season dance, a great draft last summer has helped launched the club on the right path. In this week’s Position [...] more

On the anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s explosion, it was Luke Walton who played the hero down the stretch. Do you know what you were doing one year ago yesterday? I do. I was watching the Raptors stand around and marvel while Kobe Bryant torched them for a ridiculous 81 points. So to celebrate his performance for [...] more

Brian McCann’s sweet left-handed stroke has helped him soar up the fantasy rankings. We kick off our 2007 fantasy baseball rankings with a look at the key men behind the plate. It’s hard to imagine any position where the top three are as clear in a given year as they are for fantasy catchers in 2007. [...] more

Could Steven Jackson become the number one fantasy football stud in 2007? Andy says there’s a great chance it could happen. 1. LaDainian Tomlinson – No, he probably won’t duplicate his 2006 statistics, but there’s no way anyone else can be at the top of this list. Besides, something tells me his fire won’t be lacking [...] more