Mike Napoli Making the Case for Everyday Play with Angels

The recently completed Angels road trip through Texas, Chicago, and St. Louis was mediocre. The team went 3-4 and did not seem to shake off the doldrums they have suffered all season.

On the other hand, for Mike Napoli, the road trip had some definite upside.

The Angel catcher played in six of the seven games on the trip. In those six games, Nap had 21 at-bats, five runs scored, eight hits (including one double and four home runs), and an eye-opening nine RBI. His line for the road trip:

.381/.458/1.000/1.458

Those numbers are not a typo—Mike Napoli posted a 1.458 OPS on the recently completed road trip.

When the Halos left Anaheim, Mike's numbers sat at .230/.316/.402/.719. As they finished a winning series against Toronto with ...

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