Now or Never Time in Anaheim

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten off to an uncharacteristically bad start. "Regression to the mean" suggests that they will do better.

But it won't be enough better to allow them to contend, or even necessarily to take them to .500. The reason is structural and dates back to the ALCS last fall.

Only ONE of the Angels' starters, Jered Weaver, is pitching reliably. The others are not. Conspicuous by his absence from the rotation is former ace, John Lackey.

For Los Angeles to contend, they need at least three solid starters. Lackey is doing well elsewhere this year, meaning that he would have been the second.

Then it would have taken only the upgrading of one starter to put the Angels back in the hunt; now it takes two. And with the veteran Lackey on staff, it...

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