Mark Gubicza

If you do that, then you've got a completely different record.

Long story short, I think they have a chance in a very winnable division.

Quite honestly, when you look at overall teams and talent,

The American League is kind of taking a step back towards where you see the National League, which has been just the opposite for years and maybe decades, how good the American League has been.

So I think the American League is wide open, and especially the AL West.

So I think they get a chance to contend all year if they can keep Mike Trout out there in center field and keep him healthy.

By the way, I love the guy, man.

He's so fun to be able to be around and stuff.

He shows his emotion on the mound.

He's a high-energy guy.

The second...

blown save in New York was a tough one because he gets the first out, a pop-up in the infield, no communication, falls in.

It should have been the second out.

He probably gets a save and gets through that.

I know he's had his troubles in Yankee Stadium against the Yankees, but he's done a solid overall job before those two games there, and he came back and had a pretty decent outing his last time out.

His slider, as you guys know, is his pitch.

He went before that one game against the Yankees.

He had gone seven or eight days

without pitching, if you go that long for a guy who, in my opinion, relies on a slider to get big outs, you're not going to have quite that bite to it.

So he's an ultra-competitive guy.