37-year old lefty swinging OF/DH Bobby Abreu is really slowing down at the plate. Since July 1st, Abreu is 33 for 171 (.193 avg) with 19 runs scored, 4 homers, 21 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Abreu has played in 127 games overall this year for the Angels and he is 114 for 451 (.253 avg, .718 OPS) with 50 runs scored, 7 homers, 53 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. Abreu is starting to lose P.T. lately with outfielder Mike Trout ripping the baseball. Mike Scioscia will probably play the hot hand at DH in September, so Abreu better starting hitting soon or he’s going to be doing more watching than playing the rest of the year.

The Angels probably wish they never dealt Mike Napoli over the winter as they have had a black hole behind the plate. 28-year old righty swinging Jeff Mathis is the Angels’ starting catcher and he’s a good defender. Too bad he hits like a pitcher. Mathis has played in 68 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 36 for 200 (.180 avg, 490 OPS) with 14 runs scored, 2 homers, 17 RBIs and 1 stolen base. Mathis has whiffed 61 times already this year as he often appears like he has a hole in his bat. 28-year old righty swinging Bobby Wilson might start getting a little more P.T. Wilson has played in 36 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 12 for 65 (.185 avg, .537 OPS) with 1 run scored and 4 RBIs. 23-year old switch-hitting Hank Conger should get another look soon for the Angels. He has played in 50 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 33 for 154 (.214 avg, .654 OPS) with 12 runs scored, 5 homers and 16 RBIs. The Angels need to make some changes behind the plate as they are getting absolutely no production out of this motley crew with the bats.

32-year old righty swinging LF Vernon Wells has been a complete bust so far this year for the Angels. Wells has played in 43 games for the Angels this year and he is 33 for 171 (.193 avg, .562 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 6 homers, 16 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Wells averaged 85.2 runs scored, 24.6 homers, 88.8 RBIs and 9.3 stolen bases his previous 9 years to joining the Angels. You have to think that Wells is going to snap out of his slump soon as he’s too good of a hitter to keep putting up numbers like he is right now.

24-year old righty swinging CF Peter Bourjos have been ice cold at the plate for the Angels in May. He has played in 27 games so far for the Angels in May and he is 16 for 93 (.172 avg, .507 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 0 homers, 2 RBIs and 3 stolen bases as he has whiffed 30 times this month. He has now played in 54 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 45 for 187 (.241 avg, .679 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 2 homers, 11 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Bourjos is probably the best defensive CF in all of baseball, but, the Angels do need him to hit a little better. Bourjos has great speed but he only has 5 stolen bases so far this year because he can’t steal first base.

Angels’ starting LF Vernon Wells is off to a horrific start to the 2011 season for the Angels. Wells has played in 11 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 5 for 49 (.102 avg, .276 OPS) with 4 runs scored, 0 homers and 2 RBIs. He is swinging at everything as he has only walked 2 times while whiffing 13 times. The Angels don’t really have a backup plan as far as Wells is concerned because he’s making a ton of cash! The Angels better hope that Wells starts hitting soon or he’s going to hamstring the batting order.