American League West News

Another week in MLB action has baseball fans closer to the annual Memorial Day tradition of staring up at the standings, projecting forward and making proclamations for the summer.

The Oakland Athletics are a perfect 6-for-6 against the Houston Astros so far this season, and the first-year AL West foes will square off again Friday at Minute Maid Park to open another three-game series.

This is probably the sort of streak that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim figured would be a regular thing throughout the season.

With about a quarter of the 2013 season in the books, the American League West still has its fair share of questions moving forward as it did at the beginning of the season.

As Interleague Play weaves its way through Major League Baseball's everyday existence for the first time, another twist is in the offing for what already has been a unique scheduling experience.

The Rangers were not a trendy pick to win the American League West in 2013. The Los Angeles Angels, who added ex-Ranger slugger Josh Hamilton, and the Oakland A's, 2012's AL West winner, got the nod from most experts.

For the Seattle Mariners, their nine-game road trip started off very well with a series victory over the New York Yankees that left them one game short of .500. Then, the bottom fell out.

There are thousands of high school athletes in DFW that have higher follower counts on Twitter than Texas Rangers pitcher Ross Wolf had on Wednesday.

When it comes to generating excitement around baseball prospects one attribute jumps off the page: power.

The Rangers are limping right now but pulled off a huge, unexpected win on Wednesday afternoon by beating the A's to avoid a series sweep at home by their closest AL West rivals behind a 30-year-old journeyman making his first big-league start.

It has been a definite struggle to begin the 2013 season for the Los Angeles Angels .

One minute they seemed keen on pushing their way toward the top of the division.

Jeff Luhnow's first trade in his new position as General Manager of the very rebuilding Houston Astros was a great one.

The Mariners have lost six straight and have been absolutely pounded the last two nights.

But, when a team has an unlucky season, it could mean a long 162-game stretch for the ballclub and its fans.

The Astros have lost 16 games against AL West opponents - six of those losses were delivered by our very own Oakland Athletics.

The Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels will close out a two-game American League West series Wednesday night at Angel Stadium, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET Seattle has dropped five games in a row, including a 12-0 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Angels as +152 road underdogs Tuesday, while going OVER the total for the third ... (more)

Scenes like this-owner Arte Moreno welcoming big-money acquisition Josh Hamilton-are now common in Anaheim.

Trout hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Josh Hamilton celebrated his 32nd birthday with a homer and a triple his first two times up, and Howie Kendrick also went deep in the Los Angeles Angels' 12-0 rout of the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

The Los Angeles Angels have dug themselves a double-digit deficit in the American League West with a terrible start to the season.