Postseason Secret Sauce From The Pinstriped Bible

Stephen Goldman has some commentary on the playoff-bound teams based on Baseball Prospectus' "Secret Sauce": No. 11 THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, USA The Angels get knocked down on the power pitching angle, as overall they are a tick below average in strikeouts per nine, and in defense, which has been just average or a little below. Call it the Bobby Abreu Effect. Closer Brien Fuentes leads the AL with 40 saves but has also blown six, and right-handed hitters are slugging .462 against him. None of this is a reason to take the Angels likely, as Jered Weaver and John Lackey, combined with their fine offense, should be able to keep them in at least the first two games of any short series. Still, this is not Mike Scioscia's usual flavor of team. No. 2 LOS ANGELES DODGERS Joe Torre's guys have perhaps the best defense in the game this year, which is a novel thought for those of us used to watching even Tommy Lasorda's good teams juggle balls. ...