By Geoff Bilau, AngelsWin.com Senior EditorThe 2009 trade deadline has passed, with the Angels electing to stand pat as they move into the final 62 games of the season. The good news is they're 20 games over .500, lead the American League West by three games over Texas and have scored more runs per game than any team in the Major Leagues. But there's plenty of bad news, too; among the Angels top-4 starting pitchers, only John Lackey looked good in July, the bullpen has shown flashes, but remains erratic and generally untrustworthy in front of Brian Fuentes (who himself got hammered in his past two outings) and the schedule for next 12 games (at Minnesota, at Chicago, Texas and Tampa Bay) ratchets up a notch from the previous two weeks.Looking ahead to the final two months of the regular season, the following are the five biggest questions facing the Angels in the stretch and beyond in 2009:1) Will an eighth-inning set up-man emerge from within?There are plenty of candidates ...
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