ANAHEIM — All spring the Angels emphasized to their pitchers the importance of getting ahead in the count with first-pitch strikes.
They ranked 29th in the majors in that department on April 22, when the Angels had a meeting to break down what was going wrong.
Since then?
The Angels have been 30th. Dead last.
“We know what we want to do,” Manager Ron Washington said on Tuesday. “We’ve got to do the work to make it happen. We’re talking about it every day. We’re going out and trying to do it.