over the next five seasons, which L.A.-area team will be better?

teams are somewhat similar.. brought in lol hueg free agents to round out a mostly homegrown roster.

C - Chris Ianetta v. AJ Ellis
1B - Pujols v. Gonzalez
2B - Howie Kendrick v. Mark Ellis*
SS - Eric Aybar v. Dee Gordon
3B - Callaspo* v. Hanley
LF - Trumbo v. Crawford
CF - Trout v. Kemp
RF - Wells/Hunter* v. Ethier

SP
Weaver/Haren*/Greinke*/Santana/Wilson v. Kershaw/Billingsley/Beckett/Capuano*/Harang*

Bullpen
lol angels v. Jansen/Bellisario/Elbert/Tolleson

* - means subject to change over the 5 years.. didnt feel like looking up the angels bullpen because aside from Frieri and Walden is either garbage or not coming back next year

Angels seem to get a lot of talent out of their minor leagues.

yeah i'm leaning towards the angels. i'd also project them to be in a bit of a weaker division.

I havent looked at the Angels system recently but theyve graduated alot of players and traded alot away. Dodgers are in a similar boat but have been reloading hard these past few months with international signings and pulling up a dump truck full of money to Yasuel Puig's agent's house.

Sickels had the Angels at 18 and the Dodgers at 20 before the season started

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/1/23/2728027/2012-baseball-farm-system-rankings-prospects

They are both kind of pickem, slight edge over all to NL West but I think top 3 are better in AL West this year.

Texas=SF (Rangers lean hitting/SF got pitching - both got dough)
A's=Dbacks (young talent - Dbacks got a bit more salary to spend.)
M's=Rockies (one team can't hit/one team can't pitch)
Astros=Padres (dumpster fire/burnt young forest)

Hard to tell without seeing what the Dodgers do in free agency. If they're really willing to put out a $260mn-plus payroll, shit's gonna get interesting.

i don't think the angels are done either

Astros=Padres (dumpster fire/burnt young forest)

Padres are 30-20 since the beginning of July fwiw

people keep talking about the Dodgers new TV deal but being vague - if the Angels are getting $3bn over 20, what are the Dodgers expecting?

i just voted dodgers and I regret picking the wrong answer

clippers

"Padres are 30-20 since the beginning of July fwiw"

Yeah the Latos haul is starting to add up. I think SD needs to move in the fences a bit at that cave though.

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trout should have been a third option