Bourjos once pushed Trout out of center field. Now there’s a chance Bourjos will spend 2019 serving as Trout’s backup.
Bourjos is in the thick of a competition against fellow non-roster invitee Jarrett Parker and injured rookie Michael Hermosillo to be the Angels’ fourth outfielder.
“Our defense went to another level,” said Hunter from his home in Texas last week. “We went from me in center, Bobby [Abreu] in right and Juan Rivera in left, and then at the end of the season balls didn’t fall. I mean we had everything covered, and then 2012, it was impressive.” The Angels moved on. They had a surplus of outfielders. Trout was on the cusp of winning two American League MVP awards. Kole Calhoun was a strong-armed, hard-nosed player whom the Angels believed could handle Angel Stadium’s high fence in right field with ease. Josh Hamilton had just played 151 games in 2013, the first year of his $125-million, five-year contract.
Bourjos, now a few weeks shy of his 32nd birthday, has continually made himself valuable from a defensive standpoint. He has played for seven organizations in the last five years, but in four of those seasons, he played in 100 or more major league games despite batting .231 with a .288 OBP. Bourjos’ emergence is the product of six weeks spent retooling his swing at the Angels’ spring training complex before the team’s first full-squad workout in mid-February.
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