AL West Notes: Angels offense, Astros struggles

Offense hasn't been a strong suit of the Angels to start the season. To no one's surprise, Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun have led the way, with Yunel Escobar helping the cause. Behind that, there isn't much. Albert Pujols is looking less and less like his former self, being an all-or-nothing bat at this point.

Carlos Feliciano of Halo's Heaven took a look at some scenarios for how the Angels can scratch together a few more runs, hoping leading to some more victories.

More from around the American League West:

• The big leagues were a struggle for Mariners catcher Mike Zunino. By relaxing, Zunino starting having a blast in Tacoma and started to hit.
• Mike Axisa of CBS Sports explored three reasons for the Astros (my World Series pick) terrible start in 2016, including their new additions not paying off.
• The A's lost a member of their family, as right hander Sean Murphy passed away at the age of 27 on Monday in Arizona. He had been in the A's minor league system for six seasons.
• The Rangers offensive issues may have an easy explanation, but a more difficult solution, writes Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Hitting off speed pitches is what is plaguing the Rangers, seeing fastballs only 50.4 percent of all their pitches seen, the fourth-lowest mark in the big leagues.