Mike Trout injury: 3 players the Angels should sell not named Shohei Ohtani

Players Angels should consider selling: Carlos Estevez

Another reliever to move, the Angels should sell high on Carlos Estevez. I considered putting Mike Moustakas (who the Angels acquired earlier this year in a trade) here, but considering he’s struggled to drive in runs for the Angels, I’m not sure he’d be worth the trouble to move.

Estevez is on an affordable $6.75 million deal next year before hitting free agency, and would be a nice reinforcement for any bullpen. Though his WHIP is a little high at 1.265, Estevez has struck out plenty of batters this year with a career-high 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings. He’s earned 21 saves in 35 games and has earned just seven runs this year.

With a K-rate in the 84th percentile and a fastball velocity that hits the 93rd percentile, he’d be a comfortable player to bring in at the end of closely contested games for playoff teams in need of a closer. His 4-seamer, which he throws 64 percent of the time, has achieved a run value of a red-hot -11 after it clocked in at just -2 last year.

Late in games having a pitcher that can come in and zip 97, 98, or 99-mile-per-hour fastballs across the plate as batters are tired can be an absolute coffin nail for a team.