Are the Angels Heating Up?

This was originally an article that I was going to write after the Angels bested the Nationals last week.  But not having the time to finish it, might have made for a more interesting article.  The Angels offense has finally started to match the pitching efforts of Weaver, Haren, Santana, Piñeiro, and Chatwood.  However,  lets strip away some of the hyberbole, these wins have come at the expense of the Nationals a .500 team at Best, The Dodgers, who are in last place in the NL, and the Detroit Tigers, who are four games above .500.

Sure the Halos are tied for 1st Place with the Texas Rangers in the American League West.  The question I have been pondering for the past few days is this a new Angel team, or is this merely the benefit of feasting on a beleaguered set of opponents.  Hopefully the old cliche winning breeds winning, but this isn't the Red Sox, Yankees, or the Rangers.  There is still a lot that needs to be proved.  But the question is, our the Halos Heating up?

Obviously Vernon Wells has been on fire, so much so I picked him up in my fantasy league and he has just been tearing the cover off the ball.  Is he worth what he's being paid... no.  But he certainly has made this Halo Team better. Torii Hunter moved to the second spot in the batting order makes the team better.  The entire team has been benefiting from Wells' hot bat.  You look at a guy like Borjous who is back to hitting .266. 

To be frank, it really doesn't matter if this is a product of weaker opponents or if the Halos have found "it."  As long as the hit parade keeps coming and the pitchers keeps putting up strikeouts, who cares?

Let's go Halos!