Halo Territory: A Los Angeles Angels Podcast

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo wrap up another series loss in Texas and explore the pool of amateur players who should, or could, be available in the first round of this weekend's draft, in which the Angels will have the 12th pick. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and shar...

Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to discuss his recent interview with new interim GM John Mozeliak, who addressed a variety of topic including his aversion to "tanking," his approach to the upcoming draft and Arte Moreno's future as the team's mercurial owner. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angele...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down another brutal weekend for the Angels, who were swept in a three-game series by the Boston Red Sox and have now lost six straight games and 12 of their last 19 since June 14 to fall to an MLB-worst 36-55. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on Y...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a series sweep at the hands of the Mariners in which Angels starters combined to give up five earned runs in 15 2/3 innings. We also revisit Christian Moore's outburst after being demoted to triple-A and interim GM John Mozeliak's Foul Territory Network Q&A with Ken Rosenthal. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home fo...

Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to break down the Seattle Mariners, who were expected to run away with the division but have underachieved so much that the last-place Angels (36-51) were only 8 1/2 games back as of Wednesday. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year roun...

Sam Blum of the Athletic and Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo provide analyze the firing of GM Perry Minasian after 5 1/2 disappointing seasons and the hiring of John Mozeliak, who has a long track record of success as a baseball operations head. Also on the agenda: Christian Moore's outburst after being demoted to triple-A and Kirby Yates' 100th career save. Calling All Angels...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo grade out an Angels team that went 34-48 in the first half--putting them on pace for a 67-95 season--but appears to be trending in a better direction thanks in part to an offense that leads the major leagues with 173 runs in 31 games since May 22. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and ana...

Former Angels slugger Mark Trumbo sits down with former teammate and MLB pitcher Richard Bleier. Richard breaks down pitching analytics, how the game has evolved from a pitcher's perspective, and what he's noticed from Angels arms Reid Detmers and Jose Soriano. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a four-game weekend series in West Sacramento, where the resilient Angels bounced back from Friday night's brutal 12-11 loss, in which they blew a seven-run, sixth-inning lead, to earn a series split with Saturday's 7-0 win and Sunday's 9-7 comeback victory, in which Denzer Guzman and Zach Neto hit huge home runs. Calling All Angels:...

Sam Blum of the Athletic joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to discuss the growing trade speculation surrounding the Angels, who could net multiple top prospects for pitchers Reid Detmers and Jose Soriano and outfielder Jo Adell. The question is whether owner Arte Moreno would approve a full rebuild. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angel...

What should the Angels do to snap underachieving shortstop and leadoff man Zach Neto out of his doldrums? Drop him way down in the order? Demote him to the minor leagues? Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo and lifelong Angels fan Tyler Rios discuss the team's options regarding Neto, as well as Monday night's loss to Arizona and catcher Logan O'Hoppe's recent surge. Calling All An...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a weekend series against the Rays that ended with injuries to pitcher Grayson Rodriguez and outfielder Wade Meckler in Sunday's loss and included some more head-scratching play from mercurial shortstop Zach Neto and a trade rumor involving outfielder Jo Adell. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angele...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down the Angels' series win over Houston, which featured another dominant start by Reid Detmers, a high-wire act from rookie right-hander Walbert Ureña and the big-league return of first baseman Trey Mancini, baseball's feel-good story of the week--and maybe the season. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-dept...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break open the mailbag to answer a variety of questions, including what they'd do if they were the Angels' GM, what former Angel they'd bring back as clubhouse leader and whether Zach Neto has what it takes to be the face of the franchise. Mike also has some pointed thoughts about Monday night's 10-inning loss to the Astros. Calling All Angels:...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a weekend Freeway Series that ended with the six through nine batters in the Angels' lineup--Jo Adell, Nick Madrigal, Jose Siri and Sebastian Rivero--combining to go 13 for 15 with 10 RBIs, 10 runs and four walks in Sunday's 13-5 win over the Dodgers. The HT duo also discuss another strange move in an extremely thin Angels bullpen, sh...

Sam Blum of the Athletic joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to asses the performance of first-year Angels manager Kurt Suzuki, and the early returns about one-third of the way into another lackluster season are not very good.  Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and sh...

Outfielder Wade Meckler joins Halo Territory to discuss his improbable rise from 4-foot-10, 75-pound high school freshman and a guy who was cut from his team as a college sophomore to a big leaguer who has made an immediate impact on the Angels. HT hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo also examine Jose Soriano's extended downturn after the right-hander won American League pitcher of the month hon...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down the Angels' weekend series in Tampa Bay, where Zach Neto committed another critical error in Sunday's 5-2 loss, Wade Meckler's grand slam and homers by Mike Trout, Jo Adell and Oswald Peraza keyed Saturday's 14-3 rout and catcher Logan O'Hoppe failed to challenge a critical ball call in Friday's 8-5 loss. Calling All Angels: Halo Terr...

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo ahead of this weekend's Rays-Angels series to explore how the Rays have so much success despite their limited financial resources while the Halos, despite having a top 10 payroll in eight of the last 11 years, have failed to produce a winning record since 2015. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your n...

Halo Territory host Mike DiGiovanna leans on the experience of co-host and former big-league slugger Mark Trumbo to explore whether an Angels offense that is overly reliant on the home run and leads the league in strikeouts can find other ways to score runs. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new home for in-depth Los Angeles Angels insight and analysis year round! Subscribe on YouTube and...

Sam Blum of the Athletic and long-time season-ticket holder Breezy Nowlan join Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to discuss the growing number of fans voicing their displeasure with a losing franchise and publicly urging owner Arte Moreno sell the team. We also break down Reid Detmers' dominant Sunday start, which capped a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers. Calling All Angel...

Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo take the temperature of Angels fans who are fed up with owner Arte Moreno and are making their voices heard. We also ask Mike Trout if he would request a trade if the situation in Anaheim doesn't improve in the next year or two, and we break down Wednesday night's (brutal) 6-5 loss to the Athletics. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory is your new...

Zach Neto hit a walk-off two-run home run after the Angels were no-hit through eight innings. Former Angels slugger Mark Trumbo welcomes lifelong fan Sterling Ball to break down the craziness of Monday night's win which featured shirtless fans chanting "sell the team," a possum in the stands, and the continuing theme of hitters flailing at pitches down and away. To explore coverage, visit aspcapet...

Halo Territory co-hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo break down a brutal weekend for the Angels, who were outscored 31-3 and outhit 29-15 in a three-game Freeway Series sweep at the hands of the two-time defending World Series-champion Dodgers.  The Angels, who looked like they didn’t belong on the same field as the Dodgers, have now lost 21 of 26 games, they have a major league-wors...

Dodgers beat writer Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register joins Halo Territory hosts Mike DiGiovanna and Mark Trumbo to preview this weekend's Freeway Series between the Dodgers and Angels, who somehow went 6-0 against the two-time defending World Series-champion Dodgers in 2025. Among the topics: two-way star Shohei Ohtani's struggles in the batter's box. Calling All Angels: Halo Territory...