Ron Washington, a baseball lifer, is still perpetually upbeat despite having spent 55 of his 72 years in the game. And in that time he's seen a lot.

All of that added up to a team-leading 5.1 bWAR, an incredible achievement for a player less than three years removed from college ball. With less than a week left in that breakout campaign, however,

As Opening Day quickly approaches, the Los Angeles Angels are beginning to determine what the lineup will look like. More news: Angels' Anthony Rendon Might R