As the Angels’ season winds down, here’s what matters

HOUSTON — The Angels’ season is going to end the way it began, with about a month worth of games in which the outcome means little.
Fall training?
Starting Thursday, the Angels have 29 games left. They are 64-69, with almost no chance of making the playoffs. What they are doing now is essentially prepping for 2019.
This team doesn’t do long-term rebuilding, but the next month certainly will have the look of short-term rebuilding, with as many as eight or nine rookies in the box