No matter what the standings say at the end of this week or at the end of this month, General Manager Bill Stoneman says the Angels will not be a seller before the July 31 trade deadline.
The Angels opened the final week before the All-Star break in last place in the American League West, seven games under .500 and five games out of first. They play all their games this week against either the Seattle Mariners or the Oakland Athletics, two of the three teams ahead of them. Neither the challenge of passing three teams nor the possibility of falling further behind would persuade him to trade veterans this month, Stoneman said.
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