Phillies’ second baseman, Chase Utley, has been battling a knee injury this Spring. Right now, young prospect Freddy Galvis is expected to be the Phillies’ second baseman on Opening Day. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com says that Utley could be out “indefinitely,” but the team has no plans to look for a replacement outside the organization, [...]
03/22/12
The Tigers have Atlanta’s Martin Prado at the top of their trade wish list. According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the Tigers have looked into the Angels’ Maicer Izturis as a possibility if they are not able to acquire Prado.
The Tigers are looking to upgrade 2nd and 3rd base as well as their leadoff spot, [...]
11/30/11
Los Angeles Angels infielder Erick Aybar underwent an MRI on Wednesday morning and it revealed a slight strain on his side, according to Mike Scioscia (via Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times).
“Right now we’re hoping it’s not a [disabled-list] situation,” he said.
Ayber is likely of Friday’s home opener in Anaheim, but he could be [...]
04/07/11
Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com points out that the Los Angeles Angels do not have any hitters batting as well as .300 this year – a dramatic drop-off in production to a team that set franchise records for batting average, runs scored and RBIs last year. Because of the offensive drought some of the older veterans [...]
08/02/10
Wow! What a day.
We started with the Roy Oswalt rumors late last night into this morning, then we saw the Astros quickly move newly-acquired OF Anthony Gose to the Toronto Blue Jays for IF Brett Wallace (yes, Brett not Michael – inside joke), then the Rangers and Marlins finally agreed on Jorge Cantu, then the [...]
07/30/10
Larry Stone of The Seattle Times says the Los Angeles Angels have designated Paul McAnulty for assignment to make room for Maicer Izturis who was activated from the disabled list.
McAnulty, 29, hit .136/.174/.273 in 8 games for the Angels this season.
07/19/10
Here are a few links for Wednesday:
Giant’s manager Bruce Bochy says the number five starter job is Madison Bumgarner’s job to win, the team is not trying to cover Buster Posey to an infielder, Kevin Frandsen is switching his number to 9. This was reported by Andrew Baggerly of The San Jose Mercury.
According to Steve [...]
02/18/10
Lyle Spencer of MLB.com reports that that Los Angeles Angels have extended the contract of infielder Maicer Izturis through the 2012 season. According to the Associated Press, the deal is worth $10 million.
“Izzy’s a guy who can hit anywhere in the lineup, and he’s an outstanding defender at three positions,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
The [...]
01/26/10