kendry morales

The Kendrys Morales saga took yet another turn Sunday as the Halos announced that Morales will travel to Vail Colorado (gasp) to get a second opinion on his injured ankle. As far as injuries go, getting a second opinion usually is not a good thing. Apparently someone feels there is a mis-diagnosis or that the injury is not healing as rapidly as the original prognosis. Despite this fact, Mike Scioscia somehow feels that Kendrys getting a second opinion will somehow put him back on the field sooner. “It is just to get piece of mind for him and where his rehab is going, and see if any [...]

Dan Haren was lights out and the Angels got solo home runs from youngsters Peter Bourjos and Mark Trumbo on their way to blanking the Tribe  2-0 Tuesday. Haren allowed just one hit across nine sterling innings, striking out 8 , while only surrendering 2 walks. Up Next: Ervin Santana looks for his first win of the season Wednesday as the Halos look to take 2 of 3 from the Tribe. Onto the hump day links

Mike Scioscia confirmed today that Kendrys  Morales will open the season on the 15 day  DL. The only silver lining here could be that Mark Trumbo will get an early look which could add depth to the club once Morales returns.

 Kendry Morales has yet to play this spring. Reports from Tempe have the Angels star 1st basemen not yet running full speed but raking in batting practice sessions. While Morales’ batting practice exploits are a positive sign its not exactly what Halo fans want to hear. In the past few days there have ben conflicting reports on Morales’ status that make his opening day readiness “uncertain” at best. SI’s Jon Heyman Tweeted Friday #angels star kendry morales said to be “very unlikely” to be ready opening day. rookie trumbo a candidate to play 1b early  Which then prompted a dispute from Mike Scioscia , who [...]

The Angels open their spring slate with a game versus the Dodgers tomorrow. You can listen to the game on AM 830. Halo Fans rejoice..baseball is back!  Unfortunately the game will not be televised but you can get the full Angels Spring Schedule with TV listings here. The one piece of bad news amidst the excitement of spring baseball being here,  is that Kendry Morales wont be ready to play in spring games anytime soon. He is still not running at full speed,  so the team will wait until Kendry is 100% healthy which is the smart move. Onto the Friday Links

Here we go again, Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Angels have agreed to terms for 2011 with Kendry Morales and Erick Aybar . Both players were due raises via arbitration. Rosenthal is reporting the 2011 deals are worth $ 3 million for Aybar and $2.97 million  for Morales. While not Jeff Mathis absurd , you have to scratch your head at Erick Aybar making more than Kendry Morales. These arbitration guys sure  have a “different” way of thinking. More on this as it becomes official. Update:The Angels also agreed to terms with Howie Kendrick and Reggie Willits bringing the total [...]

In the spirit of  Thanksgiving and the pre dinner ritual of going around the table and sharing what you’re thankful for, I’m going to get a jump on Uncle Carl , Auntie Lilly and Cousin Joe. They always seem to steal my answers! This leaves me a stuttering mess and usually results in me sprouting off  a “I’m thankful for” that’s not genuine in order to not repeat the answers the thieves shared. With that I bring you the top 5 things Halo Fans should be thankful for. 

When I started at Halo Hangout last off-season, my “dream” was to do a full projection on every player that would have a significant impact on our team during the 2010 season. As you can tell by checking the 2010 Projections Page, I didn’t quite make it. I was able to get seven of them done, however, and now that the 2010 season is in the books it seems like a good time to take a look back and see how I did. First up, the hitters:

Since the Angels will be seeing former ace John Lackey tonight for the third time this season, I thought it might be interesting to look at players that left the Angels this season for greener, or not-so-greener pastures. The list of names is a bit of a long one, including the former ace and World Series Game Seven Winner, the person most considered the Face of the Franchise in recent years, as well as the Halo’s 2009 MVP and one of the best arms in the pen. Mixed into that group were people that had some potential but never seemed [...]

Since I was interested to hear what people would think of my Crazy Suggestions, I linked to the post on the Angels message board I post on to get some reaction over there. Needless to say, there was plenty of criticism, and most people thought it was at best overreaching. Fair enough, and I know I thought as much as the ideas were spinning in my head, but why call them crazy suggestions if they’re not, you know, crazy? Anyway, since I know only a few of my readers are from the message boards, I thought I’d give the rest [...]