6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: Gammons Bullets

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Gammons Bullets

The Rangers supposedly are ready to eat Chan Ho Park's contract. For a team with reasonable defense and a pitcher's park, he might be useful as a fifth starter.
"Some feel [Angels draftee Jered] Weaver will revisit his position with the Angels, but only if he accedes to what the Angels are willing to pay, because when GM Bill Stoneman says no, he means it." We'll take that as a "what team would you hope drafts you, Jered?" sort of reaction. Update: FutureAngels has his reaction to all this today: essentially, all the Angels have lost here is time.
The Angels are extremely impressed with shortstop Maicer Izturis, acquired from Washington in the Jose Guillen trade this past offseason. "This guy is an outstanding defensive player at short or second," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "I would have no fear playing him every day. He moves the ball around and can hit." The younger (by six months) half brother of Gold Glover Cesar (the Dodgers' shortstop) hit .338 with 57 walks and 30 strikeouts at Triple-A Edmonton. Boston tried to deal for him after the Angels got him from Washington, but GM Bill Stoneman would not budge.
Gammons thinks M's centerfielder Jeremy Reed is a candidate to win RoY, and if he does, "it would mean that Long Beach State roommates won it in consecutive years, as Reed's roomie Bobby Crosby was the AL's top rookie in 2004." (U.S.S. Mariner has a few comments on this; he's not quite the second coming.)