6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: Pickoff Moves, Memorial Day Edition

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Monday, May 30, 2005

Pickoff Moves, Memorial Day Edition

Deadline Tonight For Weaver

The Angels have until 9:00 pm tonight (that would be 12:00 am EDT) to sign Weaver, says the Times, but neither side is budging. The Daily Breeze has harsher words for him:

Weaver is painting himself as an I guy. He's the former all-world pitcher at Long Beach State who burned a year of his precious career because (a) he's dumb, (b) he's willing to be agent Scott Boras' puppet, (c) his ego is out of control, (d) all of the aforementioned.
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Not only has Weaver probably cost himself a considerable amount of money by wanting even more, he has cost himself valuable development time. Had he signed last June, he may have been ready to pitch in the major leagues in 2006 or 2007.
Factoring in the time he'll need to build his arm strength after a year away from the game, along with the strong possibility of another protracted negotiation period, he's looking at 2008 before he's ready for the major leagues.

Rich Lederer wrote to snipe that "I'll take the unders if anybody wants to book that bet." And yes, Rich, I will print that. Thanks for the heads up.

So, Kendry's Getting The Callup In July, Right?

Not hardly, explains the Daily News:

"Anything could happen in this game," [Angels Player Development director Tony Reagins] said. "If he shows progress that warrants him being here, he'll be here. But to say it'll be next month, or in two months, I don't know if that's fair to say."

Morales is 1-11 in his last three games after going 9-19 with two home runs in his first four games.

Angels Injury Updates

In that same Daily News article, Vlad's progress is rather slower than expected, and he won't be back on schedule as originally thought. He hasn't even started swinging a bat yet, and has only started light toss. His earliest return date is now June 16. Update: The latest UTK says he's "lost both strength and range of motion post-injury."

K-Rod will pitch a simulated game at Rancho today, and if that goes well, he'll be activated Wednesday vs the Chisox.

Dallas McPherson: A Report Card

In the Daily News, again:

"What he did the last three nights was terrific, but what Dallas has to have as part of his game is consistent run production," Scioscia said. "Walks are a part of his game. He has a good idea of the strike zone, and lately he squared up some balls he had been fouling off."
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"We can accept high strikeouts if the power is there and the walks are there," Scioscia said. "Dallas is not going to be as much a situational hitter as some guys. You look at guys like Jim Thome, Tim Salmon, Troy Glaus -- even when they're struggling, the walks have been there."

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