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Monday, May 12, 2008 |
Pickoff Moves, Pregame Edition
(Mostly Angels Minor League) Roster Notes
Getting too far behind on these things, I swear...- The Angels optioned Brandon Wood to AAA Salt Lake and recalled Matt Brown.
- RHP Rafael Rodriguez was sent to AA Arkansas, and sent C Rafael Rosario to extended spring training, whence they also received C Derek Thomas.
- Salt Lake also received OF Adam Morrissey, while sending INF Larry Infante back down as a thank-you gift.
- Boston designated Julian Tavarez for assignment, which is surprising because I figured he would have some value, but apparently the Red Sox haven't been able to get anything of value for him.
- Speaking of the Red Sox, Boston DFA'd Abe Alvarez, a former top draft pick out of Long Beach State. He's 25 with a career 5.14 ERA in 378 career innings at Triple-A.
- Jeff Weaver, working for the Brewers in their minor league system at AAA, gave up five runs in 4.2 innings yesterday; some of those came off the bat of Andy LaRoche.
UTK Quickies
In today's UTK:Chone Figgins (15 DXL)Carroll also considers that Kevin Millwood's leg injury may represent "sort of tightening of the spiral", the A's getting Eric Chavez back is now in the "bonus" category, and Kason Gabbard's injury ought to coincide with Richie Sexson's suspension. Good point.
The Angels handle the DL as well as anyone in the game. They're willing to play a man down for a little while, see if the injured player would be back before the 15 days, and then, when they feel they know for sure, act from depth and strength rather than desperation. Much of the credit has to go to Mike Scioscia, the one constant through the team's recent success. The recent handling of Chone Figgins was no different. Once the team realized that he wasn't able to contribute and would need at least another week of treatment and healing, they pushed him to the DL and replaced him with Kendry Morales, the type of non-linear move that makes the Angels so good. They'd already shifted the lineup to deal with Figgins' injury and now acted to improve upon what they saw as a weakness. Small things like this add up to big success. As for Figgins, he should be back at or very near the minimum.
OT: Interior Desecrations
One of my favorite websites used to be Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist James Lileks' Institute of Official Cheer, a smirking look back at the awfulness pervading the 1940's through the 1970's. (I say "used to be" because his Bleat column eventually gave over to post-9/11 paranoiac rants about how we have to hand over all our constitutional rights or else the terrorists have won.) One of the best parts eventually became a book, Interior Desecrations. We got a flyer today that reminded me of the latter; upper left and upper right on the photos on the bottom in particular. Yow.Labels: angels, brewers, injuries, minors, offtopic, red sox, transactions
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