2008 Angels Preview: Second Base

After an injury plagued 2007 campaign, questions regarding experience and durability surround the Angels young second baseman Howie Kendrick.
Kendrick’s 2007 season almost ended before it even got started. On April 18th while facing Chad Gaudin of the Oakland A’s, Kendrick was drilled by a pitch in the left hand. Hitting .327 at the time, Kendrick [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/28/07)

Angels 10 Detroit 3An 11-year-old fan helped Garret Anderson hit a big home run. Garret Anderson hit a disputed three-run homer in the eighth inning to break open a tie game, Orlando Cabrera added a two-run homer to cap the seven-run inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Saturday. Starting [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/27/07)

Angels 11 Detroit 6Gary Matthews Jr. drove in three runs with his bat, and took four away with his glove. Matthews broke out of an 0-for-19 drought with a pair of RBI singles and a run-scoring double after robbing Craig Monroe of a grand slam in the first inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/25/07)

Angels 7 Oakland 6John Lackey has lost count of how many victories Francisco Rodriguez has saved for him. So when the All-Star closer blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Lackey took it easy on him. “That’s not going to happen too often. I can’t wait to hand him the ball the [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/24/07)

Oakland 4 Angels 3Rookie Travis Buck seemed to be all over the place. Oakland’s leadoff batter had a hand in all the Athletics’ runs and made a critical catch in the outfield Tuesday night in a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. He went 4-for-5, scored the first run in the opening inning, had [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/23/07)

Dodgers 10 Astros 2Chad Billingsley hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about pitching in the ninth inning. After all, he’d never lasted past seven innings in any of his first 22 career starts. That all changed Monday night. The right-hander threw a five-hitter for his first complete game, Jeff Kent had four hits and [...]

Daily Scoreboard (07/19/07)

Angels 3, Tampa Bay 0:Kelvim Escobar gave the Los Angeles Angels a much-needed lift. Escobar won his career-best fifth consecutive decision and Garret Anderson drove in two runs to help the AL West-leading Angels avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. (Assosciated Press)
NY Mets 13, Dodgers [...]

Rumor Mill: Jermaine Dye Coming West

According to Sports Illustrated Jermaine Dye could find himself playing on the west coast.
SI reported, “The Dodgers, Angels and Padres all would be logical fits for Jermaine Dye, though San Diego is unlikely to be able to pay him. The Mets have shown tepid interest and it’s still possible the Sox will keep Dye, especially [...]

Santana Gets a Ticket to AAA

After another horrible outing in which he gave up fourteen hits, Ervin Santana was optioned by the Angelsto Class AAA Salt Lake.
Last season, Santana was one of the team’s top starters. However, this year has been a completely different story. So far this year, Santana is 5-11 with a 6.22 ERA in 19 starts. The [...]

Midseason Grades: Angels

Record: 53-35, 1st place
The Good: The Angels’ aggressive offense has been very productive so far. They currently rank second in baseball in batting average (.284), sixth in runs (437), seventh in on-base percentage (.340) and second in steals (78). Orlando Cabrera, Chone Figgins and Reggie Willits have all served as prime table-setters. Additionally, right fielder [...]