The Story: Erick Aybar avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2.05 million contract with the team. The Monkey Says: The Halos won out in this negotiation, but Aybar’s price tag could get pretty high next year if he has a lot of success in the leadoff...
In his second year as an Angel, Torii Hunter arguably had his best year as a pro. Now the clear leader of the Angel clubhouse, can Hunter continue to find such great success on the field despite his advanced age? 2009 Stats: 451 AB, .299 AVG, 74 R, 22 HR, 90 RBI, 18...
The Story: Is Brian Fuentes really the closer? The Monkey Says: Mike Scioscia says that Rodney and Shields will get shots at closing some games this season. What, no Jepsen? I actually think that is a good start, but I have some better ideas that I was planning on...
3… 2… 1… Happy Spring Training! Hallelujah, the long baseball famine has come to and end for Angel fans as pitchers and catchers officially reported to camp at the moment of this posting today (sure, most of them have already been there for several...
The Story: Erick Aybar and Jeff Mathis are both scheduled for arbitration hearings this week. The Monkey Says: Not many players seem to actually go all the way to arbitration these days, but it looks like both players will actually make it there. Not to begrudge...
