After a breakout 2009 season, Erick Aybar finds himself in position to make or break the 2010 Angels as he now must live up to the hype of being a franchise cornerstone as well as the heir apparent to Chone Figgins’ as the team’s firestarter at the top of...
The Story: The Angels are showing strong interest in Cuban defector Adeiny Hechevarria. The Monkey Says: I don’t know much about Hechevarria but saw some scouting reports have him rated quite highly as a shortstop with solid pop. He is just 19 years old, so he...
The Bullpen of Doom was frequently the Achilles heel of last year’s Angel squad but it is a new year and there is new hope for the boys in the bullpen, including Jason Bulger who is up next in Player Preview series. Now that Bulger is no longer fighting for a...
The Story: A look at Jered Weaver’s splits. The Monkey Says: The piece focuses on Weaver’s propensity for giving up a lot more homers on the flyballs he allows to lefties. Even the stat geeks aren’t sure if it means anything, but they seem to think...
How quickly can one man go from free agent afterthought to franchise cornerstone? One season, apparently. At least that was the case for Bobby Abreu who earns the honor of kicking off our player previews for the 2010 season. So what is in store for the man who...
