by Steve Scripps | Aug 7, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Gary Matthews is feeling a bit vindicated about his recent contributions to the team. The Monkey Says: I’m feeling good about it too because it might make Private Matthews actually tradeable come this off-season. The Story: FanGraphs rates Juan...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 6, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Kendry Morales talks about how his development into a burgeoning star. The Monkey Says: Kendry doesn’t reveal much other than he knows how to give vanilla answers but he definitely sounds very mature. The Story: Bobby Abreu was named AL Player of the...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 4, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Kendry Morales was named AL Player of the Week. The Monkey Says: Teixeira who? This is Kendry’s first award of any kind in the majors and it doesn’t look like it will be his last. The Story: The path to being an excellent major leaguer was a...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 3, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I still think that the Angels will come to regret their failure to accomplish anything at the trade deadline, but after a weekend of a number of readers and tweeps talking me off the ledge, I am softening my stance just a tiny bit. To aid in that effort, let us now...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 3, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: The Angels took a swing and miss at the trade deadline. The Monkey Says: I already covered this on deadline day, but just thought I would pass along another link echoing my sentiments just to prove I am not crazy. The Story: Brandon Wood was sent down and...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 3, 2009 | 2009 Articles
OK, so maybe the Angels didn’t need to make a trade after all. Scoring a combined 35 runs in a three-game road sweep of the Minnesota Twins sure has a way of making a general manager look smart, doesn’t it? All those perceived weaknesses that the Angels...