With apologies to Trevor Bell and Sean O’Sullivan, the Angels clearly need to keep digging for another starting pitcher to add to the mix. Even though the trade deadline has passed, acquisitions can still happen via the waiver system but it won’t be easy,...
The Story: Joe Posnanski takes a shot at ranking the worst contracts in baseball and lists Gary Matthews’ deal at #6. The Monkey Says: Only 6th? Posnanski makes a great point though that the Angels actually are one of the few teams who is willing to admit when...
With Trevor Bell’s start today, the Angels have now used five different rookies in their rotation. Not the god awful Nationals. Not the fire sale Pirates. Not the perennially hapless Royals, but the Angels. The World Series hopeful Angels. That just...
I have the distinct feeling that the next time Joe Maddon manages an All-Star game he’ll remember to use each and every Angel on the roster. The baseball gods used their karmic forces to make sure that Maddon and the Rays got what was coming to them as the...
Tampa Bay Rays (61-52) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (67-44) Starters: TB – Jeff Niemann (10-5, 3.73 ERA) LAA – Trevor Bell (0-0, -.– ERA) Game Info: 12:35 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM We now officially live in a...
The Story: Maicer Izturis was forced out of last night’s game after getting hit on the elbow. The Monkey Says: The team is calling the injury just a contusion (which is just a fancy word for a bruise) right now and a team source has also told me that it...
And Santana makes three… or at least the Angels hope. On the heels of his electric performance tonight against the Rays, the Angels might may have finally solved the riddle of who their third reliable starting pitcher will be. For weeks Santana has seemed to be...
Tampa Bay Rays (61-51) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (66-44) Starters: TB – David Price (5-4, 4.91 ERA) LAA – Ervin Santana (4-6, 7.20 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM If you thought last night’s...
The Story: Trevor Bell is officially set to make his major league debut Wednesday against the Rays. The Monkey Says: The Angels seem willing to just throw rookie starting pitchers up against the wall and hoping that one or two sticks. Bell has been on fire this...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Super Vlad!!! The man we all thought was long since dead is back with a vengeance. Combining his forces with the Angels’ newest superhero K-Mo the Destroyer, Super Vlad has risen from the ashes and...
