Erick Aybar Injury: Do Angels Have Options?

Iz being our only logical option at ss. Good thing we got Franz and Q to cover 3rd (and Q for 1st). Mathis comes up we got Napoli at first.

Wood is definitely not ready. We are officially thin in the infield. Now I guess we miss SRod.

You say iz and hunter in the question.

On your drop down answer you have aybar and hunter listed.

It looks like he’s able to move around, albeit slowly. The knee injury doesn’t seem to be horrific, but he sounds like he’ll probably be put on the 15-Day Disabled List, because he’ll need time for the knee to heal.

The Angels organization are approaching this situation very cautiously.

Why not give Trumbo and his bat an opportunity and see if he can continue his bat with the big boys. His biggest weakness may be patience at the plate.

to get Hanley amirez from the Marlins?

at least not for that. bring back wood. this is his last chance to make his mark. we need some power, and this is his shot to get back into the game.

abreu leading off yet?

In another week, he will have reached the end of his “rehab” anyway. One way or another, he was going to be back on the team. Mathis should be ready too, he did have three hits yesterday.

Play Izturis at SS, Frandsen at 3rd, Napoli fulltime at first, and Quinlan will have to go back to AAA as well. Wood is the utility infielder. Still, get him regular starts against lefthanded pitching, and he should get plenty of other starts when people need rests. We’d have only one backup infielder, so Michael Ryan would have to be ready in emergency. He played 2nd and 3rd a long time ago, and might have dusted the infield gloves off in spring (I think his versatility was a selling point).

Is Andrew Romine in AA. He has a very good glove. Won’t hit a lick, but maybe can drop a bunt here and there, lay off pitches out of the zone, and run. Patchett won’t hit either, but his glove is awful, either that or he had his worst day of his life when I saw spring training. He’s AAA filler, no more. Romine is not a potential starter but a possible MLB role player.

My wife made the point that in baseball there is no “unnecessary roughness” or “personal foul” kind of call. So, besides being booed and having angry blogs written about him, is there any repercussion on a play like that? Will he be fined? How can we find out if he even apologized?

Up 9-2 at the time, a wide throw leaving Aybar totally vulnerable, no chance to complete the double play anyway… Any half-intelligent little leaguer with a few years experience knows you don’t go in for a hard take-out slide there. That was f’ed up.

I didn’t watch the rest of the game, but I was really hoping they would throw at him again. Did that happen?

1. He’s out of time in rehab
2. He’s a natural SS. 3B was a positional shift for him anyways.
3. At SS, for some reason, there’s less pressure to be a “Power Hitter”.**

 ** I never understood the whole “you have to be a power guy to play 3B” thing

  If he still can’t hit, trade his ass or DFA him.

He’s 25. He’s been up for parts of 4 seasons now. I keep waiting for a sign. Any sign. I really want to see it, but every single at bat leaves me disappointed. Last night he made contact on 3 balls, but they were, once again, weak contact. Soft ground balls and a lazy fly to center.

Adam Everett released by the Tigers. Won’t hit at all but an excellent glove. Not that exciting, but if Aybar goes on the DL Everett is a better option than someone like Patchett, Statia, or Romine.