ALBERTO CALLASPO RUMORS

2012 Player Preview: Alberto Callaspo

You may not think much of him, but like it or not, Alberto Callaspo will be the primary third baseman for the Angels this year. Will this be the year Alberto wins everyone over or just gives his detractors more ammunition? (EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the early start, not all stat projection systems are available yet, but I will update the player preview pages after the...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  20 days ago

Halo Headlines: Callaspo Avoids Arbitration, The Greatest Angels Off-seasons Ever, Kaleb Cowart Scouting Report

The January 17th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Callaspo avoids arbitration, the greatest Angels off-seasons...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  27 days ago

Alberto Callaspo agrees to $3.15M deal with Angels

Third baseman Alberto Callaspo and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a $3.15 million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration. The Angels announced a deal Monday with Callaspo, who batted .288 with six homers and 46 RBIs last season with the Angels, who acquired him in a trade with Kansas City in July 2010. He made $2 million. The Venezuelan infielder spent most of 2011...
Via AP on Fox  |  28 days ago

Angels agree to one- year deal with Callaspo

The Angels on Monday avoided arbitration withAlberto Callaspo, agreeing to terms with the third basemanon a one-year, 3.15-million contract that leaves shortstop Erick Aybar as the team's only unsigned, arbitration-eligible player. However, there is no immediate urgency to resolve Aybar's 2012 contract situation because the Angels are trying to secure the slick-fielding...
Via Fox Sports West  |  28 days ago

Arbitration Situation: Alberto Callaspo

In the next few weeks, the Angels will have to start getting into arbitration discussions with some of their key players.  Up next is the incumbent starter at third base, Alberto Callaspo. Callaspo is coming off arguably his best season in the majors, yet that has still left the Angels and their fans wanting for more.  His bat is passable but not really much of an asset...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  January 04, 2012

Angels and Alberto Callaspo agree to contract

The Los Angeles Angels and infielder Alberto Callaspo have agreed to a 2011 contract, according to a team press release.  The deal allows both sides to avoid salary arbitration. The Angels acquired Callaspo in a July 2010 deal that sent right-handed pitcher Sean O'Sullivan and Minor League left-handed pitcher Will Smith to the Kansas City Royals. Callaspo, 27, is a career .278/...
Via PRO Rumors  |  January 11, 2011

1,241 Words About the Callaspo Trade You Might Enjoy

Over on Call to the Pen, Nathaniel Stoltz is our minor league expert and author of our every-Thursday column, This Week in Prospects (TWiP) .  On top of all of that, he also handles our in-depth analysis of most of the major trades that occur. Along those lines, I encourage you to check out 1,241 words on the Alberto Callaspo trade that you may enjoy, brought to you by the mind...
Via Kings of Kauffman  |  July 23, 2010

Royals trade Callaspo to Angels

The rumor proves to be true... Well, half true. Alberto Callaspo has been traded to the Los Angeles Angels for Sean O'Sullivan and minor-leaguer Will Smith, a pitcher. As hinted two days ago in "Dayton Moore nixes trade of Alberto Callaspo to Los Angeles Angels," it was an unlikely rumor that Dayton Moore was to decline such a trade offer.
Via One Royal Way  |  July 22, 2010

Alberto Callaspo Traded to Angels

It was just announced that the Royals have made their first trade of the deadline season, sending Alberto Callaspo to the Angels for left handed pitcher Sean O’Sullivan and minor league lefty Will Smith (let the Fresh Prince jokes commence). Callaspo had been manning third base since the demotion of Alex Gordon back in May and had done a much better job there defensively...
Via Kings of Kauffman  |  July 22, 2010

Alberto Callaspo and the Revolving Lineup Spot

Royals fans may remember Bob Boone (and probably without fond memories). A former Royal himself, Boone managed Kansas City from 1995 until midway through the 1997 season and was notorious for creative lineup manipulation. In 1996, he used 152 different battling lineups. He certainly wasn’t one to subscribe to the theory of crafting a batting lineup based on player archetypes...
Via Kings of Kauffman  |  April 22, 2010
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