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Inside the Numbers - Most Valuable Angels

By Andre Castillo - AngelsWin.com Columnist Hitters Welcome back everyone to Inside the Numbers. To kick us off I hope to keep a weekly tab of the most valuable Angels, as told by Fangraphs's Wins Above Replacement (WAR) calculation. Name - WAR Mike Trout - 1.6 Torii Hunter - 1.2 Mark Trumbo - 1.0 Howie Kendrick - 0.5 Maicer Izturis - 0.5 Alberto Callaspo...
Via Angelswin  |  3 days ago

Halo Headlines: Wells out 8-10 weeks, Calhoun and Cassevah called up, Mike Trout goes 'God Mode'

The May 22nd, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels ...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  9 days ago

Angels lose Wells at worse possible time

OAKLAND, Calif. In baseball, nothing ever stays the same. It's a game constantly in motion, always changing, always unpredictable. Six weeks ago, on opening night, the Angels' starting outfield was Vernon Wells in left, Peter Bourjos in center and Torii Hunter in right. Monday night, as they began a three-game series against the Oakland A's, their outfield was Mike...
Via Fox Sports West  |  10 days ago

Angels to be without Vernon Wells for 8-10 weeks

By Anthony Caruso III The Capital Sports Report Owner/Managing Editor/Sr. Writer Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells is expected to miss several weeks. He will be undergoing surgery today to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb. He suffered the injury while trying to steal second base in the second inning of Sunday’s loss to the San Diego Padres...
Via The Capital Sports Report  |  10 days ago

Vernon Wells to have thumb surgery, out 8-10 weeks

Another day, another setback in the Los Angeles Angels' maddening start. Vernon Wells was diagnosed Monday with a torn ligament in his right thumb that will require surgery, sidelining the high-priced outfielder for at least eight to 10 weeks. ''Any time you lose a guy that you're counting on who has maybe shown some signs of getting back to his game, it's unfortunate...
Via AP on Fox  |  10 days ago

Angels' Wells to have thumb surgery -- out 8-10 weeks

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells will undergo surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb on Tuesday, the team announced on Monday. Wells sustained the injury while stealing second base during Sunday's game. He is expected to be sidelined about 8-10 weeks. Wells, 33, is hitting .244 with six homers in 38 games this season.
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  10 days ago

Wells out 8-10 weeks

Angels outfielder Vernon Wells tweeted the bad news himself: He's going to need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. Wells was injured in the second inning Sunday in San Diego when he stole second base after drawing a leadoff walk against the Padres. He played left field for a half inning but then left the game. Manager Mike Scioscia said after the game, a...
Via Fox Sports West  |  10 days ago

Vernon Wells has torn thumb ligament, out 8-10 weeks

Much-maligned Angels outfielder Vernon Wells tweeted out tonight that he has a torn ligament in his thumb. LA Times beat writer Mike DiGiovanna then tweeted that he expected Wells to be out at least eight to ten weeks with the injury. Wells injured the thumb on a stolen base attempt in the second inning of Sunday's game against the Padres. Angels fans (including our own Scotty...
Via The Outside Corner  |  10 days ago

There's a chance that Vernon Wells might not be awful anymore

You may not have Vernon Wells to kick around anymore, Angels fans. No, Vernon isn't on the verge of getting released as an early Christmas present to all the Halo faithful. As strange as it may sound, Wells might be on the verge of losing his status as Public Enemy #1 thanks to the fact that he, wait for it... might be remembering how to hit! Gasp! Guffaw! Other onomatopoeia...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  13 days ago

What's it going to take for the Angels to bench Vernon Wells?

They said he couldn't be any worse than he was in 2011. They were wrong. This summer, the LA Angels and Mike Scioscia disdainfully present "Vernon Wells: Suck Harder!" Yes, it is true. No, that fake movie teaser isn't real, but the part about Vernon Wells actually finding a way to be even worse than he was in his disastrous 2011 campaign is. Yes, his batting...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  16 days ago
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