Bobby Abreu To Angels: Play Me Or Trade Me
by Ronit Shah on Feb 21, 2012 8:56 PM EST
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Is it safe to say the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have to too many Angels in the outfield? Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu offered a solution to Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes for that "problem," - sort of.
"I will not be on the bench knowing that I can play. If the Angels don't have a position for me, then the best thing is to trade me. It would be the correct (thing) to do. I won't be able to do nothing sitting in the bench. I want to play, and I believe I can help this team. But if there is no spot for me, then I would prefer to play somewhere different," said the left-handed hitter and two time All-Star.
Angels GM Jerry Dipoto tried to defuse the story, by saying Abreu hasn't told him or manager Mike Scioscia about how he feels. Dipoto believes he'll be on the Angels 25-man roster, but didn't say whether he'd be a starter or not.
"It's not something Bobby approached me about," Dipoto said. "It's not something he's driven through (manager) Mike Scioscia. At this point, it's a conversation between Bobby and a third party."
With Vernon Wells, Peter Bourjos and Torii Hunter from left to right, the club doesn't exactly have room in the outfield for Abreu. I'm sure they would love to move Vernon Wells and his albatross contract, but the playing time created would likely go to top prospect Mike Trout rather than the veteran Abreu.
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His usefulness just took a big dive
Bobby baby, your skills are falling off a cliff. You managed to look worth one-tenth your salary last year because the Angels offense was horrid, You’ve been a class act, but plopping down the "I need to play" card at this point is unseemly and unwise. Don’t make the Angels eat 90% of your salary to trade you for Kansas City’s 3’rd best left-hander.
by JohnBonhamRocks on Feb 21, 2012 9:53 PM EST reply actions
He isn't helping things here ....
A quiet chat with Dipoto about this would have been more productive. I wonder if this was a journalist making more of off-hand comments or him answering a question than a true disgruntled statement.
Abreu’s position is pretty clear. He is redundant if Morales is back, otherwise there is plenty of room at DH in a rotating schedule. It is wait and see with the Angels, with Abreu likely the odd man out, but kept around for security (especially the left-handed bat) and because his salary prohibits him being moved easily anyway.
In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Walden
by matthiasstephan on Feb 22, 2012 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
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