Kelvim Escobar is sidelined right now with a tear in his right shoulder. More then likely it will require surgery and have him miss the entire 2008 season. Escobar is hinting that he might just retire rather then rehab his way back from should surgery.
We will just have to give this one some time and see how it works out for Escobar and the Angels.
The Los Angeles Angels trimmed off eight more players off their Spring Training roster to allow their veterans and big league club to get more at bats and innings as the season starts in just a couple of weeks.
Sean Rodriguez, Matt Brown, Nick Green, and Jeff Kennard were optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Henry Bonilla, Kasey Olenberger, Matt Wilhite, and Freddy Sandoval were all optioned to the teams minor league camp.
The Los Angeles Angels will be without starting pitcher John Lackey for atleast 4-6 weeks as he tries to recover from a strained right tricep. Lacker has never missed a start, but that streak will come to an end as he is expected to miss seven to ten starts depening on how well his arm heals up.
Best case senario for Lackey and the Angels is that he would be back in the middle of May, but don’t be suprised if you don’t see Lackey until atleast June.
