{"id":121534,"date":"2015-09-09T03:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeywithahalo.com\/?p=13006"},"modified":"2015-09-09T03:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T08:00:40","slug":"angels-news-pujols-might-return-to-first-base-this-weekend-kubitza-experimenting-at-second-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/angels-news-pujols-might-return-to-first-base-this-weekend-kubitza-experimenting-at-second-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Headlines: Pujols might return to first base this weekend, Kubitza experimenting at second base"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0Albert Pujols got a positive MRI result and might return to first base this weekend.<\/a> The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0Kyle Kubitza is going to experiment at second base.<\/a> The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0Kyle Kubitza and Daniel Robertson were promoted to the majors.<\/a> The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0Taylor Featherston is hoping to capitalize on his opportunity to play full-time.<\/a> The Story:<\/strong>\u00a0The 2016 schedule has been released.<\/a>
\nThe Monkey Says:<\/strong>\u00a0More importantly, he’s taking medication that is reducing the inflammation which even he admits is hurting him at the plate. Even with the medicine working, he probably shouldn’t spend much time in the field, but he and Scioscia have proven pretty thick-headed on that subject in the past.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Monkey Says:<\/strong>\u00a0That’s… weird. Kubitza isn’t even a good defensive third baseman, so I don’t see how that will work. Frankly, they should probably do this with Cowart instead, though it would be a waste of his stellar arm. Either way, this is just a winter experiment as Kubitza will not be playing second base for the Angels this month. It is probably more about trying to make him into a super utility player off the bench next year.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Monkey Says:<\/strong>\u00a0Neither figures to play much, if at all. The roster is now at 37, but the Travelers made the playoffs so they might still call up guys like Danny Reynolds from that team before the season is done.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Monkey Says:<\/strong>\u00a0Turns out getting regular at-bats can help a guy hit. His fielding has shockingly been an issue, but those are more mental mistakes than physical ones. A solid final month here would help Featherston’s odds of being on the 2016 Opening Day roster, though he still would probably be better off long-term spending a few months at Triple-A.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Monkey Says:<\/strong>\u00a0The good news is that the Angels start the season at home. The bad new is that they start a day later than everyone else for some reason. They also get to finish the season at home for the first time in years, which would be great if (SPOILER ALERT) the Angels weren’t going to be terrible next season rendering those games meaningless.<\/p>\n
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