Vladimir Guerrero

Mike Lowell’s thumb injury did away with the proposed trade that would have sent him to Texas and sent catcher Max Ramirez to Boston. The more interesting part of this MLB.com post is that the Rangers are looking into signing Vladimir Guerrero. In the 50 games he’s played in Arlington, Guerrero has a 1.175 OPS (on-base, [...] Read Full Story

Josh Hamilton homered in consecutive at-bats and drove in five runs to help the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 13-7 on Sunday. Hamilton's first-inning homer to left-center put the Rangers ahead 2-0 and his three-run shot to right-center, his fifth of the spring, capped Texas' five-run second. Chris Davis went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs and Taylor Teagarden also homered for the Rangers. Vladimir Guerrero returned to the Los Angeles lineup after missing two games with pink eye and had a pair of doubles. Torii Hunter homered for the Angels, who lost for just the second time in ... Read Full Story

United Press International Vladimir Guerrero is out for at least a month Los Angeles Times By Mike DiGiovanna Reporting from Minneapolis -- An offense that was already struggling to score runs received a major body blow today when Vladimir Guerrero was diagnosed with a torn pectoral muscle, an injury that sent the Angels slugger to the ... With Vlad out, Izturis bats third as DH MLB.com Vladimir Guerrero: Out at Least a Month Rotowire Seattle Post Intelligencer  - United Press International  - Rotoworld.com  - Keeper League GM.com all 301 news articles Read Full Story

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Trevor Cahill and two relievers combined on a three-hitter Thursday and the Oakland A's handed the Los Angeles Angels a rare blanking 2-0. It was only the second time in the last three months -- and the fourth time this season -- the Angels had been shut out. Los Angeles has lost six of its last eight and its lead over Texas in the American League West was reduced to four games. Cahill allowed a two-out single in the fourth inning to Vladimir Guerrero and a leadoff double to Jeff Mathis in the sixth. Mathis reached third on ... Read Full Story

The Angels plan to restrict Vladimir Guerrero to designated hitter for the rest of the season, raising the possibility that Angels fans have seen him play in right field for the last time. Guerrero has started two games in right field this season, most recently on July 7, when he suffered a strained muscle behind his left knee and a strained hamstring. He has been on the disabled list since then. The Angels hope he can return in two to three weeks. “He’ll be DHing when he gets back,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “We’ll keep him in that role. If he has another setback ... Read Full Story