"Kendrys Morales has begun running on his own body weight and was cleared Friday to "ramp up" some baseball activities, according to a person familiar with the slugger's rehabilitation from a broken left ankle but unauthorized to speak publicly about it.

Morales, who has not played since fracturing the ankle while jumping into home plate in celebration of a walk-off home run on May 29, 2010, was in Vail, Colo., this week undergoing tests from the doctor who performed the second of two surgeries on his ankle last May.

Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto had not spoken to his medical staff as of Friday evening, so he did not want to comment on Morales, but the source familiar with the first baseman's rehabilitation said no restrictions have been placed on him as he builds up his daily work."