Chone Figgins News

"Chone Figgins got in trouble with his father last weekend. The younger Figgins left the Angels to fly to Florida and be with his father who was hospitalized after having two seizures, brought on by his hypertension. Figgins missed the Angels' final two games before the All-Star break. "He hated that I missed baseball," Figgins said with a smile. "I guess that's where I get that from, wanting to play every game. "He was glad to see me. But in a way, he was mad at me." Figgins said his father, Charles, is only 50 but first began having health problems in 2006 when he suffered a stroke. He recovered from that but continues to battle high blood pressure and had seizures that landed him ..."

"Angels infielder Chone Figgins came out of his weekend workouts feeling fine and will start a minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Salt Lake on Monday. Figgins will play five innings Monday then increase that on Tuesday and Wednesday before being re-evaluated. He could rejoin the Angels as soon as their weekend interleague series against the Atlanta Braves."

"The Angels took Chone Figgins off the disabled list six days ago, but they might have to put him back on it. Figgins played one game before aggravating his right hamstring injury, and he has not played in the five games since. That missed time would count if the Angels put him back on the disabled list, so they could activate him as soon as June 6. "We're going to have to make a decision in the next couple days," Manager Mike Scioscia said."

"The Angels swapped one injured infielder for another again Wednesday, activating third baseman Chone Figgins from the disabled list but placing Erick Aybar on the DL with a dislocated pinkie on his right hand. Aybar suffered the injury when he made a diving stop of a ground ball up the middle in the first inning of Tuesday's game. X-rays were negative, but Aybar was examined by a hand specialist in Toronto on Wednesday. "You can imagine how I reacted (to being told he would need to go on the DL)," Aybar said through an interpreter. "Hopefully, it's just one week. I want it to be as fast as possible so I can get back and play." According to Angels manager Mike Scioscia, Aybar is ..."

"It's as if there's a revolving door to the disabled list for the Angels, who gained third baseman Chone Figgins on Wednesday but lost shortstop Erick Aybar, who is expected to be out about a month because of a severely dislocated right pinkie finger. The speedy Figgins, out since May 4 because of a right hamstring strain, was activated and plugged into the leadoff spot for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays."

"White Sox general manager Ken Williams chose his words carefully. On one hand, there has been increased speculation that his interest in Los Angeles Angels infielder Chone Figgins has grown. On the other hand, he knows the reality of prying free a player like that in a trade right now is all but impossible. A source close to the situation said that Williams started sending out feelers more than two weeks ago to teams that had leadoff hitters also capable of playing second base -- at least all the teams that don't have Brian Roberts on their roster, because that bridge was crossed back in the spring, and Baltimore is asking for everything that's not nailed down in return. But the hot ..."