Chone Figgins Finally Goes On the DL

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Posted May 11th 2008 1:21PM by Tom Fornelli
Filed under: Los Angeles, Angels, AL West, MLB Injuries, Anaheim

It was back on April 11th when Chone Figgins strained his right hamstring, but it wasn't until now that the Angels finally placed Figgins on the disabled list. He's been listed as day-to-day since, which is rather annoying when you have him on your fantasy team, and the Angels had been hoping that Chone would be able to play through it.

Well, he did for a while, playing in the next 21 games before finally tweaking the hamstring sliding into home against Baltimore last weekend. Now the Angels realize he's not going to get better without rest.

"He's making progress, just not enough to be ready for next week," manager Mike Scioscia said. The skipper said the move would help take the pressure off Figgins to continually test his strained right hamstring, allowing it to heal at its own pace.

"We want to establish depth, but you can't rush this thing," Scioscia added.

Figgins is a big loss for an Angels lineup that's been struggling, as he is hitting .306/.421/.355. After initially hurting the hammy, Chone kept chugging along for a little bit, but is hitting only .200/.298/.250 the last three weeks.

Kendry Morales has been called up from Salt Lake to take Figgins' place on the roster, and will be used as an extra bat off the bench.

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