Los Angeles Angels first baseman Kendrys Morales broke his ankle celebrating a home run last season, a freakish and unfortunate injury. The news just keeps getting worse, though. From Scott Miller of CBS Sports:
Kendrys Morales To Have Second Surgery, Out Until 2012
Kendrys Morales done for the year. Will have a second surgery.For some reason, this seems like one of the worst baseball stories in recent memory. Morales didn’t attempt an Ozzie Smith-style back flip. He didn’t roundhouse kick a water cooler after getting called out on strikes. He just ... jumped. He was happy. His teammates were happy. And he jumped. It was already a terrible story when he missed the rest of 2010. But to cost him 2011 too, in the prime of his career, right after he had his breakout season? Words fail.
The surgery will clean up scar tissue and bone cysts, and the recovery time is usually six months.
If there's good news for the first-place Angels, it's that replacement Mark Trumbo is doing okay. His on-base percentage isn't good at .311, but he's partially made up for that with his six home runs and .486 slugging percentage. Though Trumbo had a breakout season in Triple-A last year, he's a career .275/.330/.474 hitter in the minor leagues. There's a pretty good chance that the Angels will feel even worse about the Morales injury after the league adjusts to Trumbo.
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