Last May, Kendrys Morales (at that time he was playing under his stage name Kendry) broke his left ankle as he celebrated a walk off home run. When it first happened, Morales was scheduled to be out the rest of the season, but was set to be back at 100% for the start of Spring Training.

“We’re anticipating him to be full go in Spring Training,” said manager Mike Scioscia at the Winter Meetings in December. Morales continued to take two steps forward then one step back and then take a break in his recovery road. The first day of Spring Training came and Morales was not ready to join the team for workouts. “I have no doubt he’ll be 100% by the start of the season,” Scioscia added.

Fast forwarding to the sixth week of the season, and Morales is still not playing and his rehab has been stopped. After a meeting with doctors and team officials, the Angels now do not see Morales back until at least June, but more than likely it will be towards the end of the Summer.

In his last full season (2009), Morales hit .306 with 34 home runs and 108 runs batted in.

Rookie Mark Trumbo has been the main guy at first filling in for Morales and has hit .255 with 6 home runs and 17 runs batted in. Though Trumbo has been able to hold down the fort so far, the Angels will need more production out of their rookie first baseman as they have scored only the fifth most runs in the AL (138).

Information from Mike DiGiovanna from the LA Times was used in this article.

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