Chone to the Mariners for 4 years and $30+ million?

If you have a gripe with statisticians, here's your chance to show them what you think about the Angels defense. For the last several years, Tom Tango (co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball) has compiled defensive scouting reports completely from fan input, creating one of the more dependable metrics publicly available. However, the Angels have received just 18 submissions this year (compared to 190 for the Mariners!). Want to tell the world about Erick Aybar's range, Chone Figgins' mancannon, or GMJ's total inability to distinguish flyballs from low-flying aircraft? More votes means more accurate reports. Surely we can do better than Seattle.

The only Texas regular batting over .275 came up lame running out a ground ball in the second game of a double header with Toronto earlier today. The preliminary diagnosis is a strained left hamstring, a notoriously unpredictable injury which could put him out of commission anywhere from one week to the rest of the season. Pending an MRI tomorrow, this could be a serious blow to the Rangers' hopes of overtaking the Angels in September.

Back Spasms too painful for him to leave the park under his own power.

Let the bullpen bloodletting begin.