The Angels have placed 24-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jeremy Moore on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 26th due to left hip surgery. Moore will miss the next 3-5 months. Moore played in 8 games for the Angels last year and he was 1 for 8 (.125 avg, .250 OPS) with 3 runs scored. He also played in 113 games in AAA-ball last year in which he was 127 of 426 (.298 avg, .876 OPS) with 76 runs scored, 15 homers, 66 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. This is a bad break for Moore, as he was going to have a good shot of making the team this spring as a backup outfielder.

The Angels will be without 24-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jeremy Moore for the next 3-5 months due to hip surgery. Moore comes into this season as the Angels’ #11 prospect according to Baseball America. Moore played in 8 games for the Angels last year and he was 1 for 8 (.125 avg, .250 OPS) with 3 runs scored. He also played in 113 games in AAA-ball for the Angels last year and he was 127 of 426 (.298 avg, .876 OPS) with 76 runs scored, 15 homers, 66 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. Moore has played in 611 games in his first 7 years in the minors and he is 620 of 2,241 (.277 avg, .803 OPS) with 351 runs scored, 75 homers, 327 RBIs and 124 stolen bases. This is a bad break for Moore as he was likely going to have a good shot to make the team this spring.

27-year old righty reliever Kevin Jepsen is going to have season ending surgery on his knee tomorrow. Jepsen pitched in 16 games (0 starts) for the Angels this year and he was 1-2 with a 7.62 ERA and a 2.31 WHIP. He also pitched in 24 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball this year for the Angels and he was 1-3 with 7 saves, a 4.45 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. The Angels would have probably called Jepsen up when rosters expand on September 1st, but they should be o.k. without him.

21-year old righty swinging 1B/DH C.J. Cron was the #17 overall pick in the first round of the 2011 Amateur Draft last June. He decided to get right to work despite having a tear in his right shoulder that will need surgery at the end of the year. Cron played in 34 games in Rookie ball this year and he was 44 for 143 (.308 avg, 1.000 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 13 homers and 41 RBIs. He was DHing this year to protect his shoulder, but he will miss the rest of this season due to surgery on his right knee to repair ligament damage after he dislocated the knee over the weekend. Cron has a huge upside for the Angels and he should be ready to go next spring.

The Angels have placed rookie righty starting pitcher Garrett Richards on the 15-day disabled list due to a right abductor strain. Richards has started 2 games for the Angels so far this year and he is 0-1 with a 9.53 ERA and a 1.76 WHIP. Richards gave up 8 hits (2 homers) in his first 5 2/3 innings of his major league career, so he got hit hard in his first two starts. Veteran righty Joel Pineiro will replace Richards in the starting rotation. He has pitched in 21 games (18 starts) so far this year for the Angels and he is 5-6 with a 5.34 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP. Pineiro has been hit hard this year as he has given up 144 hits in his first 111 1/3 innings so far this year.