Torii Hunter

OAKLAND — Right fielder Torii Hunter , on the restricted list since May 14 while he deals with the arrest of his 17-year-old son, will probably rejoin the team early next week, Manager Mike Scioscia said. Hunter has been in Texas, where Darius McClinton-Hunter was arrested on a sexual assault charge. Though the Angels have not been required to pay Hunter during his 10-day absence, he is receiving his full salary, according to a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly about it. If Hunter returns for Monday night's game against the New York Yankees in Angel Stadium, he will have been away for two weeks.

OAKLAND—Right fielder Torii Hunter, on the restricted list since May 14 while he deals with the arrest of his 17-year-old son, Darius McClinton-Hunter, on a sexual assault charge in Texas, will likely rejoin the Angels at the beginning of next week’s homestand, Manager Mike Scioscia said Wednesday. Scioscia said Hunter, who has now missed 10 games, has been throwing, running and hitting but will probably need to work out for a day or two in Anaheim before returning to the lineup.

The Angels put All-Star right fielder Torii Hunter on baseball's restricted list Monday after his 17-year-old son's arrest in Prosper, Texas, on suspicion of felony sexual assault of a child. Darius McClinton-Hunter , of McKinney, Texas, was arrested along with four high school classmates after a monthlong investigation, according to Prosper police. McClinton-Hunter and Garrick White , also 17, were arrested as adults, police said, along with three juveniles. No record of charges against McClinton-Hunter could be found on the police website.

OAKLAND — Right fielder Torii Hunter , on the restricted list since May 14 while he deals with the arrest of his 17-year-old son, will probably rejoin the team early next week, Manager Mike Scioscia said. Hunter has been in Texas, where Darius McClinton-Hunter was arrested on a sexual assault charge. Though the Angels have not been required to pay Hunter during his 10-day absence, he is receiving his full salary, according to a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly about it. If Hunter returns for Monday night's game against the New York Yankees in Angel Stadium, he will have been away for two weeks.

Torii Hunter is 36 and entering the final year of a five-year, $90-million contract, and with cheaper, younger and talented players (Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo) capable of pushing their way into the Angels outfield next season, there is a chance the team's right fielder and most popular player won't be back in 2013. But that clearly is not a subject Mike Scioscia wants to discuss right now. In fact, the Angels manager got a little testy Thursday morning with a reporter who prefaced a question about Hunter by saying this could be the manager's last spring with the nine-time Gold Glove Award winner.

Torii Hunter Jr., the son of Angels outfielder Torii Hunter, will make an unofficial visit to UCLA. Hunter is a wide receiver from Prosper (Texas) High School, where he will be a senior in the fall. Hunter had 40 receptions for 701 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. He has received offers from Arkansas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. UCLA coaches have already started recruiting their 2013 class, holding the first of two junior days this weekend. Among those scheduled to attend were: Murrieta Vista Murrieta defensive back Su'a Cravens, whose offers include UCLA, Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford, Texas A&M and USC. Rancho Cucamonga defensive back Tahaan Goodman, whose offers include UCLA, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Rancho Cucamonga defensive back Chris Hawkins, whose offers include UCLA, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford and Texas A&M. Phoenix Mountain Pointe offensive lineman Kenny Lacy, whose offers include UCLA, Arkansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Oklahoma State.

A season that started so disappointingly for the Angels was quickly forgotten among the roaring crowd of 27,288 at Angel Stadium on Wednesday night watching Jered Weaver throw the first individual home no-hitter since Nolan Ryan in 1975. Backed by chants of "Weaver, Weaver, Weaver," the 29-year-old right-hander was surrounded by teammates near the mound after Alexi Casilla's deep fly ball to right field was caught by Torii Hunter, giving the Angels a 9-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

All Torii Hunter wanted Saturday night was one more shot, a chance to become only the 16th player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game. That dream died in the on-deck circle, from where Hunter watched in near agony as Bobby Abreu struck out to end the eighth inning, but as far as consolation prizes go, this one wasn't bad.

Reporting from Minneapolis Torii Hunter got to Target Field at about 1 p.m. CDT Friday, six hours before the Angels' first game in Minnesota's new $522-million open-air stadium, and after taking a tour of the facility the Angels right fielder declared, "This place is awesome!" Hunter, who played nine years for the Twins in the dingy and sparsely appointed Metrodome, loved the limestone exterior and interior accents, the playing surface, the seating configurations and the giant video board.

When the Angels placed outfielder Torii Hunter on baseball's restricted list, it focused attention on a rarely used vehicle available to clubs in the major leagues. Unlike the more commonly used disabled list, which is used for injuries and requires a player to sit out a specified minimum number of days, the restricted list offers the broadest and most flexible option for a team and player. "It's meant to be a convenience for both the club and the player — the club not to play short-handed and the player to tend to his circumstances," MLB spokesman Mike Teevan said.

When the Angels placed outfielder Torii Hunter on baseball's restricted list, it focused attention on a rarely used vehicle available to clubs in the major leagues. Unlike the more commonly used disabled list, which is used for injuries and requires a player to sit out a specified minimum number of days, the restricted list offers the broadest and most flexible option for a team and player. "It's meant to be a convenience for both the club and the player — the club not to play short-handed and the player to tend to his circumstances," MLB spokesman Mike Teevan said.

The Angels put All-Star right fielder Torii Hunter on baseball's restricted list Monday after his 17-year-old son's arrest in Prosper, Texas, on suspicion of felony sexual assault of a child. Darius McClinton-Hunter , of McKinney, Texas, was arrested along with four high school classmates after a monthlong investigation, according to Prosper police. McClinton-Hunter and Garrick White , also 17, were arrested as adults, police said, along with three juveniles. No record of charges against McClinton-Hunter could be found on the police website.

A season that started so disappointingly for the Angels was quickly forgotten among the roaring crowd of 27,288 at Angel Stadium on Wednesday night watching Jered Weaver throw the first individual home no-hitter since Nolan Ryan in 1975. Backed by chants of "Weaver, Weaver, Weaver," the 29-year-old right-hander was surrounded by teammates near the mound after Alexi Casilla's deep fly ball to right field was caught by Torii Hunter, giving the Angels a 9-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Whatever mental hangups have clouded the Angels' start, Torii Hunter is immune. The veteran Angels' right fielder struck his third home run in four games Monday, finishing with three runs batted in as the Angels withstood a late rally and defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-3, at Angel Stadium. "I'm trying to get it going, that's all I'm trying to do," Hunter said. The Twins scored all their runs in the eighth inning, forcing starting pitcher C.J. Wilson (3-2) to depart after giving up only three singles and a walk in his first seven innings.

CLEVELAND - If this isn't rock bottom, the Angels can definitely see it from here. A team that can't hit and is stocked with relievers who can't get anyone out found another way to lose Sunday when nine-time Gold Glove-winning right fielder Torii Hunter lost a routine fly ball in the sun, the key play in a 4-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians in Progressive Field. Right-hander Derek Lowe went through the Angels like a chainsaw through kindling, giving up three hits in 72/3 innings, and reliever Vinnie Pestano struck out Howie Kendrick with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to snuff out the Angels' only real threat.

CLEVELAND — Call it the Miracle by the Lake. Angels starter Dan Haren handed a one-run lead to a struggling bullpen after throwing eight superb innings against the Cleveland Indians on Saturday, and nothing bad happened. There were no rockets to the gap or screaming drives over the wall, no wild walk-off celebrations like the ones that doomed the Angels the previous two days, no heart palpitations in the Angels dugout. Heck, new closer Scott Downs was so efficient during a one-two-three ninth inning that sealed a 2-1 Angels victory in Progressive Field that there was no time for his teammates' blood pressure to spike or for fans watching the game back home to shield their eyes from the television.

Angels right fielder Torii Hunter had a lengthy closed-door meeting with Manager Mike Scioscia before Thursday night's game against the Oakland Athletics, and among the subjects discussed was mixing in a few starts at designated hitter and an occasional day off to keep the 36-year-old's legs fresh. Hunter, who is batting .279 with a team-leading 13 strikeouts, no home runs and three doubles, said he requested the meeting, but he would not discuss anything else he spoke to Scioscia about.

Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero played the outfield together Tuesday night. They were together again Wednesday undergoing MRI tests at the Orange Imaging Center, not exactly the place the Angels want their Nos. 3 and 4 hitters to be hanging out. Guerrero's visit was expected. The right fielder was pulled from Tuesday night's game in the eighth inning because of a muscle strain in the back of his left knee.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Angels held a lengthy players-only meeting before Thursday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, hardly a surprise considering the friction and frustration in the clubhouse after Wednesday night's 3-2 loss. "We talked about some stuff; I think it helped, but it's hard to say," utility player Mark Trumbo said after Thursday's 4-3 walk-off loss. "One of the things that's kind of going through our head is that, going back to spring training, everyone on the opposing teams said, 'You guys are stacked.' "We put up some good numbers and were hitting well [in Arizona]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Not only are the Angels not hitting, they're not stealing bases, bunting, executing hit-and-run plays and pushing the envelope offensively, all trademarks of Mike Scioscia-managed teams. They're not scratching and clawing or sacrificing themselves enough for the team, and those deficiencies, as well as an inability to hit in the clutch, were evident again Wednesday night in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Tropicana Field. Albert Pujols extended his hitless streak to 19 at-bats over five games, his average falling to .222, and his homerless string to 72 at-bats over 18 games, as the Angels dropped to 6-12 and fell 81/2 games behind Texas in the American League West.