PT TODAY: Valbuena gets boost with Cozart injury

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Angels | Zack Cozart to undergo surgery
Los Angeles Angels INF Zack Cozart (shoulder) will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The club gave no timeline for his recovery but he is expected to miss the rest of the season.  Source: The Orange County Register - Jeff Fletcher
 
BHQ take: The wheels are falling off quickly in Anaheim. Luis Valbuena becomes the most-of-the-time 3B for now, though his inability to hit LHP (career .215 BA) caps his upside from here. Jefry Marte and David Fletcher as Valbuena’s potential platoon partners vR get a little more interesting, at least from an...

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