The plan when the Angels acquired David DeJesus from Tampa Bay on July 28 was for him to be part of a two-position platoon, with DeJesus starting in left field and David Murphy at designated hitter against right-handed pitchers and Shane Victorino (left field) and C.J. Cron (DH/first base) starting against left-handers.
Then DeJesus got off to a slow start with his new team, going five for 41 (.122) in his first 15 games. Cron heated up, batting .338 with four homers and nine runs batted in over 20 games going into Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Indians, Murphy regained his stroke, and DeJesus’ playing time evaporated.