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| Height: 6-3
Weight: 215
Throws: L
Bats: L Born: Feb 22, 1983, St. Petersburg, FL Contract: Signed through 2008 |
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| September 13, 2008 Casey Kotchman went 2-for-4 in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Mets in the bottom half of the doubleheader. Both of his hits were singles. |
| September 1, 2008 Casey Kotchman, who had missed the past 11 days while tending to his ailing mother, has been activated from the list, according to the Miami Herald. |
| August 27, 2008 Braves have moved Casey Kotchman from the bereavement list to the restricted list. |
| August 23, 2008 Casey Kotchman missed his third game Friday while on the bereavement list to attend to his ailing mother, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His mother is hospitalized with an undisclosed medical condition in St. Petersburg, Florida, and manager Bobby Cox was notified she was in stable condition, but in a lot of pain. Cox added, "Hes really shaken up," and told Kotchman to stay in Florida as long as he needs to. |
| August 20, 2008 Braves first baseman Casey Kotchman was put on the bereavement list by the team as his mother was in the hospital for undisclosed reasons, according to Braves.com. |
| August 13, 2008 Casey Kotchman had a tough day at the plate in Wednesday's 10-2 loss to the Cubs, as he went 0-for-4 with a strikeout, while leaving two men on base. |
| August 7, 2008 Casey Kotchman went 0-for-3 with an RBI as the Braves took down the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4. He is hitting just .152 since he was traded to the Braves. |
| August 1, 2008 Casey Kotchman picked up his first hit since joining the Braves as he went 1-for-3 from the cleanup spot for the club. |
| July 29, 2008 First baseman Casey Kotchman has been sent to the Atlanta Braves as one part of a swap for Mark Teixeira, according to ESPN.com. |
| July 23, 2008 Casey Kotchman had a special outing on Wednesday as he was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate with one run and one RBI. |
| July 13, 2008 Casey Kotchman hit a home run helping the Los Angeles Angels in their ninth inning comeback 4-3 win over the Oakland A's on Sunday afternoon. |
| July 8, 2008 Casey Kotchman is not in tonight's starting lineup after playing 16 straight games. |
| July 4, 2008 With the Angels offense slumping, manager Mike Scioscia has decided to bat Casey Kotchman in the number two hole against right-handed hitters, according to the Orange County Register. |
| June 22, 2008 The Angels completed their interleague series with Philadelphia today, wrapping with a 3-2 win with the bulk of the offensive support coming from first baseman Casey Kotchman. Kotchman went 1-for-3 with a walk and his eighth home run of the season, posting two RBIs and one run scored on the day. |
| June 15, 2008 Casey Kotchman went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, and provided the only scoring in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Braves. |
| May 22, 2008 The Angels suffered the troubling 4-3 loss to Toronto this evening as the offense struggled to perform. First baseman Casey Kotchman was the star of the evening, going 2-for-4 with two singles and a run scored. |
| May 20, 2008 Casey Kotchman remains arguably the Angels most consistent contributor. The first baseman doubled home Torii Hunter with the go-ahead run in the third inning, and the Angels snapped a four-game road losing streak in Toronto. |
| April 30, 2008 Casey Kotchman had another three hits on Wednesday night as he upped his RBI total to 19 for the Angels. |
| April 26, 2008 Casey Kotchman is batting in the cleanup spot for the Angels today, according to MLB.com. The slumping Garret Anderson has dropped to sixth in the order. |
| April 24, 2008 The Angels are impressed with Casey Kotchman's power, according to MLB.com. Batting coach Mickey Hatcher stated, "One thing we preach is not to try to hit home runs. I see him going the other way when pitchers are trying to go the other way. He knows how to turn on it, how to use his hands to get inside a fastball inside. Guys who can stay inside a ball like he does are going to have potential to drive the ball. A lot of parks play to that for a left-handed hitter." Manager Mike Sciosca added, "I think Kotch is getting some pitches to hit and is doing a great job of squaring balls up. I think Kotch's swing is geared toward the line drive, using the whole field. Lately, he's getting some pitches to drive and is not missing them. What you're going to rate offense on is the number of runs you're driving in and scoring. Kotch was very productive last year without hitting a lot of home runs. If home runs come, great. But I don't think it's anything you can force. There's power potential there, but he's so gifted he's got a chance to be a perennial .300 hitter and drive in 100 runs without hitting 25 homers. For a selective hitter, Kotch is pretty aggressive. He's waiting for a ball in his zone, and he'll turn it loose, get his hands inside and put a good swing on it." |
| April 23, 2008 Angels 1B Casey Kotchman continues to swing a hot bat, going 2-for-3 in tonight's 6-4 win over the Boston Red Sox. Kotchman banged out his sixth home run of the season, belting a Craig Hansen offering into the bleachers in the sixth inning with two outs and no one on. |
| April 17, 2008 Casey Kotchman is off to the best start of his young career this season as he has four HR in 58 AB, twice as many home runs as he had in 151 career AB in April entering the season, this according to MLB.com. "He's putting it all together," one scout said. "You could seem him coming on last year. He's got the smooth swing, good eye, and has had enough time to figure out how [opposing pitchers] are going to pitch him. |
| April 12, 2008 Casey Kotchman came up big on Saturday as he went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and three hits overall. |
| April 9, 2008 Casey Kotchman hit his second home run of the season as the Angels defeated the Indians 9-5 on Wednesday. The first baseman is hitting .265 with five runs, two RBI and a stolen base midway through Week 2. |
| March 31, 2008 Casey Kotchman was 3-for-4 with a run scored as the Angels fell a run short to the Twins in both teams season opener. Kotchman is beginning to catch the eye of mixed leaguers. As long as he can stay healthy he should hit for average, power and find plenty of opportunities for RBI in the meat of the Los Angeles batting order. |
| January 19, 2008 Casey Kotchman signed a one-year deal with the Angels Friday, avoiding arbitration. Kotchman saw extended playing time last year, setting career bests with a .296 average, 11 homers and 68 RBI. |