This is the Vernon Wells I've been waiting for.

I was and still am as skeptical as the next guy about the Vernon Wells signing.  As as optimistic as I tried to be about the deal, the contract was still a too big of a burden to bear and cost one position player to many when the deal was made.  And what a miserable April and May Vernon had.  Just when it looked like he was about to get hot, he gets hurt.

Tony Reagins looked like some kind of jerk, Arte says to the media "Don't spend anymore of my money!"  And it looked like the Angels might become sellers.  

Not so fast pessimists.  Vernon Wells is starting to come around.  Is he worth the contract he's getting paid, hell no.  But is he helping this team win... he's starting too.  It just took him two months to get ready.  In the last month, Wells has been hitting .288, 13 Runs off 21 hits, a double and 6 dingers.  Grab your magnifying glass, because in the past 14 days Vernon hit the ball 15 times with 48 at bats, with 7 Runs, 1 double, 4 Homers, 10 RBI and batting .313.  Is VW heating up?  He's certainly going the right direction.  Vladimir Guerrero was notorious for starting late, maybe VW does to.  I'm no stat guy, but can anyone tell me if this is typical of Wells?  

Either way, with Wells' bat becoming more productive this team can only get better.  His performance will start to impact the entire line up, winning is contagious and so is hitting.

Go Halos