ANAHEIM -- The Angels' schedule is plastered along one of their clubhouse walls, with game-used baseballs bolted on top of every game they've won. David Freese glanced at it Tuesday afternoon and was asked about returning from the disabled list on Monday, when the team begins a seven-game homestand against the White Sox and Blue Jays.
"Oh I think it can be sooner than that," Freese said.
The veteran third baseman doesn't want to set a firm return date, but he's nearly two weeks into rehabbing a fractured right index finger he hoped would keep him for about three weeks.