Editing Kelly Gruber (section)

==Later career==
Gruber was traded to the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] for [[Luis Sojo]] in December 1992.<ref name=LAT/> Soon after his arrival, Gruber announced that he had bulging discs in his neck.<ref name="Foster">{{cite news|last1=Foster|first1=Chris|title=Gruber takes turn for worse: Continuing neck and shoulder problems will sideline the third baseman|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-03-sp-9652-story.html|access-date=September 10, 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 3, 1993}}</ref> Just over two months after the trade, Gruber had shoulder surgery to repair a rotator cuff tear. Gruber was expected to be sidelined for at least eight weeks. Angels manager [[Buck Rodgers]] was angered over the news of Gruber's surgery; he felt that the Blue Jays must have known about the extent of Gruber's injury before they traded him. Rodgers said that [[Rene Gonzales]] would be the team's third baseman that year.<ref name="LAT">{{cite news|last1=Nightengale|first1=Bob|title=Rodgers Is incensed by Gruber's surgery: Angels manager decries trade after third baseman undergoes rotator-cuff operation|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-17-sp-193-story.html|access-date=September 10, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 17, 1993}}</ref>

Gruber returned to action in June, but after playing in only 18 games, Gruber went back on the [[disabled list]] with continued neck and shoulder problems the next month.<ref name=Foster/> In September, the team placed Gruber on waivers. He was owed $4 million for the 1993 season, but the Blue Jays agreed to pay $1.7 million of that total.<ref name="Waivers">{{cite news|title=Gruber is put on waivers, then Angels lose to Tigers|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-08-sp-32940-story.html|access-date=September 10, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 8, 1993}}</ref>