Is Chone Fig'Gone'?

For those of you who drafted Chone Figgins as your primary steals provider in fantasy leagues, let me start by saying, "I'm sorry for your luck". After all, who could have predicted this collapse? In his last two seasons, Chone hit for an average of .290 and .267 with 114 stolen bases. And when he broke two of his fingers in spring training this year, most certainly did not predict that it would cost him a month of the season, his average and all but 3 stolen bases. Now some indications coming out of Los Angeles suggest that his third base job may be all but gone. Eric Aybar who's spent the majority of his time with the club this year at second base filling in for the injured Howie Kendrick has begun taking grounders at third. Aybar played well at second in Kendrick's absence, compiling a .261 average with 11 rbis and a pair of stolen bases (certainly better than Figgins' current .133 batting average).
So where does this leave the fan favourite? Figgins has experience in the outfield, but when one glances at the players the Angels are currently fielding in left, center and right, it's hard to imagine Chone can challenge for more than spot starts in any of those positions. After all Vladi is Vladi, Gary Matthews amid steroid allegations has played extremely solidly, and mister "3 and 2", Reggie Willits has burst on the scene hitting .333 so far this season.
It's unlikely to expect Chone to be phased out of the Angels offense altogether, but don't be surprised if coach Mike Scioscia limits him to spot starts and sharing time with Shea Hillenbrand at DH until he regains his stroke. Afterall, broken fingers or not, Chone's speed and basepath awareness should be there just the same.
So for those of you wondering if it's finally time to give up on the speedster, my advice would be, if you have the roster spot, hold on to him for another week or so to see how Scioscia handles him, (afterall Hillenbrand has not played well thus far), and for those of you with a short bench, it may be time to say goodbye as things are certainly not looking promising.