Bobby Abreu was called in for a closed door meeting with Angels manager Mike Scioscia and general manager Jerry Dipoto this past weekend to explain comments criticizing the team to a Spanish-language publication. Abreu was quoted by the Venezuelan paper 'Lider en Deportes' as saying he didn't put a lot of stock in Scioscia's prediction that he would get 400 plate appearances this season. "I've learned not to have much confidence in these people, but I hope they live up to what they told me," Abreu said. "How long am I going to have to continue proving to people what I am and what I'm able to do?" Scioscia said Abreu's comments "were recycled from a month ago — that's how he explained it. Believe me, it's not an issue." Unhappy with his diminished role, Abreu began camp saying he preferred to be traded if he wasn't going to play every day, comments that got him called into the manager's office in February.