It’s Nice Being An Anaheim Angels Baseball Fan…
November 13th, 2008Today in an article printed in the The Los Angeles Times, Angels baseball owner Arte Moreno basically said that if the Anaheim Angels cannot pick up free agent Mark Teixera that he would be interested in signing Manny Ramirez...
Personally this is where I think Manny Ramirez will end up... playing for the Anaheim Angels. It's estimated that whoever ends up signing Mark Teixera will end up paying somewhere in the $200 million dollar range over several years and as committed as the Angels are to winning i think team like the Yankees, Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles will all be willing to throw a little more money at him.
Arte Moreno is a good, smart owner and I don't think he's looking to sign someone to an Arod like contract and that's what Mark Teixera is going to get with Scott Boras working for him. Mark Teixera is one of the great young hitters in the game but I saw himtaking too many walks in the post-season for someone who's asking for a $20 mil a year contract. At 20 Mil a year you better be hitting the ball out of the park come playoff time and not looking for walks and basehits. That's what the other guys do so that they can get you to the plate!
By contrast Manny Ramirez was driving the ball over the park for the Dodgers this past season and he would only cost the Anaheim Angels about $100 million or half of what Teixera is probably looking for. And we already know that Manny Ramirez likes it here in Southern California.
Can you imagine Vlad Guerrero and Manny Ramirez hitting back to back?
Despite all of that the Angels have openly stated that their primary goals this off-season were to resign Mark Teixera and sign pitcher C.C. Sabathia... and that's why it's nice being an Anaheim Angels baseball fan.
Frankie Rodriguez Not Coming Back?
Frankie Rodriguez who is looking for a 4-5 year contract at $15 million a year probably won't be coming back to Angels baseball if the numbers on the contract he's looking for don't change.
That's a good decision. You don't pay a closer that much money especially one that pitched as much as Rodriguez did last season and one that couldn't win the big games in the playoffs when it counted.
Anaheim Angels Player Option
The Angels picked up the club options of John Lackey and Vlad Guerrero but did not pick up the option of Garret Anderson. The Angels said they were open to resigning Garret Anderson but not at his current salary and with their cluttered outfield. Right now the Angels have signed through next year: Vlad Guerrero, Torii Hunter, Gary Matthews and Reggie Willits in the outfield and with Vladdy probably needing more and more time in the DH spot.
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