Either way, I would only give up those packages for Wright or Zimmerman if I could sign them to a longer-term deal first as both are under team control for just two more years. As such, the Angels might have to replace Trumbo with Hank Conger. Why not a Bourjos and Trumbo deal for Zimmerman? The Mets have Ike Davis and Sandy Alderson and Paul DePodesta aren't likely to be interested in Trumbo's low OBP. The Nats have been linked to him, too, and have indicated a desire to shore up center field and first base. The Mets are reportedly interested in Bourjos. Where am I going with this? Well, I wouldn't rule out going after David Wright or Ryan Zimmerman.

In addition, the Halos can easily move Peter Bourjos, if need be, plus Bobby Abreu (if they agree to eat at least half of his contract) and either Alberto Callaspo or Maicer Izturis. At a minimum, they have freed up Mark Trumbo and possibly Ervin Santana. Therefore, it says here that Arte Moreno and Jerry DiPoto will pull off at least one more headline signing or trade before spring training. Wilson ( 5/$77.5M), the Angels actually have more flexibility than they did yesterday. Ironically, after signing Pujols and C.J. But that's the risk the Angels had to take to acquire the greatest right-handed hitter of the past 80 years, if not ever. Pujols may not earn his keep during the second half of the contract unless baseball salaries inflate significantly between now and then. In other words, I believe he is basically the same player today as he was perceived a year ago. I mean, wasn't the consensus calling for as much as an 8 x 25-30M deal as recently as last winter? Sure, Albert's numbers fell off a tad this year but he put together an outstanding second half and postseason. If one thinks about it as I suggested above, the Angels can easily justify the first five seasons. I think he will give the Angels five very good-to-great seasons for a 1B and five average-to-good seasons for a 1B/DH. Pujols turns 32 in January so the Angels just signed him to a 10-year deal with a no trade clause for his age 32-41 year-old seasons. Sure, 5x25 and 5x15 might be closer to what Pujols is likely to produce in terms of value but an aggregate of $200 million was going to come up short of luring the three-time NL MVP to Orange County. That's right, 5x30 and 5x20 for an average of 10x25. As such, the way to think about this signing from an Angels' perspective is to break it into two five-year periods. While I would have preferred a shorter and less expensive contract, anything under ten years and $250 million was not going to seal the deal. The news that the Los Angeles Angels signed Albert Pujols to a ten-year contract for $250 million has motivated me to put up my first post in a month. Patrick Sullivan (Study of NYY CF/BOS LF)īob Klapisch (The Case for Bert Blyleven) Mark Armour (Rise/Fall of Artificial Turf)ĭavid Appelman (Pitchers, Pitch by Pitch) Rybarczyk ('09 Hit Tracker Projections)Ĭraig Calcaterra (Frivolity, Part I, Part II)ĭan Levitt (Empirical Analysis of Bunting)

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