"The Extra 'I' Is For Team!"Torii Hunter signed a 5 year, $90 million contract on Wednesday with the Los Angeles/Anaheim/Oakland/Sacramento/Death Valley Angels, and it seems like a good move. Here's the question I have: Who are you going to play? You have 6-6! outfielders now, with Vlad, Garrett Anderson, Gary Matthews Jr., Reggie Willits, Juan Rivera and now Torii. Torri is automatically the Angels second best positional player, since last year he posted a .297 average, 28 homers, 107 RBIS along with 102 Runs Created, 122 OPS+, and his range was pretty much on par (RP9) with the rest of the league.
Now what do you do with Matthews? You know, the guy you signed last year to "secure" the outfield for years to come, did we forget him? Apparently the Angels are going to have him fill in at DH, and occasionally spell Anderson and Vlad. So now Juan Rivera and Willits are screwed, meaning they will probably be shipped out for either bullpen relief or bench help. Maybe those guys can be shipped, along with a starter, for an infielder with some power as, say, Miggy?
For the Twins, they can sign Santana guilt free, therefor keeping him from the Yankees (DAMN IT!) and probably save the rest for Joe Nathan (who, along with Carlos Pena, is the biggest bargain of the league). It's alright, the Yanks will just have to take either Mauer or Morneau from them instead.
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