Vladimir Guerrero

From AP- Reliever Fernando Rodney signed a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels yesterday. The 32-year-old right-hander spent his first seven major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, including the last two years as their closer. He converted 37 of 38 save opportunities last season, pitching a career-best 75[0xb7] innings. Rodney is a very good [...]  

The Los Angeles Angels went from one aging designated hitter to another on Wednesday, finalizing a US$6 million, one-year contract with World Series MVP Hideki Matsui that all but signals the end of the Vladimir Guerrero era.  

Most of the articles I've published about the Yankees' offseason plans have been based off newspaper articles and rumors written on baseball Web sites. This will be my first article making a possible suggestion about a player the Yankees haven't looked into yet. Before, I had written about the Yankees talking to Nick Johnson about possibly being the team's designated hitter for 2010. While that is happening, the Yankees are still looking into...  

Bad news today for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. As first reported by ESPN.com’s Jorge Arangure Jr., Angels relief pitcher Jose Arredondo will undergo Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2010 season. Arredondo will have the surgery in January. This is just another blow to a once powerful Angels bullpen. If there was one thing you could count on in baseball from year to year, it was that the Angels would have a rock-solid bullpen...  

by Ed PriceFiled under: Angels, MLB AwardsAs much for keeping the Angels together through the death of pitcher Nick Adenhart and a rash of early-season pitching injuries as for winning the AL West, Mike Scioscia on was named American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Wednesday. Scioscia earned 15 of 28 first-place votes. Runner-up Ron Gardenhire of the Twins got six first-place votes. Joe Girardi of...  

  Roy Halladay's pitch hand is strong. So strong, in fact, he's got practically every team in the Majors falling all over themselves to make sure it belongs to them.  Top prospects, proven starters, first born children—all being offered up like sacrificial lambs to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Halladay's unique services, but one team has emerged as a potential front-runner. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim worked their little wings...  

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - SALT LAKE CITY (December 9, 2009) – The Salt Lake Bees and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announced today that the organizations have signed a two-year Player Development Contract (PDC) extension that will keep the Bees . . .  

Travelling to the left coast for our latest Hot Stove League case, we learn that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (formerly known as the Anaheim Angels, the California Angeles, and the Los Angeles Angels), filed an opposition to registration of the mark IBIZA ANGELS in the design for shown below, for clothing, beauty care retail services, entertainment services (personal appearances by models), and beauty salon services. Unfortunately, the...  

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Indianapolis, IN – The Cedar Rapids Kernels continue the run of the longest affiliation in the Midwest League as today, at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, IN, they signed a two year Player Development Contract extension with . . .  

The hot stove is hot! Jakarta at noon hot! The latest Yankee-related rumor bums me out. Word is Hideki Matsui is heading to Anaheim. This means the Vladimir Guerrero era is over in Anaheim. Hmm, quick thought: Would Vlad be a match for the Yanks?  

Farewell, Edward Woodward. Hello Whicker, man. For now the Angels have Matsui, a perfectly fine DH who probably will outperform the 2009 Vladimir Guerrero, if he holds up physically. Lumbering around in left field, as both Matsui and Scioscia were speculating, might be pushing it. The leadoff man, Scioscia repeated, will be either Aybar or Maicer Izturis and not Abreu. The lineup again will be organic, and will shift according to who’s...  

Hideki takes special pride in being a complete player—at the plate and in the outfield—and from the start of negotiations, the Angels made every effort to accommodate him. On Sunday, during a meeting with team officials at my home, manager Mike Scioscia offered Hideki the chance to show that he can still play the field. Hideki is a longtime fan of Scioscia, and the lunch cemented his desire to play for him. Scioscia’s current plan is to have...  

More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP 3 months ago: Los Angeles Angels pitcher Trevor Bell throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during second-inning AL baseball game action in Toronto on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Darren Calabrese...  

Now working on the Los Angeles Angels. Preliminary player list after the jump. Who am I missing? Los Angeles Angels 39 players   Alexia Amarista    2B Jon Bachanov       RHP Dillon Baird       1B Trevor Bell        RHP Josh Blanco        LHP Buddy Boshiers     LHP Peter Bourjos      OF Ryan Chaffee       RHP Tyler Chatwood     RHP Hank Conger        C Pat Corbin         LHP Terry Evans        OF Rolando Gomez      SS Randal Grichuk     OF...  

Baseball Mike Scioscia , who kept the Los Angeles Angels moving forward after pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident in April, won the AL Manager of the Year award yesterday for the second time. Jim Tracy of Colorado was selected for the NL honor. Tracy, who was promoted from bench coach after Clint Hurdle was fired in ...