The struggling Los Angeles Angels have released Bobby Abreu, Bill Shaikin of the LA Times reports.
Abreu was set to make $9mm in the final year of a three-year $27mm deal (last year was a vesting option that vested with 550 plate appearances in 2011). Abreu had recorded on five hits in 27 plate appearances this [...]
04/28/12
Torii Hunter is in the final year of a five-year $90mm deal he signed with the Angels prior to the 2008 season. Since signing the deal with the Angels, he has not only brought leadership and a veteran presence to the clubhouse, but a .279 avg, .349 OBP and .465 SLG while hitting 89 home [...]
03/09/12
Los Angeles Angels outfielder, Torii Hunter, is considering retirement after the 2012 season according to Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Hunter told Souhan that injuries and an early season slump led him to contemplate his future.
He added that if he didn’t retire with the Angels, he would consider finishing his career with the [...]
09/04/11
Parents can agree that friends have the most influence on their children, so with that said, you would think that Torii Hunter had his way with his buddy Carl Crawford in persuading him to move to Los Angeles. However, that wasn’t the case this winter.
Unexpected move #2
Carl Crawford signing with the Red Sox: It was [...]
12/28/10
Here is a running list for all the Carl Crawford rumors you can handle.
DAY #3
– Buster Olney of ESPN.com confirms that the Yankees and Crawford met for an extended period of time.
–Buster Olney of ESPN.com tweeted that Yankees maybe prepared to move onto Plan B before waiting for option A (Cliff Lee) to work out. [...]
12/08/10
The Philadelphia Phillies are apparently looking for a right handed bat to platoon in right field with Dominic Brown. According to Los Angeles Times’ Mike DiGiovanna, the Phillies have expressed interest in the Angels’ Juan Rivera.
Rivera’s playing time dropped after the Angels called up Peter Bourjos and moved Torii Hunter from center field [...]
12/07/10
At last weeks GM meetings, the Angels’ GM, Tony Reagins was very hush hush on the teams desire to sign Carl Crawford. “I don’t think that’s an appropriate comment to make in the media,” Reagins said. “We’re out there talking to a number of people, and we continue to do that [...]
11/21/10
When Los Angeles Angels GM Tony Reagins was asked about free agent Carl Crawford, the GM tried to deflect the subject, according to MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince.
“I don’t think that’s an appropriate comment to make in the media,” Reagins said. “We’re out there talking to a number of people, and we continue to do [...]
11/18/10
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter is predicting that the Halos and the Boston Red Sox will be the finalists to sign his friend and free agent Carl Crawford, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Bill Shaikin.
“The Yankees are not going to go after him,” Hunter said. “They’ve got Cliff Lee. Boston might be the [...]
11/11/10
According to The Orange County Register’s Bill Plunkett, indications are that Los Angeles Angels’ owner Arte Moreno will be willing to increase the payroll for 2011 despite losing money this past season.
The Angels’ payroll for next year is expected to be about $120 million as is with $81 million committed to nine players (Torii Hunter, [...]
10/05/10