Torii Hunter Signs With Angels

All I can say is wow. I guess Matthews moves to LF?

Happy Thanksgiving White Sox fans. If the Angels win the Miguel Cabrera sweepstake, they should be the favorit to win the AL pennant.

Does this seem like a signing partially to cover up for the mistake of Gary Matthews Jr.'s contract? With that roster, at best Matthews is going to platoon between OF and DH with Anderson. Maybe they're anticipating something nasty coming out about Matthews in the Mitchell Report.

cachhubguy,
As much as I am a Red Sox fan, I regret to say, if the Angels acquire Cabrera, they will be the favorite. Hands down.
HOWEVER, I don't see them grabbing Cabrera. So I'm not at all concerned. I see the Dodgers grabbing him. If they don't, then the Giants will. But seeing how the Red Sox have signed Lowell and the Yankees are close to signing Arod, I don't see either of these teams grabbing him.
But anyways...
Hunter mow adds to the Angels strong outfield. He offers gold glove-caliber fielding and a steady bat. I'm still surprised that the Angels actrually signed him though...

i have an uneasy feeling about this trade being a cubs fan . this smells like hendry . i pray one of the reasons he was in californa was not for making a trade for gary mathews jr .chone figgins is a guy i have been wanting the cubs to trade for the last two years and that won't happen unless the angels need to trim some of the money down for cabrera . the cubs now have three shortstops and are in the hunt for a switch hitter .

I cant believe Angels fans are griping about this. The Outfield situation will be resolved (they wont start opening day with 6/7 outfielders) and Vlad now has protection in that line-up.

The Cubs should trade for Juan Rivera to play rightfield. He is a pretty good hitter (he would hit 6th or 7th) and he can play capable defense i think. Probably wouldn't that take much to get him.

rivera is right handed and only hit a few homers . hendry is in love with speed, power and versitility . (aren't we all ) hendry would be looking at mathews and a left handed hitter for the infield . i can't see the angels trading both figgins and mathews unless the angels are stock piling on youngsters to land willis as well with cabrera .

Cub Fan you could solve are problem with one deal, Willits and Juan Rivera and we got all or problems done with 1 extra of insted of 3

On thing rivera did was have a great year in 2006 he had caarer highs in every offensive catergory and he was are protection for vlady but he got hurt what can you do?

hendry was after gary mathews jr two years ago when he picked up pierre . hendry woulkd indeed trade for mathews because , 1 he played for the cubs before and so did his father , 2 he is a switch hitter , 3 hendry is an idiot .

This will have interesting ramifications on the SP trade market. The A's will likely dismantle, meaning Blanton and Haren should be in the mix, but the Angels could now also pursue another ace with the talent they have. I have a feeling they'll still look for another bat, but they're certainly not eliminated from the discussion, which gives the selling teams more leverage.

I am suprised people are trashing the Angels. They are primed to trade for Cabrera and have a good lineup/great rotation/good bullpen. If they trade for Cabrera, The Angels are a top 3 team in all of baseball (top 5 teams in baseball are in the AL anyway)

what else do you want a Rangers fan to do...love them??? LMAO

I wouldn't trash the Angels - I think they've got a hell of a team that just got better. At the moment they have an overabundance of high-priced OF, though, and too many SP as well. IF they spin that excess into prospects - or Miguel cabrera - then I'll be kind of scared of them, actually. If they got Cabrera they're definitely going to run roughshod over the AL in 2008. Of course, at that point their payroll is going to rival the Red Sox unless they unload Anderson or Matthews Jr.

Figgins to the Braves for prospects, some of those prospects, Wood, Willits, and Saunders to the Marlins for Cabrera?

I think its an OK signing if they trade some of their abundance of OF and pitching to get a bat like Cabrera.

now the angels are in perfect shape to trade prospects plus an outfielder who can play center to the marlins foe cabrera---- whos playing shortstop for the angels next year????

According to what I've read, Hunter will be the constant in CF, and Vlad, Anderson, and Matthews Jr. will share LF, RF, and DH, and get their ABs. There was no word on what happens to Rivera or Willits, so perhaps as some speculated above, they could be trading chips.

Given that Vlad has been known to be a bit poor in his routes to balls plus his bad back problems from before, maybe this is the first move towards making him a DH.

If anyone knocks Kotchman's 119 OPS+ and superb defense to the bench, that's just nuts. I honestly don't think any of those guys at this point are better than Kotchman. But, if the Angels really view him as such, I think the Yankees would gladly take his roster-filling person.

Scratch that last deal.

Adenhart, Kendrick, Wood, Willits, Mathis for Cabrera.

Figgins will then be traded for some bullpen help.

Hey Barroid Bonds I have a litte problem with your deal the deal you made is way to much for just Miggy Cabrera and before they trade away jeff mathis they must find a back up veteren catcher. Also Barroid Bonds the Angels would only make that trade if the D-Train is in that deal. Figgins in the other hand is my favorite player in the team if he is traded their style of play will be gone cuz there wouldn't be anyone fast to steal bases cuz they don't have O.C, Willits, Figgins, and etc.