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"We felt it was appropriate, not only [for] the organization, but for the player, to make the move now as opposed to getting down the road in the season and making the move at some point later," general manager Tony Reagins said, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Angels will pay Speier not to pitch for them. He will hit the free agent market, but his former team is still on the hook for the money left on his four-year, $18-million contract. "We just felt, from a baseball standpoint, that this decision at this point, this time, was the right decision to make," Reagins said. "It was something that we talked about for a couple of days now, and we just felt this was the appropriate time." |
The Angels have released struggling reliever Justin Speier, who is still owed $6.5 million.