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 More Angels NewsIn two years, the Angels could have an infield of Kotchman at first, Kendrick at second, Wood or Aybar at short, McPherson at third, Mathis behind the plate and Morales at DH. None would cost more than $1 million. That would free up resources to sign Vladimir Guerrero and perhaps Bartolo Colon and Kelvim Escobar to extensions. There would be plenty of money to pursue another free-agent slugger or a top pitcher such as Oakland left-hander Barry Zito, who will be a free agent next winter. And wouldn't that be the ultimate knife-twister for Beane, to lose his ace to a division rival, in part because the Angels did such a good job of developing young players they had the wherewithal to sign Zito? "I've seen enough of those guys to wish they'd go away," Beane said of the Angel prospects. "Unfortunately, I'll see more of them over the next 10 years than I care to see. They're not going to be just good. They're going to be real good." |
