Angels Sign Torii Hunter - 5 years $80M

[stormstarter28]

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does this mean Willits is going to be a Marlin?

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Yes.

[curtis012]

espn says 5 Years $90M.

[ajmargarine]

I love being a Twins fan who couldn't afford this deal. My gut says he's going to be pretty pathetic the last couple years of this deal. And I hope Angels fans don't expect him to perform next year like he did this past year, his career year. And lol at this being the bat to put behind Vlad to protect him.

[yellowdoyle]

QFT

[moorobot]

Are the Angels just insane? This deal is only arguably not insane if the team has a gaping hole in CF and there are no other options...and the Angels have 2 CFs and there are several free agents that are approximately as good of bets as hunter unsigned.

[kolotoure]

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I love being a Twins fan who couldn't afford this deal. My gut says he's going to be pretty pathetic the last couple years of this deal. And I hope Angels fans don't expect him to perform next year like he did this past year, his career year. And lol at this being the bat to put behind Vlad to protect him.

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pretty obvious they don't think this

[yellowdoyle]

Does Juan Rivera just suck or what? This may make sense if the Angels plan on shipping GMJ + others for another player, but I don't know otherwise.

[Dynasty]

The Angels must be plannning to have Anderson and Guerrero spend about 1/2 their time at DH. I think Matthews will be moving mostly between LF and RF while the big hitters stay healthy in the DH slot.

[Suigin406]

lol, nice job addressing a position of need

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

ive noticed in baseball guys seem to put nice numbers before they become a free agent. hunter and posada are probably both juiced hoping to land a big deal this.