Among the reasons given in defense of the front office over what many, including myself, have deemed a rather disappointing off-season is that the budget didn’t allow us to add a player like Matt Holliday lest we be unable to sign players like Howie Kendrick or Eric Aybar in the future. While I understand the reasoning behind this, I believe there is a part of the equation people are leaving out, on both sides: Spending the money WISELY.
The debacle that was our CF for years is the perfect example of how not spending money wisely can come back to bite [...]

While it is still only early February, enough significant moves have been made this off-season that we can piece together a pretty fair picture of how the Angels fared, and what we have to look forward to (or dread) during the coming season. When Chan Ho Park, Jarrod Washburn, and Felipe Lopez are among ESPN’s top 10 free agents left on the market, it’s safe to say the truly significant signings are behind us now. With that in mind, we can look to who the Angels gained, who they lost, and what this off-season means for the 2010 baseball season.
Unfortunately, [...]