Reports surfaced Tuesday that the Los Angeles Angels have come to an agreement with free agent Outfielder, Bobby Abreu. The deal is believed to be a 1 year contract for 5 million dollars, with incentives the deal could reach up to 8 million dollars. Obviously, with the loss of Mark Teixeira and Garret Anderson, the team needed to add another impact bat to slide in between Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter. The Angels are a team built to win now. With an extremely strong pitching staff, the signing of Abreu should provide them with just enough offense to stay on top of the AL West.
While Abreu has never been the biggest star, or the most well known name, he has been one of the most consistent players in the Majors over the course of his 13 year career. He has put together 8 seasons of over 100 runs and walks and 7 seasons of over 100 RBIs. Also he is one of three players in the history of the game to have 200 Home Runs, 300 stolen bases with a .400 on-base percentage. The other two, 2008 1st Ballot Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson and All-time Home Run King Barry Bonds.
At 35 years of age and entering the latter part of his career, Abreu has still been one of the most productive players in baseball. His statistical averages over the last 3 seasons have ranked in the top 25 in baseball in several key categories. He’s ranked 8th in BB (94), 12th in Runs (107), 14th in 2Bs (40), 15th in Stolen Bases (26), 17th in OBP (.387), 20th in RBIs (103), and 25th in Hits (171). Not only that he has also averaged 157 games played over the last 3 seasons. This is a great signing for the Angels, that should greatly increase their chances of playing some important games come October.
-Robb Lennahan
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