Vladimir Guerrero is a year older but not a year wiser. The Angels’ slugger inadvertently revealed Friday that he is 34 years old, not 33, as listed in the team’s media guide. The discrepancy was discovered by Yahoo! Sports columnist Tim Brown, who, as part of an interview for a story on Guerrero, asked the outfielder to respond to a quote from Manager Mike Scioscia.

From pinstripes to Los Angeles… but Bobby Abreu won’t be reunited with Joe Torre. Rather, he will be playing for the Angels - likely on a one-year contract… which is really ideal for the Angels. Any time you can sign a great hitter and keep him motivated by the all-valuable “contract year” - you must be happy.

The Angels lost Francisco Rodriguez this winter to the New York Mets…
But just replaced KRod with Brian Fuentes with a two year, $17.5 million deal.
The specifics on the Brian Fuentes deal are $8.5MM in ‘09, $9MM in ‘10, and a $9MM vesting option for ‘11 based on games finished / saves.
The Colorado Rockies will receive [...]

So what the hell exactly happened? Here’s a quick run down:
- The Yankees win Mark Teixeira’s services for 8 years, $180,000,000
- That’s the third major free agent acquisition for the Yankees
- The Red Sox offered $168,000,000 - $12m short
- The Red Sox were the supposed front runners going in the bargaining… but apparently lost out [...]

In a year which the Yankees have revamped the first two slots in their rotation for $243.5 million, things just got a lot more expensive. Sources are reporting that Mark Teixeira, the best offensive weapon on the 2008-09 market has agreed to terms with the Yanks. It appears to be an 8-year, $180 million contract. As [...]

The Angels have offered an eight-year contract to Mark Teixeira, general manager Tony Reagins said Friday night. The contract would be the longest and richest in club history. The value could almost double the previous club record, the $90 million guaranteed last year to Torii Hunter. Reagins declined to provide the value of Teixeira’s offer. [...]