Seems Final, Abreu to Angels

The deal is for 1 year $5m with incentives. That is, give or take 3 years and $43m, exactly what Abreu wanted this offseason.

Aging, in this case 35, outfielders that would be better of dhing really have had it hard this year. I don't want to say the Angels know what they're doing this offseason necessarily, but at some point the price was going to be too low not to get a guy like Abreu.

Abreu has his faults like I said before (can't field, wrong side of 30, declining obp skills) but he can still hit and $5m is basically what 1 win costs, and Abreu is sure to give you at least that, most likely double or more.

The Angels now have Abreu, Vlad, Gary Matthews Jr., Juan Rivera, and Torii Hunter in their outfield. Hunter is cemented at center, but he's hardly the fielder he used to be with UZR in the negatives the last 3 years. Abreu, Vlad, Matthews Jr., and Rivera all will fight for corner outfield spots and DH duty. There is also Brandon Wood who has kind of been around for a while but is still young and needs to play if the Angels want to see what he can do. So yea Abreu is a good signing, he can't hurt the Angels, and if he bats over Rivera or Matthews Jr. he'll help a bit, but he's not a significant upgrade. They upgraded the easiest position to upgrade, and a position of strength. Don't let this fool you as anything equal to what they've lost in free agency, it's not even close.