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Friday, October 29, 2004
"Sometimes the strongest message is no message"
The Angels have expressed little interest in retaining Troy Percival:
The Angels have expressed no interest in retaining Troy Percival, and the popular closer expects to play elsewhere next season, the agent for Percival said Thursday.
"Sometimes the strongest message is no message," agent Paul Cohen said.
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Cohen said "four or five" teams contacted him Thursday to express interest in Percival. The Angels rebuffed Percival's interest in a contract extension in spring training and have not spoken with him about a new deal since then, Cohen said.
"He wants to pitch another three or four years," Cohen said. "He's left with no choice but to see what else is out there."
When you look at the back-end of this bullpen, it's hard to justify giving Percival anything above $4 million a year. Even that seems a bit much when you consider that the Angels could split that money and get a pair of decent relief arms.
Good luck to Percival wherever he ends up next year.
UPDATE: The Tribune thinks that the Cubs are a strong possibility.
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