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Monday, November 15, 2004
Angels have options
The Angels have exercised the 2005 option on Bengie Molina and have declined the option on Ramon Ortiz, making him a free agent.
Not surprising, but I thought there was a small chance the Angels could let Molina walk (with a $100,000 buy-out) and attempt to resign him for substantially less than the $3 million he will be owed. That's over a million more than he made last season, when he was one of the worst everyday hitters in the AL and his defensive contribution deteriorated from gold-glove caliber to simply average. He was slowed by injuries for much of the season, but I wouldn't expect much of an improvement over those numbers next season.
UPDATE: According to this note from ESPN, Ortiz isn't a free agent quite yet, as the Angels could still offer him arbitration. But they won't, so I don't why I even mentioned it...
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