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I'd still consider him a tweener at this point.
I still think a move to a setup man role is in his future, as the rotation becomes more settled.

Arte Moreno for years seemingly ran the team like his billboard business, immediate bang for the buck with NO eye towards a long term future.

On the bright side, in about 19 months about $60 million will have been purged from AAV payroll.

Over the last 15 years, it seems the Angels seem to have an unusual proportion of dead money.  And considering under $10 million is 5th place.  I think for at least 2/3 of the 15 years, we are probably top 5.
 
Just looking back at Cots, they only go back to 2009.
2009 none
2010 GMJ Spier $16.15 mil
2011 GMJ $11.4 million
2012 none
2013 Wells $9.5 million
2014 Wells Blanton $26.1 million
2015 none
 
Note, this is just opening day dumps.  Not during the season dumps.  Hamilton is considered to cot's to be after the season.  But that's $24 million.  Also, I know pre 2009, we had Appier at least. 

Winning a post-season game (none since 2009) would be nice.

Angels
Jered Weaver ®



 

Cubs
Pierce Johnson ®






 
1. Yunel Escobar ® 3B
2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF
3. Mike Trout ® CF
4. C.J. Cron ® 1B
5. Andrelton Simmons ® DH
6. Cliff Pennington (S) SS
7. Carlos Perez ® C
8. Craig Gentry ® LF
9. Sherman Johnson (L) 2B




 
1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B
3. Jason Heyward (L) RF
4. Javier Baez ® 1B
5. Shane Victorino ® DH
6. Addison Russell ® SS
7. Tommy La Stella (L) 3B
8. David Ross ® C
9. Fernando Perez ® LF
 
Nice to see Joe Maddon brings back the good memories!