Teixeira Headed to Angels?

The Angels blasted the Colorado Rockies on Monday with a 12-3 victory, the club collected 20 hits including their first spring home runs.Catcher Jeff Mathis launched two in his first two plate apperances and the Angels got another from Brandon Wood. Wood had an extremely impressive day going 3-4 with a single, double, home run and three RBI. 2006's 23rd overall pick is the topic of discussion in

Why Cleveland Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro should take a chance this off-season and make a run at Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez.

Mike DiGiovanna reports Angels owner Arte Moreno had two trades for Miguel Cabrera nixed when the Marlins backed out. Moreno also says the Marlins have been dealing the same way with the Dodgers. As an aside, DiGiovanna has again reiterated that the Angels do not want to deal 3B Brandon Wood. ...

Why is Brandon Wood not a candidate for first base? For some reason, I never hear this mentioned. I guess it?s because Kendry Morales is a switch hitter, so there?s really no need to platoon him, but Wood seems a good fit so long as the Angels have four other players battling for the jobs [...]

Today I will cover some of 2008's top prospects, as a continuation of the last time we checked in, covering Cincinnati Reds prospect Jay Bruce, Los Angeles Angels prospect Brandon Wood, Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Clayton Kershaw and St. Louis Cardinals prospect Colby Rasmus.

By Chuck Richter -Senior Editor Angelswin.com Read into this as little or as much as you want. I was told by my sources that the Orioles have an offer into the Angels that would net them Brandon Wood and Joe Saunders for their best player, Miguel Tejada. The ball is in the Angels court. The winter meetings are ahead and while the Angels 1st option is the other Miguel from...

By Chuck Richter - Angelswin.com Senior Editor Now that we forget about Pay-Rod's 50 Hr's in Anaheim, is Plan B or perhaps to Tony Reagins in Co., Plan A in full force? The Angels and Dodgers are said to be the leading destinations for power hitting 3B Miguel Cabrera from the Florida Marlins in a trade that would have to include Howie Kendrick and at least Nick Adenhart...

By Chuck Richter - Senior Editor Angelswin.com According to a Marlins source, Florida wants what the Angels have in a catcher (Jeff Mathis) who they're high on and a centerfielder (Reggie Willits). Even though he could still be a part of a packaged deal to Florida, it's worth noting that this source did not mention Howie Kendrick's name, but that they would be more interested...

In theory, I'm going to try to write one of these for each of the eight playoff teams; we'll see how that goes. In order to space them out a bit, and avoid writing 8,000 words in 48 hours, I'm going to start now with the Angels, who could clinch the AL West as soon as late Tuesday evening. The Red Sox will probably be next, as the current odds put their chances of missing the postseason...