L.A. Angels Make CC Sabathia No. 1 Priority?

The Angels announced last week that they will become players in the CC Sabathia sweepstakes. With a rotation already loaded with talent, acquiring Sabathia would make the Halo rotation the best in baseball, hands down. Sabathia would be joining former 19-game winner, and staff ace, John Lackey, 2008 All-Stars Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders, and young Jered Weaver, who won his first 11 Major League decisions just two years ago in a phenomenal rookie campaign. Owner Arte Moreno and now sophomore General Manager Tony Reagins have a history, however short it may be, for playing their hand close to their chest. Just last offseason, the Angels made a play for Gold Glove center fielder Torii Hunter that nobody in baseball saw coming. Talk of extending an offer to Sabathia could just be a ploy to make the New York Yankees over-pay for his services and take them out of the running for first baseman Mark Teixeira. The Yankees also recently traded for Nick Swisher, an all around solid player who can ... (link)