Josh Hamilton Is Heading To The Angels For Five Years, $125 Million

This signing makes the Angels have an outstanding amount big-name players and talent: Hamilton, Pujols, Mike Trout, Zach Greinke (whom they just signed a few days ago), Vernon Wells, Mark Trumbo, Jered Weaver, and C.J. Wilson. With Hamilton’s addition, I’m thinking that Trumbo could possibly be traded.

It was reported earlier in the off-season that Hamilton was seeking a seven-year contract worth $175 million. He got a five year deal instead of a seven, but he still got his wish of getting paid $25 million a year. Back when that report came out, I wrote the following:

“I think it would be best for a team to offer Hamilton a four-year contract worth $100 million …”