Angels, Fuentes agree to deal

Angels, Fuentes agree to deal

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels might have found their new closer.

The Angels and left-hander Brian Fuentes agreed to a two-year, $17.5 million contract. The contract includes a club option for the 2011 season.

Fuentes will $8.5 million for 2009 and $9 million for 2010, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. The contract includes a $9 million vesting option for 2011, based on games finished.

Fuentes, 33, saved 30 games for the Colorado Rockies last season with a 2.73 ERA in 62 2/3 innings.

Francisco Rodriguez, the Angels' closer last season who saved a major league-record 62 games, signed a three-year, $37 million contract earlier this month with the New York Mets.

I would have bet Jose Arredondo was going to be their closer in 2009. St. Louis Cardinals feel asleep on this one.

Now if the Tigers can get their head out of their .... and get a good closer!