Raul Ibanez released

The Angels came up with at least several guys who can hit this season [C.J. Cron, Grant Green, Kole Calhoun and Collin Cowgill] and Ibanez wasn't cutting it - I still would have liked for him to run into a hot streak or two but he was simply a bum with the bat as an Angel.

As good of a teammate he was assumed to be in the Angels' clubhouse - he probably would have been better filling in for Don Baylor as a hitting coach than as an active player taking away at-bats from a young hitter with power potential like Cron.

Raul Ibanez - a rather unimaginative signing for the Angels

He's going to be an frustrating player to watch as a fan even though he is supposed to compliment the Angels lineup and not be the main guy - the best case scenario is that he runs into enough hot streaks during the 2014 season, so it doesn't feel like Angels fans are watching a 42-year old player living on borrowed time.

The worse case scenario is Ibanez is DFA'd by the All-Star break and while his salary [$2.75 million] for the upcoming season isn't extravagant [by MLB standards] - the Angels will have to eat it if Ibanez is another Dave Parker or Steve Finley.