MLB Trade Deadline: Top Five Trades the Angels Missed Out On

Like a kid finding socks beneath the brightly colored wrapping paper on Christmas morning, Angels fans once again felt short-changed on Saturday after baseball's trade deadline passed. Since 2005, it seems Los Angeles has been in the market for another big bat to bolster their lineup. Only once did they succeed. In 2008, Tony Reagins made a splash in his first year as general manager when he landed the highly prized Mark Teixeira for first baseman Casey Kotchman and a minor league pitcher. The move was seen as a bold step, not to make the playoffs, but to get deeper into them. At the time of the acquisition, the Angels were already 10 games up in the AL West. This year, they are eight games back of the Texas Rangers, perhaps the reason for their unwillingness to do what it takes to br...

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