LAS VEGAS -- Here's one thing the Angels baseball people all seem to agree on: Owner Arte Moreno calls the shots in Anaheim.
So even thought the baseball people have been telling others they'd be happy with either Mark Teixeira or CC Sabathia, it's worth listening when Moreno says that he still strongly favors Teixeira and doesn't consider the Angels as a very serious player for Sabathia.
Moreno just told Jon Heyman of SI.com just that.
"Teixeira's my guy," Moreno said. "There are obviously other people we like. But he's our main target."
As for Sabathia, Moreno insisted: "I wouldn't say we're in the Sabathia picture at all."
If the Angels are indeed going to stay away from Sabathia, that further narrows the field for a pitcher who has expressed an interest in being on the West Coast and/or in the National League.
The Giants may be his only West Coast option, and neither they nor the Brewers could be expected to come anywhere close to the $140 million, six-year offer he already has from the Yankees.
