Why did the Angels release the Big Cat (Andres Galarraga)?
He has proven over his career that he is durable, with not many injuries, and he definitely would make a great DH, or at the least a great bat off the bench. He can still play first if needed. For getting what he was getting paid, I think league minimum, it seems like he is worth having. — Joe M. Joe, the Angels released Galarraga for two reasons, the first being the fact that they’ve got plenty of younger options at the first base/DH role with Darin Erstad, Casey Kotchman, Robb Quinlan and now Kendry Morales, not to mention Jeff DaVanon and Juan Rivera. Galarraga will be 44 years old this season. The other reason is that the Angels were under the impression that Galarraga was going to retire after last year. The Big Cat signed with the Angels last August to prove to himself that he could come back from cancer for the second time, which he did, and to get to 400 career home runs. He hit No. 399 in an Angels uniform but still needs one more. I guess he and his family decided that he sh
