[Exhibitman]

The SoCal teams made two good bets for long-term deals this season. Between Trout and Kershaw two of the best young [22 and 26, respectively] players in the game are committed for some time. Now granted, Kershaw has a strained muscle in his back right now, probably from that stupid friggin' trip to Australia. Being on a plane that long is not good] but I still think that the signing was a good bet to make given the last few seasons of work. The Trout deal was fantastic. He is so young that he will be in his prime throughout the deal that the Angels can build around him for a championship caliber team in 3-4 years.

As for the Cabrera signing, I agree w/the other sentiments above--he is all but certain to decline and break down well before the end of the deal.