Well, it looks like the Angels just wanted to do away with any chatter that he might be headed somewhere else and paid what it took to make that happen.
Regardless of winning or losing, their fan base would have had a hard time forgiving them in losing a generational talent like him.
This is essentially a legacy contract to keep him in the fold for the rest of his life. There's almost no way he plays up to the contract from a numbers standpoint for the life of the contract, but he's the type of player, he's worth more to the Angels then just the numbers.
He's an athletic freak, but he's not exactly an iron man. I envision a similar sort of career track with him that we saw with Ken Griffey Jr.. I think it's only a matter of two or three years before injuries start taking a real toll on his body and his performance.
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