Mike DiGiovanna at the Los Angeles Times notes that the Angels aren't getting much production out of the designated hitter spot so far. Garret Anderson, Gary Matthews Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Juan Rivera, and Torii Hunter have combined to hit .177/.266/.257 through the first month of the season.

I'm assuming this will work itself out one way or another (everything does, if you think about it). The Angels could always trade for Micah Owings or whatever.

Anyway, the weird part to me is that Matthews is logging so much time at DH. Did the Angels seriously believe he was worth $50 million for 5 years on the strength of his bat alone? Dude was signed to play center field, but after a year of seeing him out there, the team from Anaheim went and signed Hunter to play the position. Matthews' defensive value, I'm sure you'll agree, is somewhat diminished when he doesn't play the field.

Nothing against Matthews. It's not his fault the Angels overpaid him in the first place, and who among us can blame him for taking the money? But paying a 33-year-old with a career .260/.333/.417 line $9 million for his bat seems a bit silly to me. (Although not quite as silly as spending $33 million for the next 3 years of his services, but I digress.)

I don't really have a point here. I'm just wondering out loud, again, why teams do stupid things and then claim that they're losing money. There's a difference between "losing" and "giving away." That some teams can't seem to tell the difference should give you a clue as to where the problem lies.