AL Notes: Angels, Rangers, Lindor, Sano

angels Owner Arte Moreno touched on a few topics of interest today, as Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register mentioned. Moreno spoke positively of his interactions with the city of Anaheim regarding the club's baseball stadium, which seems to represent an improvement in relations. He also gave a vote of confidence to the front office led by Billy Eppler. Interestingly, Moreno explained the organization's approach to spending on contracts with players. It's not about staying below the luxury tax threshold, he said; the organization allocates about 50% of its resources. [its] income to the payroll. "Moreno also added that he" bust[s] each year ", so there seems to be some flexibility. Typically, however, the job helps explain some of the team's spending habits, including its approach this winter. Moreno says that there is still money for mid-season additions. In the meantime, it is still difficult to determine whether there is a realistic possibility of concluding a new agreement with the incomparable Mike Trout. As Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com writes, Trout declined to comment on the possibility of a new deal, while Moreno would only reaffirm the interest shown by the team.

More from the American league:

• the combat boots T.R., from MLB.com, plans to pursue extensions with several young players. Sullivan. At this point, however, it is not clear that the team hired agents. We also do not see which players could be approached. Sullivan tabs Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, and Jose Leclerc as the most likely candidates. This would indeed seem to be a plausible trio. All have reasonable cases for large sums. Mazara is already in his years of arbitration. Gallo and Leclerc still have a campaign to do, but everyone promises to accumulate the types of counting statistics (respectively marked points and backups) that report well in arbitration.
• There is little doubt that Indians would like to find a way to extend star shortstop Francisco Lindor, which would have rejected record offers in the past. He says he's still happy for the moment to go from year to year, like Zack Meisel from The Athletic tweets. Lindor says that he "likes[s] all about Cleveland ", but at present is" arbitration-focused "(in terms of contractual issues). It works very well because he won a big salary of $ 10.55 million in his first year. In the end, Lindor believes he could consider a long-term deal, although he certainly does not seem to want to pursue it. By Lindor: "Yes the Indians offer the right numbers, and at some point that will happen – which I do not even think we'll see. "
• Certainly, reports on conditioning conditions entering the camp are a tired trope. But given all the sorrow over the years surrounding the physical form of twins slugger Miguel SanoIt seems relevant to say that he is in the best shape of his life – or at least the best form of his career at MLB. As Dan Hayes writes of The Athletic (subscription link), Sano has embarked on a solid training program this winter and seems to be in top form. It remains to be seen if this will extend to its productivity on the ground, but it's a good start.