Winter Meetings update.

Los Angeles--

The Angelenos have been pretty quiet so far in the Winter Meetings, but they have made a couple of moves...

Freddie Lawrence, at the age of 35, was signed to a two deal worth 3.8 million per. The deal also includes an option for a 3rd year.

Freddie Lawrence is a lifetime .328 hitter and hit .314 last season in 420 at-bats. With his age, his power has went down (only hitting 14 homers last season) but he hardly ever strikes out (46 times last year). As long as he can still hit like he did last season, this may be a good deal for the Angelenos. He can play 1b, the COF positions and also DH.

Los Angeles also signed 27 year old pitcher J.P. Alomar for a little pitching depth. He is rule 5 eligible and was signed to a prorated contract, so we'll see what happens on this move. He's never pitched in the bigs and has never had an era under 4.59 in the minors.

Los Angeles also expressed interest in bringing back Russ Jerchower, but they don't want to spend too much money on him. They also felt slighted at the fact that he was worth close to 14 million in arbitration, but hit the market with a starting demand of 8.5 million. We're sure that's higher now as LA offered him a 4 year contract worth over 39 million including bonuses...So they have pulled out of that race.

That's all for now, but we'll keep all readers updated-

--Angelenos.com