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but to echo the point about the Angels' big move being a shot across the bow of not the Mariners but the Rangers.
Yesterday the MLB network had CJ Wilson on their set at the hotel where the GM meetings were being staged. They were asking him all sorts of questions about the Angels' big moves. Now remember, he plays in the division. Has for years. He knows everybody well.
When asked about the division going forward, he focuses on the Angels now manning up to challenge Texas in the division. He also mentions the A's as someone to bear in mind. He completely ignores the Mariners. Doesn't even mention them. That ought to tell us something as to how the M's are viewed by other teams in the West. Irrelevant. No serious challenge to be faced from them.
I was struck by that.