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TopCat is the one who made that claim re: Lackey and IP.
Lackey actually exemplifies my problem with the Angels as currently constructed.  The reason the Angels may have to pass on Lackey is that he's going to be asking for 15 mil/year type money and they have several other new holes on the roster to fill, so commiting that much to a pitcher with significant recurring arm issues (albeit generally not super-serious ones) would be very risky given their already top-heavy payroll going forward.  They've got a whole bunch of guys about to hit expesnive arb years, a whole bunch more about to cash in on backloaded contracts, and enough holes on the roster they'll need to address to keep them from splurging on many big name FAs...they might get ONE to replace Vlad and that'd be it.