Looks to me like the Helton to Angels deal is dead. As usual, Dan Szymborski at baseballthinkfactory.org nails it:
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Los Angeles Angels - Signed 1B Shea Hillenbrand to a 1-year contract.
A wonderful $6.5 million with a vesting option for 2008. If you ignore that Hillenbrand can't field at 3B, can't hit well enough to be a 1B, is a worse hitter than the Yankees got for $50,000 in the Rule 5 draft, he's not particularly skilled at any aspect of the hitting, he isn't fast, he will make $6.5 million, the Angels have other 1B options, he doesn't like gay people, he doesn't seem to like many straight people, and seems to think he's a star player, and he spent half the season being unable to hit NL pitchers, this is a really good signing.
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Hillenbrand is worth $6.5 million, yet somehow the Rockies couldn't make the Helton money work out?
As usual, the Rockies never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity ...