The total value of the contract is believed to be approximately $17.5 million. There’s also a potential third year of the deal that will be enacted based on performance.

Fuentes will definitely have big shoes to fill. Last season, Rodriguez set a Major League Baseball record with 62 saves. He broke the record previously held by Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox.

The good news for the Angels is that Fuentes should be up for the challenge. Last season with Colorado, Fuentes had a 2.73 ERA to go along with 30 saves and 82 strikeouts in 62.2 innings. It was his fourth straight season with at least 20 saves.

Fuentes will join a solid group of relievers in Los Angeles that includes players such as Scot Shields, Jose Arredondo and Darren Oliver.

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The Angels pitchers were Jared Weaver and Jose Arredondo. The Angels had two errors on the day, which combined to let the Dodgers score a run on a sacrifice fly. Weaver was taken out of the game after six innings of no-hit ball. Arredondo threw two more innings of no-hit ball, however it wasn’t enough.

The Dodgers allowed five hits to the Angels but kept the Angels off the scoreboard. Chad Billingsley got the win for the Dodgers, who improve to 38-42. The Angels lose what on paper looked to be an unloseable game to fall to 48-33.

Here is a video of the no-hitter thrown by the Los Angeles Angels:

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