Hey everyone,

It sounds like Jose's close to signing a deal with the Angels. I'll let
you know as soon as it becomes official...

-Mark

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From the AP:
Angels to fill DH spot with Canseco

NEW YORK -- Jose Canseco, cut loose by the New York Yankees after the World
Series, is close to reaching an agreement with the DH-hungry Anaheim
Angels, The Associated Press has learned.

A productive power hitter when he plays regularly, Canseco is expected to
sign a free-agent deal with Anaheim early this week, a source familiar with
the negotiations said Sunday night on the condition of anonymity.

Canseco, 36, is 23rd on baseball's career home run list with 446. Injury
prone in the past, he split last season with Tampa Bay and the Yankees,
hitting .252 with 15 home runs and 49 RBI in 98 games.

The champion Yankees declined a $4 million option on him in November,
instead paying a $500,000 buyout.

The Angels ranked third in the AL with 236 home runs, yet their
power-packed lineup was minus a steady designated hitter. Scott Spiezio was
Anaheim's most frequent DH and batted only .224 with six homers in 50 games
in that role.

Canseco would join a lineup that includes AL homer leader Troy Glaus (47),
Mo Vaughn (36), Garret Anderson (35), Tim Salmon (34) and Darin Erstad (25).

Vaughn and Canseco got along well during their two years as teammates in
Boston.

Canseco was on the disabled list from May 25-July 17 because of a strained
left heel and missed 46 games for the Devil Rays.

He has been sidelined by injuries in each of the last six years, with back
problems slowing him in four seasons.

The Yankees claimed Canseco on waivers Aug. 7 to block him from going to
another contender. Manager Joe Torre was caught off-guard by the acquisition.

"I'm stunned," Torre said at the time. "I don't get surprised too often,
but I was surprised."

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who had always liked Canseco, backed the
move.

Canseco made 31 starts for the Yankees in the regular season. He played
five games in the outfield, his first appearances in the field since July 1999.

Canseco made only one postseason appearance, striking out as a pinch hitter
in the World Series.

The 1988 AL MVP is a lifetime .266 hitter with 1,358 RBI in a major league
career that started in 1985 with Oakland. He later played for Texas, Boston
and Toronto.