The rich just got richer

This time it's not the Red Sox or Yankees who got richer. It's the best team in the Majors this year that just landed the big prize: Mark Texiera.

Sources are reporting to ESPN.com that Texiera is heading to the Angels in exchange for Casey Kotchman and a AA pitcher. This means the team that only lacks a power hitter to support Vlad Guerrero just got exactly what it needed.

This solidifies Los Angeles position as the class of the American League and makes the the clear cut favorite right now to win the World Series. They have the starting pitching with Joe Saunders (13-5, 3.10 ERA), Ervin Santana (11-5, 3.57 ERA) and John Lackey (8-2, 3.02 ERA). They have the bullpen arms with K-Rod looking to break the saves record (44 and counting so far).

They always had good hitters, but they never had the pop. Texiera has more HRs and RBI than anyone in the Angels lineup this year. Try pitching around Vlad with Mark Texiera behind him and see what happens.

To me, this is a bigger splash than the Sabathia or Harden deals, simply because the Angels were one piece away from being a championship team, and they got that piece today.