Peter Gammons on ESPN lists a number of players whose statistics are trending positively or negatively over the past three seasons.

Among them, John Maine is trending positively with his win total increasing from 2 to 6 to 15 over the past three seasons.

Carlos Delgado is trending negatively, with his OPS falling from .981 to .909 to .781 over the past three seasons.

Peter Gammons at ESPN is reporting that the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a four-year contract with RHP Justin Speier, formerly of the Blue Jays.

Speier, 33, was 2-0 with a 2.98 ERA in 58 appearances with Toronto last season. Speier is 27-20 with 17 saves and a 4.02 ERA in his nine-year career.

I wouldve liked to the Mets to add him to the bullpen especially with Mota out for 50 games and Heilman a trading chip. But it was a very good pick-up by the Angels as they have one of the best bullpens in the league. Im curious to see how much money the contract is for becuase I thought he had a good chance of becoming a closer but instead with the Angels he'll be a 7th inning pitcher. To me, 4 years seems one to many for the 33 year old Justin Speier, but good pick-up nonetheless.

Update..2:00 pm

Ken Rosenthal at Fox Sports is reporting that the deal was 4 years, $18 million