Free agent C Bengie Molina who hit .295 with 15 homers and 69 RBI for the Angels last year, comes to terms on a $5 million, one-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays with a $7.5 million mutual option for 2007 and a $500,000 buyout clause. Along with starter A.J. Burnett and closer B.J. Ryan, third baseman Troy Glaus and first baseman Lyle Overbay, the 31-year-old Gold Glove catcher becomes the latest blue chip player to join Toronto during the off-season.

Deliberating for a little more than four hours, a jury rules the Angels did not breach a contract with the city of Anaheim when the ball club changed its name. Thirteen months ago, the team known as the Anaheim Angels became the “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”, prompting the city where it plays to file a law suit claiming the change in name amounted to at least $100 million in lost revenue.