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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Angels, frustrated by their failure to land Carl Crawford or Adrian Beltre, are close to completing a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays for Vernon Wells, according to sources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Catcher Mike Napoli is expected to be going to Toronto in the deal. FoxSports.com, which first reported the trade, suggested outfielder Juan Rivera would also be shipped to Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wells signed a seven-year, $126 million extension prior to the 2007 season and has been roundly criticized for not living up to the contract. Wells, however, bounced back with a decent season last year, batting .273 with 31 home runs and 88 RBIs. There is $86 million and four years remaining on the deal. Wells has a no-trade clause but reportedly will waive it to join the Angels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Angels are believed to have offered Beltre a five-year, $75 million deal. It is thought they suggested about $108 million and six years to Crawford and may have increased the offer into the $120 million range before he went to the Boston Red Sox for $142 million over seven years. Beltre signed a six-year, $96 million deal with the Texas Rangers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Angels have desperately sought offense to go with their fine pitching staff this winter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wells was shopped to other teams earlier this offseason, and they all wanted Toronto to pick up part o his contract. It isn't known how much the Blue Jays are paying in this deal, but the Napoli and Rivera contracts would offset it to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Napoli is seeking $6.1 million in arbitration, while the Angels submitted a figure of $5.3 million. Rivera will make $5.25 million this season, the final year of a three-year contract. Both players have been on the trading block this winter.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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