Angels avoid arbitration with new 2B Danny Espinosa (Yahoo Sports)

Second baseman Danny Espinosa has agreed to a $5,425,000, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, avoiding salary arbitration with his new team. Under the deal completed Thursday, Espinosa gets a hefty raise from the $2,875,000 he earned last season as the Washington Nationals' shortstop. The Angels acquired the Orange County native in a trade last month for two minor league pitchers.