Unsurprisingly, no team wanted to claim a 32-year-old who hasn't reached the Mendoza line in two seasons. Rather than pay Valbuena to take up a spot on their Triple-A roster, the Angels elected to pay him to leave the organization entirely. Valbuena has done enough earlier in his career for him to latch on somewhere on a minor-league deal, but he's unlikely to make a significant fantasy impact unless he makes an unexpected turnaround.
