I think this was a result of eliminating the Aug 31 trade deadline. The Angels went for it and then lost 7 in a row so they wanted to shed salary, the mechanism for doing this was taken away in the CBA. I would be angry I was an angel fan. Thinking more about this, I am not sure what Manfred should have done. It is unfortunate that all of the releases on Tuesday will have some affect on the Sept playoff race though.