Tony Reagins resigned as the general manager of the Angels:

A day after saying the Angels would have to be creative this off-season to address their roster deficiencies, General Manager Tony Reagins abruptly resigned Friday.

He will remain with the ballclub as a special assistant to club chairman Dennis Kuhl.

“In moving forward, we felt a change was needed,” said owner Arte Moreno, whose team has missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2000-2001.

This should have happened when he made the Vernon Wells deal. I acutally thought the Angels did well to stay in the race as long as they did, but with Wells performing poorly and not opting out of his contract, the Angels are stuck with the money pit for a few more years.

Hat tip, 6-4-2, who has more.