Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times reports that Torii Hunter felt misled by the Angels organization, being led to believe they didn’t have the financial flexibility to re-sign him.
Hunter was told that the organization was hand-cuffed by the bad contract of Vernon Wells, and couldn’t offer him more than a $5 million deal. After Hunter signed in Detroit, they went on to ink Josh Hamilton to a massive five-year, $125 million deal. He added that he would’ve been fine had the organization been honest and admitted they didn’t want to bring him back, he was just upset that he was lied to.
Source: latimes.com