BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Langston Signs Extension

The Angels signed All-Star starter Mark Langston to a three-year contract extension for $14 million Thursday.

The contract, worked out during a 1 1/2-hour meeting between agent Arn Tellem and Angel General Manager Bill Bavasi at Tempe, Ariz., stipulates that Langston will be paid $5 million in 1995, $5 million in ’96 and $4 million in ’97. He also is eligible to earn $1 million in incentives in ’97.

The contract not only prevents Langston from leaving as a free agent at the end of this season, it also significantly changes the perception of the Angels and their budgetary cutbacks. Perhaps they never again will spend freely in the free-agent marketplace, but they will pay to keep talent.

“I think this sends a message to everyone on our club that they’re just not going to let everyone go anymore,” Langston said. “This is where I wanted to be, and they decided to keep me. I really want to see this thing through.”

Langston, who signed a then-record five-year, $16-million contract after the 1989 season, had no reason to believe he would remain with the Angels. Although he had a no-trade clause, he was told by then-club official Whitey Herzog last November to seek a contract with any team, and Herzog would work on making a trade.

Langston discussed long-term contracts with the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, but in his heart, he knew he wanted to pitch for the Angels. It was only after Herzog’s resignation in January--and the subsequent promotion of Bavasi--that Langston knew he would stay.

“If there hadn’t been a change,” Langston said, “I don’t know if this is where I would have wanted to be. But that all changed when they made the moves in the front office.

“To know I’ll be here now for the next four years, that’s a very comfortable feeling.”

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Designated hitter Chili Davis, who said he was taking care of personal business, was the only no-show for the Angels’ first full-squad workout. He is expected to arrive Saturday, three days before the reporting deadline.

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Bo Jackson, holding a news conference for the Arizona media, had one request: “The first person that asks me about Michael Jordan, I’m kicking their . . .

“Michael is a friend of mine, and if you want to know something about Michael, go to Sarasota.”

Although Jackson still does not consider himself an everyday player, he expects to receive more playing time than last season, when he appeared in 85 games and had 284 at-bats with the Chicago White Sox, batting .232 with 16 home runs and 45 runs batted in.

“If somebody came out and told me that I won’t play more than I did last year,” he said, “why would I want to keep playing?”

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The Angels signed veteran Lee Guetterman to a triple-A contract after watching him work out for 20 minutes. Guetterman, 35, who was 3-3 with a 2.93 ERA in 40 games last season with the St. Louis Cardinals, will be in camp today. He will earn $200,000 if he makes the opening-day roster. . . . Arthroscopic surgery has been scheduled March 3 for pitchers Paul Swingle and Colin Charland.