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By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
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First baseman Tom Redington and infielder Fred Diaz have agreed to become replacement players for the Angels.

Redington, 26, a third-round pick of the Atlanta Braves in 1987, batted .296 with 13 home runs, 31 doubles and 66 runs batted in for the Angels’ Class-A team at Lake Elsinore last season.

Diaz, 22, batted .286 with 64 RBIs at Lake Elsinore last season.

They accepted the team’s recent offer of a guaranteed minor league roster spot when the strike is settled and an increased minor league salary that is guaranteed for the entire season.

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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